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Helping Hands Ministry, Inc. has shipped or supplied items to over twenty different countries since 1996. We are grateful for the Denton Program, which allows private U.S. citizens and organizations to use space available on U.S. military cargo planes to transport humanitarian goods to countries in need. Examples include clothing, food, medical and educational supplies, agricultural equipment, and vehicles.
A shipment for Central America.
Humanitarian Aid can consist of almost anything and everything from food, clothing, shoes, medical and educational supplies, agricultural equipment, furniture, and vehicles.
A lot of the items we send are not even available at any cost in the countries we send to. The people are very poor; there is no Social Security, no Welfare, no Medicare or Medicaid, or any other support from government agencies.
The Bible says, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you as a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?” The King will reply, ”I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these, you did it for me.” - Matthew 25:37-40
In Isaiah 58, verse 6, the passage begins with God asking a question, “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen?” I’ll paraphrase, but He says, "to lose the chains of injustice, untie the cords of the yoke, set the oppressed free, break every yoke. Is it not to share your food with the hungry, provide shelter, clothe the naked, and not turn away from your own flesh and blood?"
I have friends in Honduras who were planning a huge outreach in the city. They put up posters and were making plans for a big celebration with the ultimate goal of leading as many as possible to Christ. The Catholic Church was very upset with them because they perceived that my friends were just attempting to draw the people away from the Catholic Church. They even sent representatives to my friends and threatened them with violence if they continued on this path.
My friends were determined to reach out and desired to help the people of the community, so the plans continued. About the same time, a shipment of humanitarian aid arrived from Helping Hands Ministry, Inc. My friends did the same thing as always: they started giving it away to the Catholic Rest Home, the schools, orphanages, hospitals, clinics, and rehabilitation centers - anyone that had a need received aid.
The Catholic Church saw that my friends were sharing their good fortune not only with a few people, but people they did not know, and they were giving to the Catholic people. The Bishop came to see them and told them that he and the church would not interfere with the event they were planning. And, not only that, but they would be very willing to help put the event on if they were needed.
In preparation for one of our mission trips to Kenya, we carried Bibles to give away, but at the time, we did not know who was to receive them. We discovered that the staff of the hotel in which we stayed for part of the trip did not have any Bibles and had been praying for them.
It fills a felt physical need and opens the heart to receive spiritually. Not only does it allow people to be ministered to, but it also opens a door to share the gospel that may not be opened any other way. Maybe a hospital receives an incubator, gets it plugged in, and cleaned up just in time for a premature baby to be placed in it (true story). Maybe it’s just a wheelchair given to a poor girl. Maybe an orphanage in Malawi loses the use of a hot water bottle they used to keep babies warm because it was old and it burst. Only to receive a box the next day with a brand new hot water bottle, and then discover the box was mailed 6 months earlier.
Shipment for Israel
Following are just a few examples of messages we've received from those we have served.
We received the following letter from Sandi Miller Burgess, Founder of Bridge Ministries / Enlaces con Cristo. Sent June 1, 2018
It brings me great joy to be writing you and I want to thank God for putting it on your hearts to bless me like you did. Believe me that from the bottom of my heart I am very happy and thankful for you as are the rest of my family. I am a 15 year-old girl that has been sitting in a regular chair all those years. But today I feel like I have hope in my life again and that I can be a happy child.
Since I was born I have had a handicap in one hand and both my legs. My mom told me it was polio. But with the donation of this wheel chair you have given me a lot of hope for life. I don’t have words to tell you how grateful I truly am for you. And I hope that God, who can do anything, will bless you greatly. My family has been blessed as well, and is deeply grateful.
Again thank you, thank you, thank you very much. From today on I will be your best friend.
Sincerely,
Elsi Damaris Cantarero Reyes
National Council of Negro Women
West Africa Regional Office – NCNW /WARO
Sicap AmitieII – Villa N 4178 – BP 2984 Dakar, Senegal- NINE : 0087264
NCNW/West Africa Regional Office was very happy to receive your gift of hospital materials from Mr. Michael Treadway and Ms. Cathelyn Chapman. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much for you kind contribution in our efforts to help our partners in improving their health conditions.
Sincerely,
Dr. Wendy Wilson Fall
Acting Director
West Africa Region
Keur Xaleyi Community Development Project
Building For The Future Child 2000
“Assalamou Aleykoum, Nanga def, Ana waa ker gui” (How are you? How is your family?)
Greetings
Dear Mr. Tony Haywood,
After receving from your Helping Hands Ministry many different supplies for our youth at “Keur Xaleyi,” we are so happy to send you this letter of thanks. Through the SAO, you have positively contributed to the growth of House Of The Children.
The different supplies namely clothes, cosmetics, toys, and other useful items you sent were in excellent condition, abundant, and very appreciated. They were brought and freely distributed to our children by the US Military (ARRIFI) Civil Assistance Office led by Mrs. Chapman and Mr. Tramway.
So we are grateful to you for this important Help, this positive Assistance which came at the right place, at the right momemt.
Presently, we are working with our Solar System Community Development Project Child 2000, and we really need the Helping Hands. So we thank you a lot for your big Help with the Hope of keeping contact with you.
Grateful Feelings,
The Secretary General
Mr. Ndiol Cahire
Following are some messages we received from one of our ministry partners:
To be able to donate, to give to the people here, who have nothing, is one of the greatest blessings we can be part of. I have seen the doctors receive medical equipment with tears in their eyes because they thought they would never have exam tables. I have seen women receive shoes for their children and say, “Now my child can go to school.” Without Helping Hands, we couldn’t do so much of what we do. Your partnership with us is immeasurable!! And you can quote me!
Blessings,
Susan Smith
Scott Miller
Enlaces con Cristo
Comayagua, Comayagua 12101
To whom it may concern:
Hello, my name is Scott Miller, I had the privilege of meeting the founders of Helping Hands Ministries, Tony and Donna Haywood in 1999 when we were heavily involved in emergency relief efforts after hurricane Mitch. What a blessing their ministry was and still is to the people of Honduras.
Do you know that their ministry alone has shipped well over 210,000 POUNDS of humanitarian aid to Honduras? Mind you this aid is not just your ordinary garage sale stuff! No, we’re talking ambulances, hospital beds, medical equipment such as x-ray machines, school furniture and supplies, office furniture, computers, dental clinics, linens, and towels the list goes on and on. These things may seem like no big deal to the average person who is accustomed to going to the hospital and having an x-ray machine that actually works or a bed (with a sheet on it) to lie on. Or taking a trip to the dentist and having a REAL dental chair to sit in instead of a regular plastic chair where someone holds your head while the dentist pulls your tooth because he has no other equipment to fix teeth.
Helping Hands Ministry has not just sent down aid, no they have sent down a new quality of life for some of the people in Honduras. (I say some because there is still a vast area to cover) For example when our city received the ambulance that was sent by Helping Hands, the people were so excited because before the ambulance the only way to get someone to the hospital who had, been in an accident was by putting them in the back of a pickup truck or flagging a taxi. The people are proud of the equipment they are receiving therefore it boost their self esteem. That in itself is priceless when you work with people in a third world country.
It has not just been adults that have been on the receiving end but the children as well. We have been able to bless schools and orphanages with school supplies donated through Helping Hands Ministry. Please keep in mind these are like one room school houses. There are no books for the children; everything they must study has to be copied down from the black board. That’s a very difficult task for some when they can’t afford paper or pencil to write with. We could go on and on about the many blessing that have come to Honduras by way of Helping Hands Ministry. They have been a true blessing to us and the people of Honduras.
We do want to thank those of you who live in Moore County and the surrounding areas, who have in some way, either by tangible donations, money donations, or by giving time helping to pack things in the ministries ware-house.
Thank you for making these blessings possible to the people of Honduras.
If you have not supported this ministry we would ask that you prayerfully consider it because we know that Helping Hands Ministry could use a few more “helping hands”!
God bless you all,
Scott Miller
Note: Scott went home to be with the Lord in 2002 – The ministry remains strong under the guidance of Scott’s widow, Sandi and her husband, Pastor Currie Burgess.
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