CARE

Volume 1, Issue 6
Fall 2009

CARE
PO Box 3543
Pagosa Springs, CO Christian Adoption Resources and Encouragement, Inc.
81147
(970)731-9505 Fall Newsletter
A ministry dedicated to Jesus Christ & expressing His love to parentless children and Christian Families world wide.
Board of Directors
Chris Hinger, Pres.
Marcia Vining, V.P. WELCOME CARE’S NEW BOARD MEMBERS
Ellen Schmidt, Treas. The following are the new board members of CARE: Chris Hinger, Presi-
Linda Gundelach, Sec.
Dave Nasralla, Advisory
dent; Marcia Vining, Vice-President; Linda Gundelach, Secretary; and Dave
Lisa and Mark Hauger, Nasralla, Advisory Officer. Ellen Schmidt maintains her position as Treas-
Int’l. Assistance urer, and Lisa and Mark Hauger are developing an International Assistance
branch of CARE to address the needs of widows and orphans globally.
carefamilies@hotmail.com
www.carefamilies.org Also, Lisa continues to provide research and resources for general projects.
Robbie Parker and Anita Hinger now assist as volunteers. Whether domestic
or international service, CARE’s goal remains dedicated to helping children
Goals: live with “forever families.”
 Raise, collect, and distribute
funds to assist Christian families
with the expenses of adopting (an
River Run for Orphans
infant or international adoption
can average $20,000) For the 2nd year in a row,
 Educate and encourage Chris- CARE teamed up with The
tians within churches (bodies of River Church to participate in
believers) concerning adoption.
a 5K run at Durango’s Santa
 Provide resources for Christians Rita Park along the Animas
promoting and/or sponsoring
adoption.
River. Funds raised at this
event help orphans world-
 Minister internationally by devel-
oping culturally relevant programs
wide. There were 185 partici-
to assist orphans and widows in pants, and the entire event
emerging world nations. netted $23,000 for various
organizations that care for
and support orphans through-
out the world. $3,230 went
New Fundraisers to CARE (more than $1,200
over last year!).
Albertson’s Community Partners
Cards
$28
MissionFish “We want to thank CARE for
their financial gift towards our Are you adopting?
$390 sons’ adoptions. The money we
The Festival of Trees CARE accepts applications
received was a tremendous help, for financial assistance be-
$275 during a very crucial time during tween May 1st and October
our last two adoptions in 2009. 1st of each year. Contact
Existing Fundraisers From the time we landed back in
To date the States, Fall 2006, our lives
CARE for your application.
City Market Value Cards were a whirlwind of questions
$7,464 about this newfound love of CARE is interested in
iGive.com Taiwan. We started consolidating our physical belongings and chang- presenting to your
ing our business so that we could return, if God were to allow us to organization.
$225 do so…”
Call us about these continual low Call for details.
Read the rest of this exciting journey at carefamilies.blogspot.com.
effort, no-cost-to-you fundraisers See how God can grow your family through adoption.
 WHAT’S NEW? Prayer Needs:
CARE is excited to share about the pro-  For children who
gress of its newly formed International need families
Assistance Strategies. Since CARE’s  For families in-
principles for ministry are Biblical, they volved in the adop-
can transfer to other cultures. We have tion process
been invited by national believers from
Kenya and India to partner with them in  Help in all areas of
training and support so they can develop fundraising
their own culturally relevant programs to  Health for Lisa
help promote the dignity, value and des-
 For CARE’s new
tiny of widows and orphans. Our objec-
leadership and our
tive is to offer assistance through the following areas: discipleship groups, income- widening sphere of
generating and grant-writing training, micro-loans, and presentations in national influence
churches concerning Biblical care of widows and orphans. Currently, CARE has
helped establish sustainable Christian programs that have assisted young widowed
mothers to keep their children, instead of aborting or placing them in orphanages. Fu- Did you know that
ture plans in this area include a women/child resource center on church property that over 120,000 chil-
will continue ministry to the fatherless. Need information about how you can be in- dren in the USA
volved? Contact Mark and Lisa Hauger at (970)264-4293. need families.

Our Family Bridges Project hosts support groups and various

activities that promote healthy adoptive families. If you’d like to CARE is a 501(c)3 exempt
organization.
be involved, call CARE at (970)264-4293.

Of this year’s grant recipients, one family needs our prayers.

They’ve been matched with this sweet, special needs 7 year In 2008, we distributed $5,500 in grants
old, but the Chinese government has put a halt on their
to Christian families adopting. Since in-
adoption for unjustified reasons. This family,
who pastor a church and live to love orphans, ception, CARE has assisted 12 families
are waiting on God to open doors to bring with grants totaling $25,500.
home their daughter. Thank you for praying.

(970)731-9505
PO Box 3543, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
Christian Adoption Resources and Encouragement, Inc.
CARE