30th Anniversary Oakseed Bazaar Catalog

SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS MINISTRIES IN THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL

BAZAAR CATALOG

GIVING HOPE

to the Poorest of the Poor

5 Celebrating 30 Years of Ministry

17 Dignity, Not a Diagnosis

29 From One Seed Springs Many Ministries

52 Spreading the Gospel Through Gardens

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ON THE COVER:

Sugandh provides

food rations and

other basic staples.

God has faithfully

provided for families

through Sugandh’s

ministry over the

years.

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Table of Contents

Letter from the Director....................................................................... 3

Ways to Order...........................................................................................4

Celebrating 30 Years of Urban Ministry................................................5

Buyer’s Guide......................................................................................... 8

Ministry Partners

Africa

Angel Care – Liberia.......................................................................12

Hanna Orphan’s Home – Ethiopia...............................................22

Jars of Oil Mission Africa – Uganda.............................................26

KNOC – Kenya...............................................................................30

Love Never Fails – Ethiopia...........................................................38

Morning Light – Ethiopia..............................................................42

Reformed Heart Orphans Center – Kenya..................................46

Royal Nest – Liberia.......................................................................48

Teen Ministry – Egypt....................................................................56

Latin America

ABBS – Brazil..................................................................................10

CEMIPRE – Chile...........................................................................16

Emanuel House – Dominican Republic......................................18

Fountain of Life Christian School – Dominican Republic........20

Israel Shalom – Brazil.....................................................................24

JEAME – Brazil...............................................................................28

Lily of the Valleys – Brazil.............................................................34

Love Link – El Salvador.................................................................36

MISIUR – Peru................................................................................40

SACDEM – Argentina....................................................................50

Semear – Brazil...............................................................................52

Southeast Asia

Ashirvad Kanti – India...................................................................14

Light of the World – India.............................................................32

Mustard Seed Orphanage – Myanmar.........................................44

Sugandh – India..............................................................................54

USA

Oakseed Ministries International – US Headquarters...............58

Best Sellers.......................................................................................60

About Us..........................................................................................61

Ministry Liaisons............................................................................63

Child Sponsorship......................................................................... 66

Prayer Partnership..........................................................................67

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Dear Oakseed Family,

I count it a great privilege to be in fellowship with our

ministries daily, to hear their stories, celebrate and mourn

alongside them, and join with them in prayer. We care deeply

for the plight of the poor and work to alleviate the pains of

poverty, but we know that seeking and caring for lost souls is

more important than any physical need. Only the gospel can

give eternal hope.

I hope this catalog will give you a glimpse into God’s mighty

work of bringing hope to the poorest of the poor worldwide.

I invite you to join us in prayer and support for these faithful

ministries.

For 30 years, Oakseed has partnered with indigenous

ministries to shine brightly with the gospel while meeting

practical needs in some of the world’s darkest places.

Thousands of lives have been lifted from the pit of poverty and

given eternal hope in Jesus because of our work together.

Through selecting bazaar catalog gifts for loved ones and

your faithful intercession for these ministries, you are a part

of God’s work across the earth. As you flip through this year’s

bazaar catalog, you can continue advancing the gospel while

helping the poor gain dignity and self-sufficiency. Your gift

to a widow to start a food cart to meet her family’s needs or

provide an education

to an orphaned child

will transform a life

forever and replace

despair with joy.

Oakseed’s

Vision

“Bestow on them

a crown of beauty

instead of ashes,

the oil of gladness

instead of mourning,

and a garment of

praise instead of a

spirit of despair.

They will be

called oaks of

righteousness, a

planting of the

LORD for the

display of his

splendor.”

– Isaiah 61:3

“As a result of our partnership with

Oakseed, JOMA has grown from a seed

of faith to a mission with fruit to show.

It has helped us translate our dreams

into action. Thank you for standing

with us in prayer. We believe nothing

of significance can be achieved without

prayer.”

– Bibian Baralemwa,

Jars of Oil Mission Africa

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“This is the confidence we

have in approaching God:

that if we ask anything

according to his will,

he hears us. And if we

know that he hears us—

whatever we ask—we

know that we have what

we asked of him.”

– 1 John 5:14-15

Four Simple Ways to Order:

When you select a gift from the Oakseed bazaar

catalog, 100 percent of your gift cost will reach the

designated ministry partner. Oakseed is dedicated

to spreading the gospel while also meeting difficult

physical needs and walking alongside the poor

worldwide through pandemics, floods, mudslides,

and addiction. Your gift will positively change

the future of communities, families, widows,

and orphans—and its impact will last far beyond

Christmas morning.

Thank you for your faithful prayers and generosity.

We have confidence that the Lord hears the prayers

of His people and responds in astonishing ways

because we’ve seen God doing this for the past 30

years at Oakseed.

Soli Deo Gloria,

Tiffany (Bradley) Crosley

Executive Director

1. ONLINE: www.BazaarCatalog.com

2. MAIL:

Mail the completed order form along

with a check or credit card information to:

Oakseed Ministries

PO Box 1139

Wheaton, IL 60187

3. EMAIL: Bazaar@oakseed.org

4. PHONE: 703-876-9020

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Oakseed is committed to sending 100% of the gifts to our ministry partners.

Gift cards are sent to you to personalize before delivering them yourself.

Please visit our website for videos and information about the bazaar catalog,

gift cards and how to use them, and special ways to give year-round.

CELEBRATING 30 YEARS

of Ministry to the Urban Poor

When Ed Bradley founded Oakseed Ministries International

30 years ago, the vision wasn’t to go it alone but to link arms

with local ministries serving the urban poor worldwide.

According to Children International, global poverty was reduced

by 50 percent in the last 20 years—the fruit from a generation of

people dedicated toward eradicating poverty. This generation is

comprised of individuals who serve on the frontlines like Oakseed’s

ministry partners as well as Oakseed supporters who give and pray

generously.

Oakseed is a part of a bigger global movement to bring individuals

out of poverty. But what sets Oakseed apart from others is its

mission to “support indigenous ministries to proclaim the gospel

while serving the poorest and most neglected urban communities

around the world.” The connection between meeting both spiritual

and physical needs is the foundation for the ministry.

Working Together with Local Ministries

Fourteen years ago, Johanna Sanders and Julian Bull met Bradley

while he was traveling through Myanmar. As the three conversed,

it became clear they shared a passion for Jesus and caring for the

urban poor—a unique combination. Sanders invited Bradley to tour

the two orphanages she had founded; this marked the beginning of

Oakseed’s partnership with Mustard Seed Orphanage.

“Much blessing resulted from that contact,” said Bull, Southeast

Asia Ministry Liasion. “We are grateful for God’s providence in

linking our two ministries.”

Today Mustard Seed

Orphanage has served

2,187 children, adults, and

widows, operates three

orphan houses, built two

dormitories, and dug a

well through support from

Oakseed.

“We have drawn great

encouragement, support,

and wisdom from

Oakseed,” said Timothy

Thang Lyan, Director of

Mustard Seed Orphanage,

reflecting on the

partnership over the years.

By Jenny Marcelene,

Oakseed Ministries

International Writer

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Girls from Mustard

Seed Orphanage

in Myanmar learn

sewing skills.

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“We have drawn great

encouragement, support,

and wisdom from

Oakseed.”

– Timothy Thang Lyan,

Director of Mustard Seed

Orphanage

When we generously give

and faithfully intercede...

God blesses not only us,

but individuals around

the world we may never

meet.

“We gain insight and help into how the Lord works and

wisdom for practical and spiritual responses to different

situations in real-life cross-cultural mission settings.”

The partnership with Mustard Seed Orphanage

embodies what Oakseed prioritizes in ministry—an

incarnational approach to missions. Indigenous

ministry partners are the hands and feet of Jesus in their

service to the urban poor.

While Oakseed provides financial contributions to

indigenous ministries, the amount does not exceed 30

percent of a given ministry’s budget to ensure longterm

sustainability and to harness local support in the work. This

policy guards against inundating an overseas ministry with too much

Western money—protecting against pseudo-ministries—and still

meets the tangible needs of brothers and sisters around the globe.

Cultivating New Partnerships

Oakseed maintains long-term partnerships, such as with Mustard

Seed Orphanage, while still cultivating new ones. In 2020, a

tumultuous time in the world, Reformed Hearts Orphans Center

(RHOC) became a ministry partner with Oakseed.

When determining a potential new ministry partner, Oakseed

requires a ministry to integrate the service of the urban poor with the

gospel. The leader of a ministry must be indigenous, actively engaged

in the ministry, and attend a local, biblical church.

For several years Kenyan-based RHOC faithfully served orphans in

their community but struggled to keep pace with the huge demand—

around 3.6 million Kenyan children are orphaned or need special

care. 1 In a typical Kenyan household, one child out of 10 is orphaned

because of a sick adult. 2 RHOC stepped into this gap, but needed a

ministry partner to come alongside them to help more vulnerable

children and sustain this life-changing work.

“Before the entering of Oakseed Ministries

International in the lives of the children at RHOC, the

orphans had no place to call home—not even enough

food and clean water,” said Andrew Onserio, RHOC

Director. “There was no hope for education for the

orphans in this region of the world.”

After partnering with Oakseed, Kenyan orphans

now “enjoy privileges like other children in the

community”—eating three meals a day, accessing clean drinking

water, owning more than one clothing outfit, attending school, and

accessing medical care. Through support from Oakseed, RHOC’s

ministry has flourished in recent years. Today RHOC serves 35

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orphans and vulnerable children. The ministry also maintains a

spiritual growth program for children. In 2022, six orphans made a

decision to follow Jesus and were baptized.

Impacting the Future

For over 20 years MISIUR has partnered with Oakseed to meet

the physical and spiritual needs of impoverished children in Peru.

Through the steady ministry relationship cultivated over time,

MISIUR has become a reliable pillar of service in their communities

to shine the gospel.

When the global pandemic rocked the world in 2020 and 2021,

MISIUR struggled to keep providing services. But through the

“timely support” of Oakseed, MISIUR met the needs of urban

Peruvians instead of ceasing support services when communities

most needed the help.

This past spring, when mudslides occurred and rivers flooded,

MISIUR stepped in to provide emergency services to affected

families in San José de los Molinos. The ministry provided food,

water, blankets, and roof repairs to damaged homes—something

they couldn’t have accomplished if the pandemic had closed their

doors. But through the support of Oakseed, MISIUR continues to

operate in Peru and is readily available to assist their communities

whether it’s an everyday need or a crisis.

When two ministries work together with God, the physical and

spiritual needs of the poor and needy are met. MISIUR, and other

Oakseed ministry partners, don’t have to serve the urban poor in

isolation. Instead they can link arms with Oakseed—and other likeminded

groups—to meet the tangible and spiritual needs of the poor

and needy.

Oakseed, its 25 ministry partners in 13 countries, and its faithful

supporters can make a difference in the lives of the crushed, forgotten,

or abandoned by fulfilling its vision “to bring good news to the poor…

to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and

the opening of the prison to those who are bound” (Isa. 61:1).

RHOC orphans

walked more than

10 miles to find

clean water before

Oakseed provided

funding for a well.

A fourth grader

enjoying her snack

from a MISIUR

program.

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Each of us, has a role to play in caring for the poor, oppressed, and

needy. When we generously give and faithfully intercede for Oakseed’s

ministry partners, God blesses not only us but individuals around the

world we may never meet.

“Thank you, Oakseed partners, for standing in prayer with us,” said

Bibian Baralemwa, JOMA Director. “Nothing of significance can be

achieved without prayer.”

As we reflect on God’s faithfulness to impact the darkest corners

of the world with hope and the gospel over the past 30 years, we

anticipate the ways the Lord will continue to bring Christ’s hope, life,

and peace to the poor in the world’s largest cities—together.

Sports Fan

n Soccer balls and volleyballs for children, Love Never Fails,

Ethiopia, page 38

n Soccer balls and sports equipment, Royal Nest, Liberia,

page 48

n Gloves, bat and baseball, ABBS, Brazil, page 10

Creative Type

n Art supplies for art classes and Bible clubs, HOH, Ethiopia, page 22

n Ballet shoes and costumes, Israel Shalom, Brazil, page 24

n Vertical garden kit, Semear, Dominican Republic, page 52

Give the gift of

a home to an

impoverished family

living in the slums

of Peru through

MISIUR, page 40.

Buyer’s Guide

The Oakseed bazaar catalog is an alternative to traditional gift-giving—a

way to give meaningful presents to loved ones while also meeting the

needs of the poorest of the poor globally. Throughout the catalog, gifts

marked with a + indicate a needed but often overlooked present.

Below are gift ideas for your loved ones.

Pastor

n Biblical teaching materials for children, MISIUR, Peru, page 40

n Bible and notebook for spiritual seminars, KNOC, Kenya, page 30

n Pastoral training course at a local Bible college, Love Never Fails,

Ethiopia, page 38

n Training and fellowship retreat for 40 teen mentors, Teen Ministry,

Egypt, page 56

Teacher

n School Supplies, Love Never Fails, Ethiopia, page 38

n School fees for AIDS orphans, JOMA, Uganda, page 26

n Sheet Music for Israel Shalom, Brazil, page 24

n Visual aids for teaching, Emanuel House, Dominican Republic,

page 18

Grandparent

n Training and startup business supplies for grannies, JOMA,

Uganda, page 26.

n New dress for a woman, Lily of the Valleys, Brazil, page 34.

n Microloans for women making fresh starts, Love Never Fails,

Ethiopia, page 38.

n Cane repair toolkit, CEMIPRE, Chile, page 16.

Medical Worker

n New mother supplies for the prison’s maternity wing,

SACDEM, Argentina, page 50

n Comprehensive medical care and infant supplies for expectant

mother, Royal Nest, Liberia, page 48

n Pediatric medical equipment, Love Link, El Salvador, page 36

n Vitamins and medicine, HOH, Ethiopia, page 22

If you aren’t sure which gift is best, consider choosing “where most

needed.” This gift option is available for all ministry partners.

Special Occasions

Consider giving a bazaar gift for a special occasion.

n Fill a bag with diapers and give diapers, formula, and baby wipes

to Love Link in El Salvador, page 36

n Buy a throw blanket or tent for the couple and

give it alongside a mosquito net and blanket for

Mustard Seed Orphanage in Myanmar, page 44

n Give funding for job training to Ashirvad Kanti

in India to improve the livelihoods of those living

in poverty and honor the memory of a deceased

loved one, page 14

n Gift a house plant to a friend and add seeds and

gardening tools for Semear in the Dominican

Republic, page 53

n Celebrate a new job, promotion, or retirement

by blessing an Indian woman at Sugandh with a

business grant, page 54

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Celebrate baptism or church membership by

giving a Bible to the recipient and selecting a Bible

gift from a ministry partner listed in the catalog.

Installing the

new well given

through the

Oakseed bazaar

catalog.

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Brazilian Baseball and Softball

Associação Brasileira de Beisebol e Softbol (ABBS)

São José dos Campos, Brazil

Oakseed’s ministry partner since 2002

Brazilian Baseball and Softball Association (ABBS) shares the gospel using baseball with

at-risk children of São José dos Campos, Brazil. Children from the favelas (slums) attend

the weekly baseball skill training program. Families learn how to apply God’s Word to

their lives through participating in weekly Bible studies. Kids form safe, Christ-centered

friendships within this “baseball family.”

Bazaar Gifts

AB1–Bible for a slum child.....................................................................................$10

Children are delighted to receive their own Bibles and quickly write their names and the

baseball position they play on the inside cover.

AB2–Gloves, bats, and baseballs.............................................................................$40

Gloves, bats, and baseballs allow children to participate in games and tournaments.

AB3–Uniforms and cleats for two players..............................................................$80

This gift provides two players with the uniform and proper shoes to play baseball.

Uniforms also allow children to look and feel like a team.

AB4–Baseball training camp +.............................................................................$250

ABBS uses baseball camps to host Bible studies and build relationships with players while

learning the sport. Your gift allows impoverished children to attend camp at no cost.

AB5–Where most needed.......................................................................................$25

Your gift will be given to ABBS to be used where it is most needed as they serve impoverished

children through baseball.

Pray for ABBS:

Recently the city government agreed to provide an area for ABBS to use for their baseball

and softball ministries, but it still needs to be developed before it can be used. Praise the

Lord for answering prayers for a field and ask God to use this ministry to draw children to

Himself and away from the lure of drugs and crime.

DID YOU KNOW?

Baseball is not a well-known sport

in Brazil and is a novelty to kids!

Even though children participated on the

ABBS team and learned to play baseball,

they weren’t able to play in any away games

or seriously compete with other teams until a

van was purchased last year from the bazaar

catalog. This past year, kids fully competed in

the local baseball leagues by finally attending

away games. Additionally, the van has

expanded ABBS’s outreach to further away

favelas by transporting children to the fields

and events.

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Angel Care Pregnancy Center

Monrovia, Liberia


Angel Care Pregnancy Center is a ministry of Mission

Bethel that meets the dire needs of impoverished

mothers in Liberia by providing counseling, baby

supplies, prenatal medical care, infant care classes,

and parent skills training. Liberia is ranked 10th

for maternal mortality rates in the world. Liberian

women desperately need access to quality prenatal

and postnatal care to save the lives of mothers and

infants. Angel Care has stepped into this medical

services desert to provide quality care to a vulnerable

community. Additionally, Angel Care distributes

clothing, blankets, diapers, baby wipes, and hygiene

items to families.

Around 49 percent of Liberian women have

experienced domestic violence in their home, resulting

in unhealthy and destructive habits of interaction

within families. Angel Care’s parenting classes help

mothers see and nurture the potential in their children

instead of turning to anger. During these two-week

courses, women receive training from a professional

counselor, pastor, teacher, and lawyer. As families are

given tools for healthy parenting, children’s lives are

transformed and women can work toward healing.

When Wothy Freeman became a Christian,

her Muslim husband refused to provide basic

support to her. Without her husband’s financial

support, Wothy struggled to meet the needs

of her children. Through a bazaar gift from

Oakseed, Wothy was given a sewing machine to

start her own tailoring business. Today Wothy

is a successful seamstress in her community and

fully self-sufficient. With a heart to help, Wothy

trains other poor women and young girls from her

church and neighborhood to become seamstresses.

Through her compassion, her business continues

to thrive. She teaches women a tangible skill and

helps these ladies discover hope in Jesus.

Pray for Angel Care:

Pray the Lord preserves the lives of mothers and babies and breaks the devastating cycle of

domestic violence in Liberia.

Bazaar Gifts

AC1–Basic hygiene and medicine.........................................................................$25

Your gift will provide an impoverished woman with basic hygiene supplies such as soap,

toothpaste, toothbrush, sanitary pads, and other items. While we may consider these “basic” items,

they are often too expensive for the women at Angel Care to purchase on their own.

AC2–Prenatal vitamins and care..........................................................................$35

Your gift will provide prenatal vitamins, medical checks, hygiene supplies, and other prenatal

care to a woman who lacks access to maternal healthcare.

AC3–Baby bundle..................................................................................................$70

This bundle contains baby blankets, diapers, wipes, baby soap, and other essential infant

care supplies. They are gifted to new mothers after delivery.

AC4–Sponsor a trauma counselor for parenting class.......................................$300

Counselors work with women as they process trauma and learn to interact with their

children in a healthy way. Your gift will sponsor the honorarium and food costs of a counselor

during a two-week parent training course.

AC5–Where most needed.....................................................................................$25

Your gift will meet the critical needs of mothers at Angel Care.

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Ashirvad Kanti

Light of Blessing

Nagpur, India


Ashirvad Kanti shines light into India’s

darkest places. Ashirvad children’s home

hosts kids from neglect/abuse situations and

families affected by HIV as full-time residents.

Ashirvad Kanti also provides job training to

destitute women by teaching computer classes,

cosmetology, and tailoring. This past year,

women enrolled in the computer training program moved beyond basic computer skills

into professional courses like IT literacy, desktop publishing, and accounting software.

The devastating effects of COVID left many orphans and single mothers in India.

Ashirvad Kanti is providing housing, food, education, and other support to these women

and children.

“We are very grateful to the prayer

warriors of Oakseed who have been

interceding for us over the past two

decades. The financial investments and

prayer support you raised for us is the

cause for the fruit we see today. Thank

you very much for your love.”

DID YOU KNOW?

– Pushpa Waghmare

The beautician course trainer is a

former beneficiary of Ashirwad! She

still lives in the same urban poor

community but is helping others

develop self-sufficiency skills!

“Ashirvad Kanti is focused on children

at-risk. They are built to eventually

stand on their two feet and empower

their community. Over the years

Ashirvad has dealt with the root of

issues in the slums of Nagpur instead of

simply addressing the symptoms alone.”

– Satish Moses,

Ministry Liaison to India

Pray for Ashirvad Kanti:

Pray for creativity and boldness for Ashirvad Kanti to continue to couple their social

programs with the more critical preaching of the gospel. Also, pray for support and

protection from the government in a culture increasingly hostile to Christianity.

Bazaar Gifts

AK1–Educational resources for slum children................................................. $25

The gift of educational resources provides paper, pencils, notebooks, books, and other

items for impoverished children to participate in school.

AK2–Clothing and necessities for orphans....................................................... $40

Most orphans arrive at Ashirvad Kanti with only the clothes on their backs. This gift

provides additional sets of clothing and hygiene necessities.

AK3–Slum mobile clinic supplies...................................................................... $75

In the slums people suffer from easily treated health issues. Ashirvad Kanti visits

impoverished families to provide medication like antibiotic wound cream,

over-the-counter pain medication, and vitamins. Staff also refer more significant health

issues to the local hospital.

AK4–Women’s job training.............................................................................. $100

This gift provides a woman with job training to provide for her family. Women in this

program are proud of what they accomplish and bring dignity to their families.

AK5–Where most needed.................................................................................. $25

Your gift will be given to Ashirvad Kanti to meet the critical needs of the slum community.

Working with

local municipal

departments is

difficult. Pray for good

relationships with

officials and that the

work would not be

hindered.


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CEMIPRE

Valparaíso, Chile


CEMIPRE began as a ministry in 2003, became a

Chilean foundation in 2013, and currently serves over

60 individuals with vision impairment (low vision or

blindness). While the average age of a participant is

50, this year CEMPIRE added occupational therapy

services for children ages 5–16. Every service—

occupational, speech, and language therapy; Braille

instruction; and computer literacy training—is bathed

in the gospel. Rather than focusing on a diagnosis or

a disability, the ministry highlights each participant’s

value and dignity.

CEMIPRE involves family and friends as much

as possible to educate and encourage program

participants. A devoted group of local pastors and

church members teach 30-minute devotionals twice a week to beneficiaries. Local church

involvement has increased over the years; a change from rejecting people with disabilities

to welcoming them into their fellowships.

Bazaar Gifts

CE1–Braille or audio Bible.................................................................................$15

The gift of Braille and audio Bibles allows individuals at CEMIPRE to engage in the Word

of God, learn how to read Braille, and understand the truths of the gospel.

CE2–Cane repair toolkit.....................................................................................$30

Canes experience wear and tear from frequent use. Damage compromises the reliability

of the cane. Your gift will provide a toolkit to repair canes, allowing the user to continue to

use this essential medical device.

CE3–Walking canes with rolling tips..................................................................$45

Participants at CEMIPRE learn to navigate using a cane. Your gift will provide a new

walking cane to an adult learning this essential skill, blessing them with the ability to move

around safely and independently.

CE4–Counseling support..................................................................................$320

Some participants at CEMIPRE experience deep grief at the loss of their sight and would

benefit from support beyond the typical program. Your gift will provide individual counseling

sessions for one participant and their family.

CE5–Raised garden bed.................................................................................$1,000

Your gift will build raised garden beds and provide an outlet for participants to

learn how to garden without sight.

CE6–Where most needed....................................................................................$25

Your gift will provide CEMIPRE with the resources to minister to the needs of blind children

and adults through its training center.

Pray for CEMIPRE:

New participants require more hands-on attention as they navigate a new world of vision

loss. With an influx of new participants (including several children with low vision or

blindness), pray for CEMIPRE workers to have wisdom and continue to care for and

encourage long-term participants well.

Filled with fear and shame,

Macarena took her first steps into

CEMIPRE. These steps meant she

was becoming one of “them”– a

person with a disability. Macarena

was young, fit, and working at a

job she loved. She didn’t want to

be disabled even though she had

been diagnosed with degenerative

low vision. A friend from church

encouraged Macarena to check out

CEMIPRE. Over time CEMIPRE

helped Macarena understand

her diagnosis. She could see this

wasn’t the end of her life but a

new chapter. Macarena is learning

orientation and mobility through

use of a white cane and Braille. But

finding true community among the

staff and others with disabilities has

been the greatest treasure of all.

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Emanuel House

Quisqueya, Dominican Republic

New ministry partner in 2022

Emanuel House (EH) feeds children spiritually, physically,

and emotionally. EH serves 150 children from

117 of the poorest families in Quisqueya. In addition

to Bible study and education, children receive access to

clean water, functioning bathrooms, and regular meals

(breakfast, lunch, and snack)—which they may not

have access to at home.

EH works with neurodiverse children—children

with hearing loss, partial vision loss, physical

disabilities, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism,

dyslexia— and provides training to the community

to care well for this population. EH also holds

Bible classes with children and their parents; many

families become followers of Jesus.

“There is great respect for the school in the

community because the school makes water

available for the community. Also, some

sports teams are allowed to use this water

for their practices and games.”

– Rick Horne, Ministry Liasion to

Africa & the Dominican Republic

Pray for Emanuel House:

Pray the training EH provides to the community

on caring for neurodiverse children would result in

kids with special needs being loved, supported, and

well cared for in their homes and neighborhood.

Bazaar Gifts

EH1–Visual aids for teaching............................................................................. $20

This gift blesses EH with pictures, posters, and other visual aids for Bible stories.

EH2–Volunteer training..................................................................................... $50

EH provides specialized training for volunteers. This training ensures volunteers are

prepared to serve neurodivergent children and their families.

EH3–Special needs resources........................................................................... $150

Provides EH with resources like speech devices, noise canceling headphones, and

sensory toys.

EH4–Specialized therapy tools........................................................................ $300

This gift provides EH with tools to provide occupational, language, music, and art therapy.

EH5–Where needed most.................................................................................. $25

Your gift will be used as needed to purchase resources and serve children and their

families at EH.


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Fountain of Life Christian School

Juan Tomás, Dominican Republic


Fountain of Life Christian School (FLCS) serves over 450 children in the impoverished

area of Juan Tomás, Dominican Republic. The teachers in this close-knit community

create an environment of safety, are dedicated to excellence in education, and share Jesus

with students.

Bazaar Gifts

Pray for Fountain

of Life Christian School:

Pray for the Lord to prepare

the hearts of the teachers

and students at FLCS and to

grow them in faith, love, and

steadfastness throughout the

school year. Pray also that the

school would be a light in the

community, drawing families

into the fellowship of their

local church.

FL1–Bible for a new believing family................................................................ $10

Many families come to faith through the education their children receive at FLCS. This gift

provides a family with a personal copy of the Bible.

FL2–Uniform and backpack with school supplies............................................. $30

This gift provides students with the supplies they need to participate in classes.

FL3–Curriculum and supplies for teachers....................................................... $40

This gift blesses teachers with new school supplies like staplers, paper clips, pens, paper, and

curriculum materials.

FL4–One month’s teacher salary +................................................................... $350

Teachers at FLCS are paid less than public school teachers; the teachers who come to FLCS

are dedicated to Christian education. This gift blesses a teacher with a full month’s salary.

FL5–Where most needed................................................................................... $25

Your gift will bless FLCS with the resources to provide excellent Christian education to

impoverished children.

Fountain of Life Christian

School meets the needs of

children who don’t have a public

school to attend—80 percent

of students come from nearby

villages! Without FLCS, these

kids wouldn’t have access to

education!


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Children work on art projects

during a summer program.

Pray for Hanna Orphan’s Home:

Bazaar Gifts

Hanna Orphan’s Home

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


Hanna Orphan’s Home (HOH) cares for children

who lost parents to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. HOH

cares for orphans in eight homes, each run by a house

mother. Additionally, HOH provides support services

to vulnerable children in their local community,

including a medical clinic for impoverished families.

Children in both programs are enrolled in a local

school and attend HOH’s after school program where

kids get a meal, participate in Bible studies, receive

counseling, and have access to the ministry’s library.

During the summer, children participate in a special

program designed to cultivate and explore talents and

interests with professionals which culminates in an art

and innovation talent show.

Pray for the Lord to equip and sustain the house mothers and grow them in faith as they

care for the children in their homes. Ask for the orphans to feel loved and come to know

the love of God their Father. Pray also for the Lord to use Hanna Orphan’s Home to boldly

show the power and hope of the gospel to those in deep poverty and brokenness in their

community.

HO1–Bible for an orphan.................................................................................. $10

Your gift will provide an HOH orphan with a personal Bible for Bible study, retreats,

counseling, and personal devotions.

HO2–New shoes................................................................................................. $20

Shoes protect children from injuries and disease that easily occur in bare feet.

HO3–Vitamins and medicine............................................................................ $25

Your gift will give doctors and nurses resources to treat cuts, burns, and injuries and provide

essential vitamins and deworming tablets to kids.

HO4–Art supplies for art classes and Bible clubs.............................................. $35

HOH orphans and community children enjoy art classes and crafts at the Bible club.

Children can process biblical information in a hands-on way while exploring artistic interests.

HO5–Sponsor house mom for a year............................................................... $840

Children at HOH live in family settings; your gift will bless a house mom with a

full-year of salary.

HO6–Where most needed.................................................................................. $25

Your gift will be used to meet critical needs as they serve orphans and impoverished children.

“Oakseed has become a

blessing by replicating

th

hope, love, and peace

among children and its

Anniversary

partners. We pray for

your fruit to multiply

and bless more areas worldwide.”

– Hanna Teshome,

Founder of Hanna Orphan’s Home

DID YOU KNOW?

HOH also provides food,

medication, counseling, and supplies

to homebound seniors within the

community.

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Israel Shalom

São Paulo, Brazil


Israel Shalom ministers to 103 at-risk children and

adolescents from the Brasilândia community, a deprived

area on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil. Israel Shalom

uses musical education with a Christian focus to gain

the attention of youth and to share the gospel—which

can transform the life trajectory of these kids.

Israel Shalom teaches youth music appreciation classes

and beginner to advanced music lessons (instrumental

and vocal). Within the community, Israel Shalom

performs concerts and shows to highlight young artists

and provides an outlet to share the gospel. Adolescents

are trained to lead worship at local churches and youth

detention centers alongside its ministry partner, JEAME.

Additionally, Israel Shalom teaches ballet to girls

culminating in recitals.

The majority of volunteers graduated from the program and returned to invest into the lives

of these youth. As graduates pour into the ministry, they serve as role models and proof to

at-risk kids that staying off the streets and away from the pull of gangs is possible through

participation in Israel Shalom programs.

Pray for Israel Shalom:

Many volunteers are former students who have caught the vision to impact their

community for Christ. Pray for the children’s hearts to be gripped by the Lord and for

them to grow in faith, resulting in transformed lives.

Bazaar Gifts

“Israel Shalom is a social project in the outskirts of São Paulo which

teaches music but also dance, Brazilian martial arts (capoeira), and

pilates to reach at-risk children and teenagers to provide a healthy

environment and share the gospel.”

- Carlos Dourado,

Ministry Liason to Latin America

IS1–Sheet music................................................................................................. $15

Your gift will provide sheet music for use during instrument lessons and group singing.

IS2–Ballet shoes and costumes.......................................................................... $40

Your gift will provide an impoverished child with ballet shoes and dance costumes which

they can’t afford. Children will learn to dance alongside the truth of the gospel.

IS3–Guitars......................................................................................................... $50

Your gift of guitars will accompany voices as they sing praise to the Lord during group

singing and instrument lessons.

IS4–Keyboard................................................................................................... $120

Your gift will bless Israel Shalom with a keyboard for group singing and music lessons.

IS5–Recording and sound equipment............................................................. $500

Your gift will allow Israel Shalom to record music and to teach children recording skills.

This gift allows children to create performance tapes and provides the opportunity to learn

a skill that can be used in a variety of occupations.

IS6–Where most needed.................................................................................... $25

Your gift will be used where it is most needed to bless the work.


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Jars of Oil Mission Africa (JOMA)

Amuria, Hoima and Lira, Uganda


Jars of Oil Mission Africa (JOMA) ministers to elderly widows (affectionately referred to as

grannies) who lost their children to AIDS and now take care of their grandchildren. With

compassion, the ministry breaks through the shame and stigma associated with AIDS to

meet physical and spiritual needs.

JOMA feeds families by delivering

food packages and helping

“grannies” start gardens. The

gardens provide a source of food,

income, and dignity. Many of

the grannies suffer from HIV or

other illnesses so JOMA arranges

medical treatment for them.

JOMA helped grannies enroll

16 orphans into local schools.

Additionally, JOMA established

a program to improve housing

for recipients. This past year

one house was built, two houses

renovated, and one house is

underway!

Bazaar Gifts

JOMA is grateful to Oakseed for the gift of the car

that has made movements easier and significantly

improved operations.

JO1–Bibles for orphaned grandchildren........................................................... $10

Your gift provides an orphaned grandchild with a copy of the Bible. JOMA families are

overjoyed to receive personal Bibles.

JO2–School fees for AIDS orphans +................................................................. $40

Your gift will provide an orphan with the required fees to attend school. Many orphans are

forced to drop out of school because they cannot afford these fees.

JO3–Granny medical care.................................................................................. $75

The grannies cared for by JOMA often go years without medical care. Your gift ensures their

medical needs are met.

JO4–Granny retreat.......................................................................................... $550

Your gift will allow grannies to enjoy a JOMA retreat. Retreats include comfortable

housing, nutritious meals, bathroom facilities, and spiritual encouragement.

JO5–Where most needed................................................................................... $25

Your gift will meet the critical needs of grannies who care for their orphaned grandchildren.

Living with HIV filled Harriet’s heart with anxiety.

She worried about her grandchildren’s future given

her health condition. But after receiving help from

JOMA, her family’s life was turned upside down when

introduced to Jesus. Harriet and her three grandchildren

became Christians and her health has improved since

participating in JOMA. For the first time Harriet sees hope

on the horizon for her family.

Pray for JOMA:

Ask the Lord to transform multiple

generations as God’s love to grannies and

their orphaned grandchildren is shown

by staff.

For months Sarah’s poor health confined her to a bed.

Despair covered Sarah like a rain cloud and fear gripped

her heart. She felt unworthy of God’s love and forgotten.

After participating in JOMA, Sarah learned an important

truth: God sees and loves her. Armed with truth instead

of lies, Sarah’s health—both spiritual and physical—has

improved. Her days are spent working around the new

home the Lord provided for her family. She can smile at

the days ahead because God is with her and meeting her

everyday needs.

“We thank God for the

faith that is restored in

the grannies. We are

reminded that we are

not doing it for us but

for Christ’s sake.”

th

Anniversary

– Bibian Baralemwa,

Director of JOMA

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Ministério JEAME

São Paulo, Brazil


Ministério JEAME conducts evangelistic

services in 13 juvenile detention centers in

São Paulo, Brazil, reaching 1,000 teenagers

each week. JEAME is located blocks from

a drug-infested area of São Paulo named

Cracolândia. JEAME conducts regular street

evangelism and prayer walks through the

neighborhood. Follow-ups from these efforts

include Christian discipleship and vocational

training.

In 2021, JEAME opened a community center to minister to teens released from prison.

The center allows JEAME to support teens in new ways. JEAME provides a barber training

program where newly released teens can learn job skills. As the ministry continues to grow,

JEAME hopes to launch a professional bakery course for teenagers at Centro Rio Tâmisa.

These new job skill programs impact the lives of teens by providing a source of income,

community connection, and an encounter with God.

With over 40 years of community service and

ministry in Brazil, JEAME is well-known and

respected. Over the years JEAME has opened

doors for other ministries to thrive—including

ABBS, Lily of the Valleys, and Israel Shalom.

JEAME invests in these new ministries—

often bringing a fledging ministry under its

umbrella of care — until they are ready to

launch out on their own. JEAME’s faithful

encouragement and support has resulted in

more Brazilian urban communities accessing

life-changing services and being impacted by

the gospel.

Pray for JEAME:

Pray that JEAME’s ministry to incarcerated and newly released teens results in many

hearing and receiving the good news about Jesus.

Bazaar Gifts

JE1–Bible for a teen in prison............................................................................ $10

A teen in prison will receive a personal copy of the Bible with JEAME contact information.

Bibles are utilized for group studies and personal reading while in prison and provide a way

for teens to reach out to JEAME once released.

JE2–New clothing for a formerly incarcerated teen.......................................... $25

Incarcerated teens have few possessions when released from prison. The clothing worn when

arrested may no longer fit. Your gift provides a new set of clothing for a fresh start.

JE3–Food care packages +.................................................................................. $40

Your gift will provide newly released detainees and their families with food, meeting a

crucial need as they find employment.

JE4–Barber training and tools........................................................................... $60

JEAME’s barber training program provides released juvenile offenders with job skills to

earn an income without returning to illegal activity. Your gift will provide training and

barber tools for a teen making a fresh start.

JE5–Bakery startup supplies............................................................................ $300

Your gift will provide supplies to a teen released from prison to earn an income through

baking. When teens take pride in their work they are less likely to return to illegal activities.

JE6–Where most needed.................................................................................... $25

Your gift will be used by JEAME where it is most needed to help current and former

juvenile offenders.


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Kenya Needy Orphans and Children

Kisumu, Kenya


Kenya Needy Orphans and Children (KNOC) promotes high school education and postgraduation

planning for orphans and impoverished children in Kisumu, Kenya. Children

are provided with school fees, vocational skills, and career guidance. In addition, KNOC

works with impoverished children and orphans from local church congregations to

provide educational and spiritual support to serve the Lord in their churches, career paths,

and all of life.

Pray for KNOC:

Pray students will be lights for the gospel in their schools and glorify God as they pursue

careers.

After being abandoned by his father, Denis was

forced to provide for his family. Denis transformed

his one-room house into a workshop to repair

electronics while he attends a polytechnic school

to develop these same skills. Through Oakseed’s

funding, he is learning a skill to provide for his

family both now and in the years ahead.

“The team

at KNOC

is united,

organized,

and knows

what their

work is. They are obviously

keen to pass the gospel to the

beneficiaries and go out of

the way to make use of the

opportunities presented through

Oakseed’s help to preach Christ.

This includes organizing youth

conferences for the express

purpose of declaring Christ.”

– Sam Oluoch,

Ministry Liaison to Africa

th

Anniversary

One of the laptops purchased through the bazaar

catalog last year helped the program coordinator:

follow-up with students, organize teen retreats,

receive and compile company documents, write

student follow-up and progress reports, create

newsletters, and prepare budgets and audit reports.

Bazaar Gifts

Oakseed’s partnership enabled KNOC to host two teen retreats where the gospel was

faithfully preached—not only to the beneficiaries but also to teens from sister churches

and the neighborhood.

For 17-year-old Mercy, worry was a constant companion

at school. Her mom sold fish in the local market and

struggled to provide for Mercy’s family, much less afford

to pay the mandatory fees for her education. Each school

term Mercy didn’t know if she would be asked to leave

because her family couldn’t afford to pay the school

fees. Anxiety distracted Mercy as she pondered if today

she would be told to leave school. But after Mercy was

selected for an Oakseed sponsorship, her days of worry

ceased. With her school fees covered, Mercy can focus on

her studies and is thriving in school.

KN1–Basic hygiene supplies +........................................................................... $20

KNOC provides hygiene supply packages to students at retreats and through tutors. Packages

include toothbrushes, soap, masks, and feminine hygiene supplies. Without these supplies

students may not be able to attend school.

KN2–Bible and notebook for spiritual seminars............................................... $25

Your gift will provide a student with a Bible and notebook to use at KNOC retreats and

seminars.

KN3–Food basket for students.......................................................................... $50

KNOC distributes food baskets at retreats and home visits.

KN4–Used van to transport students and tutors.......................................... $1,400

KNOC tutors travel by public transportation to visit students at homes and schools.

Your gift toward a used van will provide secure transportation for tutors and student

transportation to retreats.

KN5–Where most needed.................................................................................. $25

KNOC will utilize your gift where it is most needed for needy orphans and children.

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Poor housewives earn a

living through the sewing

and embroidery vocational

training programs.

Pray for Light of the World Ministries:

Light of the World

Nagpur, India


Light of the World Ministries serves the poor of Nagpur,

India. Nagpur is the third-largest city in India. Light of the

World operates multiple churches, a school for children

unable to afford local school fees, and a vocational center

teaching tailoring, dress design, and computer science.

Widows and elderly women receive assistance to start

small business endeavors for vending and food carts to

promote self-sufficiency.

The ministry also provides food and essential supplies to

severely impoverished families. In 2021, they provided 100

children with two sets of clothes, school tuition, supplies,

and a decent meal each day, keeping kids in school and

off the streets. Light of the World also started a slum

mentorship program serving 150 children.

Light of the World holds church services in two large

slum locations and desires to establish 10 new churches in

Nagpur. Young people from the slums attend church and

have their lives transformed by the gospel.

Pray for the ministry to mold youth into spiritual leaders who fearlessly spread the gospel

throughout India and for vocational training programs to expand to other slum locations.

With the support of Oakseed, widows and elderly women are

living with dignity and self-respect through the vending and

food carts provided.

“Oakseed has been

praying for us always.

Throughout all times,

you were standing by

us.”

– Sanjay Chinchkhede,

Light of the World Pastor

th

Anniversary

Bazaar Gifts

LW1–Two sets of new clothing for a slum child................................................ $20

Light of the World distributes clothing to impoverished children during slum home visits

and at the community center.

LW2–Vocational training and self-employment resources............................. $100

A woman will receive vocational training and resources to become self-employed. This

allows a woman to earn income for her family and instills a sense of self-worth.

LW3–Provide a child with school tuition, supplies, and daily

lunch for a year................................................................................................. $180

Your gift will provide a full-year of school tuition, supplies, and daily lunch to a child

living in the slums.

LW4–Technology equipment for children’s mentoring program +................ $300

Your gift will be used to purchase technology equipment to teach computer skills, submit

applications, print paperwork, and access educational resources.

LW5–Where most needed.................................................................................. $25

Your gift will provide Light of the World with resources to continue its important ministry

in the slum community.


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Lily of the Valleys

Catanduva, Brazil


Lily of the Valleys is a Bible-based residential

drug and alcohol care program. The ministry

helps teenage girls and women escape the

prison of addiction to find freedom in Christ in

Catanduva, Brazil.

Lily of the Valleys emphasizes the gospel

in treatment programs believing only an

encounter with Jesus can free addicts from

spiritual and physical bondage.

“Lily of the Valleys is led by Lourdes Pereira da

Silva, a former addict with an unwavering passion

for rescuing women from addiction and sharing

the gospel. In over three decades of ministry [Silva]

has persevered in the mission, in spite of spiritual

opposition and numerous difficulties associated with

running such a ministry with very scarce resources.”

- Carlos Dourado,

Ministry Liason to Latin America

Bureaucratic changes and laws have made it difficult for Lily of the Valleys and other

rehabilitation facilities to serve those in need of healing and freedom from addiction. Pray

Lily of the Valleys meets all the requirements and serves women in their care well.

Pray for Lily of the Valleys:

Pray the gospel will transform

women who complete the fourmonth

rehabilitation program

and that they remain sober upon

returning home.

Bazaar Gifts

LV1–Bible for a woman in rehab........................................................................ $10

Your gift will bless a woman at Lily of the Valleys with her own Bible. Women are given

Bibles and attend studies and group discussions.

LV2–New dress and shoes.................................................................................. $35

Each graduate is given a new dress and shoes as a graduation gift. For many of the women,

this is the first new dress they have owned and provides a professional outfit for job interviews.

LV3–New towels, bedding, and linen................................................................. $40

Your gift will welcome participants for the addiction program with new towels, bedding,

and linen.

LV4–Gift toward purchase of laptop computer................................................. $50

Your gift will be used toward the purchase of a laptop computer for office use, job and

housing searches, and paperwork.

LV5–Where most needed................................................................................... $25

Your gift will be used where it is most needed to help the women participating in gospelbased

addiction treatment.

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Love Link

San Salvador, El Salvador


Love Link serves 800 families from the slums

of San Salvador, El Salvador. Malnourished

babies ages 1 to 18 months are delivered to the

center from local hospitals. Most of the babies

brought to Love Link are near death when they

arrive. Love Link provides round-the-clock care,

nourishing babies, providing additional medical

care, and training families to care for infants at

home.

Love Link’s community program, Children’s

Feeding Kitchen, gives free daily lunches to

650 kids, holds nutrition clinics, and provides

medical assessments in eight locations across El Salvador. Additionally, three new aquaponic

ponds provide fish and vegetables for families to eat and sell. The money earned helps

families buy food or provides for other needs at the center.

Pray for Love Link:

Pray for impoverished children to receive life-sustaining nutrition through the baby house

and community dining halls. Pray for families to hear and respond to the gospel.

Through Oakseed’s crib sponsorship

program, the specific needs of babies like

Maryory are met. Baby Maryory arrived

at Love Link with gastric troubles requiring

special care, medicine, food, milk, and

a specialist. With the support of the crib

sponsorship, Maryory’s needs were covered.

“Oakseed is a shoulder we

can lean on knowing you

join with us in prayer.”

th

Anniversary

– Gerson Roque,

Director of Love Link

Bazaar Gifts

LL1–Diapers, formula, and baby wipes............................................................. $20

Your gift will provide diapers, formula, and baby wipes to a severely malnourished child.

LL2–Medical gear for the staff +........................................................................ $35

Your gift will provide staff with gloves, masks, caps, and protective equipment to protect

children from additional illness.

LL3–Medicine, vitamins, and laboratory work................................................. $50

Your gift will provide resources to distribute medicine and vitamins at community outreach

days and to perform laboratory work on malnourished children.

LL4–Pediatric medical equipment................................................................... $100

Specialized equipment such as oximeters, thermometers, sphygmomanometers, and

nebulizers equip Love Link to care for children with complex medical issues.

LL5–A month of meals for the children’s dining room................................... $240

Your gift will supply one of eight dining halls with the food needed for an entire month.

LL6–Aquaponics pond for a community dining hall................................... $1,000

Three of the Love Link’s community dining halls are benefiting from aquaponics ponds.

Your gift will bless one of the remaining dining halls with this ongoing source of food.

LL7–Where most needed................................................................................... $25

Your gift will meet the critical needs of malnourished children at Love Link.


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Love Never Fails



Love Never Fails decreases the spread of

HIV/AIDS and frees women from a life of

prostitution. Working in the slums of Addis

Ababa, Ethiopia, Love Never Fails cares for

the daily physical needs of men and women

living with AIDS, encourages HIV testing,

provides AIDS awareness programs, and

leads training to destigmatize the disease.

In addition, the ministry offers both incomegenerating

activities for prostitutes and

educational support for children so that

vulnerable women and children have job

skills to become self-sufficient. This past

spring four women left prostitution and

started their own businesses and two became

Christians through their engagement with the

ministry.

When Seble left a life of prostitution and placed her faith in

Jesus, she expected those first steps to be the hardest. But when

a local church told her to not return because they didn’t want

their church to be known as a church of prostitutes, she was

heartbroken. Many women like Seble face this same challenge.

In response to this rampant issue, Love Never Fails provides

pastoral training to educate and equip local pastors to help

their churches embrace women leaving prostitution and

integrate them into the church body.

“I am

thankful

to see those who had no

hope filled with hope

and those who were

crying, smiling. I believe

that joy and gladness of

the heart are gifts from

God. When I see those

we help smiling it feels

as if my heart jumps

with joy.”

– Frew Tegene,

Director of Love Never Fails

th

Anniversary

Pray for Love Never Fails:

Pray that men and women with AIDS would come to know the compassion of Christ and

be comforted in body and soul by Jesus.

College students in Addis Ababa sing a doxology after finishing a course.

Bazaar Gifts

LN1–Bible in Amharic or Oromia..................................................................... $10

Love Never Fails recipients speak Amharic or Oromia. Your gift will provide a copy of the

Bible in her native language.

LN2–School supplies.......................................................................................... $15

Your gift will provide a child with school supplies and allow them to attend school.

LN3–Soccer balls and volleyballs for children.................................................. $25

The children of prostitutes live hard lives. Your gift will engage children in active play.

LN4–Health and sanitary resources................................................................... $45

Your gift will provide health and sanitary resources such as bandages, antiseptic cream,

feminine hygiene products, soap, and toothbrushes as staff minister door-to-door to men

and women suffering from HIV/AIDS.

LN5–Microloans for women............................................................................ $200

Providing women with a new means to earn an income frees women from a life of

prostitution. Your gift will provide a microloan to a woman to start a business such as

selling food or clothing.

LN6–Pastoral training course at Bible college +............................................. $250

Love Never Fails teaches a special course at the local Bible college to train pastors on how

to integrate women who have left prostitution into their churches.

LN7–Where most needed................................................................................... $25

Your gift will provide resources to meet the critical needs of women leaving prostitution

and to individuals suffering from HIV/AIDS.

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MISIUR

Misión Integral Urbano Rural

Lima, Peru


Misión Integral Urbano Rural (MISIUR) improves the quality of life for poor children

and their families in Peru through comprehensive spiritual and physical care. MISIUR

operates two after-school programs, serving 100 children and youth each day. These

programs create a safe place away from gang violence where children are fed physically

and spiritually.

MISIUR continues to operate “Bread of Life,” a program offering lunch and devotions five

days a week for 500 children in the slums of Lima, Ayacucho, Moyobamba, and Trujillo,

including providing meals to family members of recipients.

MISIUR also leads livelihood projects to promote self-sufficiency among women through

training in baking, cosmetology, and starting a chicken farm.

No one can be prepared for bad news, including Jenny Rojas, mother of

MISIUR participant Ccori Perez. Rojas learned her husband needed surgery

for a brain tumor, but instead of succumbing to fear she kept her eyes fixed on

Jesus—and MISIUR devotions played a role in encouraging her faith.

“Thank you for the biblical reflections because they help me a lot in keeping

my faith and moving forward,” Rojas said. As she walks through this

hardship, she is trusting the Lord to strengthen her and bring healing to her

spouse.

Pray for MISIUR:

Pray for the Lord to build strong families centered around

the Bible and participation in the local church.

Bazaar Gifts

MI1–Biblical teaching materials for children.................................................... $20

Your gift will provide MISIUR with materials for children’s Bible lessons.

MI2–Children’s vitamins and medicine............................................................ $25

Your gift will provide vitamins, deworming tablets, bandages, and medications such as

antibiotic cream and pain relievers to children in slums.

MI3–Land to expand program reach............................................................... $100

The needs in the slum community are great and MISIUR wants to purchase land to

expand its ministry reach.

MI4–Home for an impoverished family....................................................... $1,100

Families in the slums live in shacks made of cardboard from food packaging, tarps, and tin

sheets. The dirt floors become muddy in the rain. Your gift will provide a family with a

prefabricated home made with brick walls, concrete floors, windows, and a solid roof.

MI5–Where most needed................................................................................... $25

Your gift will bless MISIUR with the resources to serve impoverished families in the slum

community.

Nine-year-old Bruss Sajami and his family lived

in an unstable housing situation, renting a room

month to month. Often these rental buildings are

overcrowded and aren’t well maintained resulting

in cold temperatures indoors during the winter.

Through the financial support of Oakseed for a

prefabricated house, Bruss’s family enjoys stable

housing and can focus on other needs.

Oakseed’s financial assistance

was used to start a small chicken

farm which supplies food for the

children in MISIUR’s programs and

extra eggs to sell to self-finance the

project’s operation. The chicken

farm produces around 12,400 eggs

a month!

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Morning Light



Morning Light provides child education, helps empower

women, and brings health services to the needy, serving 243

widows, single mothers, and orphans in the slums outside of

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Children receive healthy meals, medical care, school supplies,

clothing, and tutoring assistance to ensure impoverished kids

can thrive. Women participate in income-generating activities

to support their families and rise out of poverty. Single

mothers receive food to meet the nutritional needs of their

children. Morning Light also raises awareness regarding key

social-political issues impacting women in the community.

Each summer Morning Light holds a two-month summer

camp for children filled with games, sports, and gospel

truth. Additionally, students can participate in a new fiveday

program—in collaboration with another Christian

organization—which combines sports with gospel teaching.

Pray for Morning Light:

Pray students come to faith in Jesus, glorify God in their studies, and are equipped to

secure jobs when they grow up. Ask for parents to experience transformed hearts and lives

as they hear the gospel.

This past year Morning Light

secured five full-time employees

and three part-time workers to

better serve participants in the

ministry through Oakseed giving.

As the sole income provider for her family of eight, Shitu worked hard to earn money.

Shitu made injera, a non-sweet pancake-like bread Ethiopians eat with meals, to sell

each day. But she barely earned enough to scrape by. Without electricity Shitu relied

on the traditional way to prepare injera—wood and eucalyptus tree leaves. Whenever

Shitu cooked the injera her small mud house filled with smoke. The scent dominated

the mud hut night and day and created family problems.

Her two teenage sons couldn’t tolerate the smoke and left home in search of work.

Another son stopped attending school because he was teased for smelling like smoke.

But if Shitu stopped making injera she didn’t have another way to earn money.

Through a local government organization, Shitu was introduced to Morning Light.

Shitu wanted to continue her injera business. Morning Light helped Shitu connect to

the electrical power grid and purchase an electric griddle to cook injera. Additionally,

Morning Light provided Shitu’s children with uniforms, bags, and other supplies so

they could fit in among their peers at school.

Since her encounter with Morning Light, Shitu’s life isn’t hazy but filled with hope.

Shitu’s family can eat three meals a day, her son returned to school, the rest of her kids

attend school, one teenage son came back home, and they purchased a bed for the

children. Shitu’s family is rising out of poverty and on the path of self-sufficiency.

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Bazaar Gifts

ML1–School supplies..........................................................................................$20

This gift provides a backpack and school supplies to an impoverished child. This gift allows

a child to participate in school and also provides dignity in front of peers.

ML2–Food and medical supplies for students....................................................$40

The students at Morning Light do not have secure access to food or medical care. Often their

families lack the funds to provide daily meals to every member of the family. Your gift will

ensure a child has nutritious food and receives basic medical care.

ML3–Stipend and bus vouchers for volunteer tutors.........................................$50

Volunteer tutors travel by public transportation to visit impoverished children to help with

classwork because many parents are unable to assist their child. Your gift will provide a stipend

and bus voucher for tutors.

ML4–Income-generation training and business loans +..................................$300

Morning Light provides training and small business loans to impoverished women. Previous

recipients are now providing for their families by selling clothing or food at the market.

ML5–Where most needed...................................................................................$25

Your gift will minister to impoverished women and children.

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Mustard Seed Orphanage

Yangon, Myanmar


Mustard Seed Orphanage provides food, housing, Christian

education, discipleship, job training, and medical care for

over 190 widows and orphans. Mustard Seed Orphanage

consists of three houses: Ebenezer, Hosanna, and Mustard

Seed. Widows help care for the orphans, enabling these

women to be self-sufficient and integrated into the church.

The orphanage keeps livestock and grows most of the food

to feed children in their care.

Pray for Mustard Seed Orphanage:

Pray for staff and volunteers to maintain their Christian

witness and integrity in the midst of much opposition,

temptation, and corruption.

Last year’s

bazaar

catalog

included

the gift

option of a minibus for

Mustard Seed Orphanage.

We prayed for this need to

be met for years because

kidnapping children from

the back of trucks happened

throughout Myanmar. The

government didn’t allow

kids to travel to school until

the ministry purchased a

minibus. We were amazed the

Lord answered our prayers

through catalog giving

and provided the funds to

purchase a minibus!

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Bazaar Gifts

MS1–Blanket and mosquito net......................................................................... $20

The climate in Myanmar is ideal for mosquitoes to breed. Mosquito nets and blankets

protect children from malaria and allow kids to sleep comfortably.

MS2–Pig and two chickens................................................................................. $30

This gift provides an ongoing source of food and income.

MS3–Widow support......................................................................................... $70

Mustard Seed Orphanage supports widows in the community, blessing them with food,

essential supplies, and fellowship. Your gift will be used to provide for the needs of widows

in this ministry.

MS4–Facility remodeling for church outreach................................................ $200

Mustard Seed Organization uses a dining hall to hold community outreach events.

Your gift will provide funds to remodel the dining room.

MS5–Where most needed.................................................................................. $25

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Reformed Heart Orphans Center

Kisii, Kenya


Reformed Heart Orphans Center (RHOC) cares for 35 orphans in seven RHOC homes or

with families from the local church by providing food, housing, education, and medical care.

With a desire to place children in homes and with families—instead of institutions—RHOC

strives to secure each child a loving home to care for their physical and emotional wellbeing

and development. Orphans participate in computer classes and learn to sew their own

clothes. RHOC runs a dairy farm with four milking cows to provide milk for the children.

Sponsorship

When Rodlick was

a toddler his father

abandoned him and his

HIV-positive mother.

Due to poor health, his

mother couldn’t care

for Rodlick so RHOC

welcomed him into their

center. Eight years later

Rodlick attends school

and has settled into his

life at RHOC well.

Pray for RHOC:

Pray the Lord works in

the hearts of the orphans

and strengthens the faith

of new believers.

After partnering with

Oakseed, God provided

the needed funds to

construct a boys and

a girls dormitory to

accommodate more

than 100 children.

Bazaar Gifts

RH1–Shoes and a new set of clothing................................................................ $20

It can be a challenge to keep up with the clothing needs of orphans as they grow. This gift

provides children at RHOC with new shoes and clothing.

RH2–Orphanage furniture................................................................................ $50

This gift provides furniture for use in the dorms, dining hall, or other areas of the orphanage.

RH3–One-year school fees for a high school student...................................... $360

Reaching high school is a big milestone for orphans. Your gift will provide one-year of

school fees for a high school student.

RH4–Repair and complete security fencing.................................................... $800

Your gift will help repair existing fencing and secure additional areas of the orphanage.

RH5–Where most needed.................................................................................. $25

Your gift will be used where it is most needed at RHOC.

Through a donation from Oakseed, the

orphanage purchased a motorbike to help

workers carry food from the market and

transport sick children at school.

Last year RHOC’s dairy cow died

when giving birth. The staff and

children were saddened by this

loss, especially as the cow provided

essential milk for the orphanage. But

thanks to Oakseed supporters, four

cows were given through the bazaar

catalog. In God’s perfect timing, just

days after losing their dairy cow,

Oakseed shared the good news that

four cows could be purchased!

Six orphans have confessed the Lord Jesus

and been baptized. Oakseed sent the funds to

purchase the needed materials for the children’s

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Royal Nest

Monrovia, Liberia


Royal Nest is a tuition-free Christian school for

impoverished children in the slums of Monrovia,

Liberia. With 84 percent of the population living

below the poverty line of $1.25 per day, Liberia is

one of the poorest countries in the world.

Royal Nest helps 500 underprivileged children

break the cycle of poverty through education.

Each year Royal Nest hosts community outreach

days on Liberia’s Independence Day (July 26) and

Christmas Day where 300 community children

gather for a meal, clothing distribution, and special

gifts. The ministry also hosts a soccer program

so children can develop positive friendships and

cultivate team-building skills.

As a single mom of five children,

Krubo Johnson experienced more

disappointment and hardships than

she could count. Bitterness and anger

consumed her heart. Rude words

escaped her mouth and reached

the ears of her children. But when

Johnson started receiving postnatal

care and her children began

attending Royal Nest, her disposition

shifted. Today Johnson is happy and

learning to speak carefully with her

kids.

Pray for Royal Nest:

Pray children at Royal Nest grow both academically

and spiritually through their classes and escape the

cycle of poverty.

Bazaar Gifts

RN1–Bibles..........................................................................................................$10

Your gift will provide a child with their own copy of the Bible to use at school and home.

RN2–Soccer balls and equipment.......................................................................$25

This gift provides soccer balls and equipment for the Royal Nest soccer outreach program.

RN3–Shoes, backpacks, and uniforms for an underprivileged child................$75

Your gift will provide a child with new shoes, a backpack with supplies, and a school uniform.

RN4–Community outreach celebrations..........................................................$150

Liberia’s Independence Day and Christmas Day celebrations are outreach events to

hundreds of impoverished children. Your gift ensures these outreaches can continue.

RN5–Where Most Needed...................................................................................$25

Your gift will be used where it is most needed to support ministry to

underprivileged children.

Student Spotlight

Six-year-old Blama Johnson exemplifies

how the Lord builds up families through

the ministry of Royal Nest. Johnson’s

mother, Krubo Johnson (story above),

was profoundly impacted by the ministry.

Johnson is learning God loves him. This

year he memorized John 3:16 with his

class and joyfully sings, “Jesus Loves the

Little Children.”


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SACDEM

Christian Assistance Service for the Detainee

and the Mentally Ill

Buenos Aires, Argentina


SACDEM works with marginalized groups rejected by society, including prisoners, the

mentally ill, people living in extreme poverty, and children born in prison. SACDEM

conducts prison Bible studies, offers counseling, and helps inmates understand God’s

forgiveness and grace. SACDEM also helps newly released prisoners reintegrate into

society.

In Argentina, children born to mothers in prison live with their mothers in the

penitentiary system until they turn 4-years-old. SACDEM takes care of these children of

prisoners weekly, offering a safe place to play and a break from the prison environment.

“It is not easy to convey the vision that

‘those women’ who are behind bars

not only need to know Jesus but also

receive the hug they did not get.”

– Marie Elena Ruffinatti, SACDEM

“Each woman, each child, is a possibility

to speak of the Lord in different ways.

We would like to imitate Jesus, who

healed, cooked for His friends and His

disciples, and sat the children on His

lap to hug them and look at them with

tenderness.”

Bazaar Gifts

Pray for SACDEM:

Pray for the Lord to help

SACDEM share the gospel and

change lives so that released

inmates find purpose and

dignity in providing for their

families instead of returning to

street life, gangs, and drugs.

SA1–Picture Bible for children in prison.......................................................... $10

Your gift will provide a child living in prison with a picture Bible. Children have little access

to books or toys while living with their mothers in prison.

SA2–New mother supplies for the prison maternity wing................................ $30

Incarcerated pregnant women and new mothers face difficult circumstances. Your gift will

provide supplies like hygiene items, diapers, wipes, and infant clothing for the prison

maternity wing.

SA3–Christmas party for children living in prison with

incarcerated mothers........................................................................................ $300

Each year SACDEM holds a Christmas party outside of the prison. Children play, eat a meal,

receive gifts, and hear the Christmas story. Your gift will contribute toward this celebration.

SA4–Where most needed................................................................................... $25

Your gift will minister to individuals who are often marginalized and forgotten.

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Semear

São Paulo, Brazil


Semear is an urban ministry

utilizing agroecology and

income-generating projects

to proclaim the gospel

among the poor and socially

vulnerable, including the

homeless, refugees, and

children. Semear fosters

responsible care for the

earth, people, and the

sharing of crop surpluses

through local vegetable

garden clubs, agroecological training, food security, and revenue-producing

work in low-income areas.

The ministry assists communities and churches by teaching sustainability and

citizenship. Each project matches the local context and availability of time and

financial resources in urban centers. Semear strives to share

best practices, establish local networks, and build autonomy.

Evangelical outreach, discipleship, and Bible studies are

integrated into all programs allowing workers to meet the

physical and eternal needs of communities.

Pray for Semear:

Pray for the 500 vulnerable

children of Mandelinha,

whose families live in fear of

house eviction at any time, to

experience the Lord’s provision,

stability, and protection. Ask for

these families to come to a saving

faith in Jesus.

ag·ro·e·col·o·gy

a sustainable method of local farming benefiting both

people and nature

Agroecology locally produces crops without

harming nature and leverages the pollination

of crops and pest-control in natural ways. This

approach provides nutritious food, leads toward

a fair marketplace, keeps ecosystems healthy, and

provides jobs around the world.

Bazaar Gifts

SE1–Seeds and composting bag......................................................................... $15

Your gift will provide a family with seeds and a bag for composting food waste.

SE2–Gardening tools.......................................................................................... $30

Your gift will provide gardening tools to impoverished families to help provide food security

and income-generation.

SE3–Vertical garden kit ..................................................................................... $70

Vertical gardens produce food and also filter pollutants and carbon dioxide out of the air.

SE4–Native bee box.......................................................................................... $120

Bees pollinate the garden and increase the harvest while producing honey which can

be used or sold.

SE5–Where most needed.................................................................................... $25

Your gift will be used where it is most needed to improve the lives of families and

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Sugandh

New Delhi, India


The Sugandh Child Development Center, located in a slum of

South Delhi, India, has been transforming the lives of working

children for 22 years. Children ages 6–10 come to the center

for four hours before going to work as trash collectors in the

marketplace. Kids receive a meal and are taught English, math,

science, and social studies.

Sugandh offers savings and loan cooperative groups to women in

the slums who do not have the documentation needed for a bank

account, or the cost of getting to a bank exceeds what they can

save in a month. Money from savings and low-interest loans from

the cooperative groups enable women to buy small plots of land

in their villages, cover medical expenses, and fund their children’s

education.

Sugandh operates community outreach programs to provide basic health care and

awareness campaigns as well as empower vulnerable communities to participate in

the process of improving their quality of life—from access to clean drinking water to

electricity in homes. Additionally, adults can participate in a six-month sewing certificate

program to help families develop skills to become self-sufficient.

Pray for Sugandh:

Pray for creative ways to keep the focus on the gospel in their community development

programs as they face increased governmental pressure. Pray for favor with the local

governments, protection from persecution, and boldness in proclamation because the

gospel alone offers eternal hope, dignity, and freedom.

Bazaar Gifts

SG1–Clothing for a slum child............................................................................$20

Children in the slums may not own a complete set of clothing, leaving kids exposed, vulnerable to

disease and injuries, and ashamed. Cleaning or repairing clothing is difficult. This gift blesses a

child with a new set of clothing including a shirt, pants/dress, and underwear.

SG2–Children’s vitamins and medicine..............................................................$50

Your gift will allow Sugandh to distribute vitamins, deworming tablets, medicine and

hygiene supplies during medical outreach clinics in the slums.

SG3–Women’s new business grant....................................................................$250

Your gift will bless an impoverished woman with a new business grant. Previous recipients

purchased food carts and are now proudly providing for their family.

SG4–Where most needed....................................................................................$25

Your gift will provide resources to minister to families living in slum communities.

Meena

Majeda

Afshana

Naseema

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most powerful

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weapon, and

we have seen

that through Oakseed. They

have continually prayed for

us and our work. Through

[Oakseed] we can focus on our

vision of providing community

help to people, especially women

and children.”

– Thangtei David,

Director of Sugandh

Meena: Meena migrated to Delhi from her hometown to find work.

Her husband worked as a laborer, but one day he tragically died

leaving Meena to provide for her sons alone. When she applied for

a government widow’s pension her application was denied. Meena

found it challenging to save money as she struggled to meet the daily

needs of her family. Meena joined a Sugandh women’s self-help

group. She started to save money and increased her knowledge about

finances. With the help of Sugandh, Meena correctly filled out the

government application for a widow’s pension and now benefits from

receiving a pension each month.

Majeda: Majeda’s husband lost his daily wage laborer job during

the pandemic. With four mouths to feed and no income, Majeda’s

hope flickered. But Sugandh stepped in to provide basic provisions

to her family.

Afshana: During a house visit workers met Afshana, who had

stopped her education at class 9 (high school freshman) due to family

issues. After Afshana’s family attended an education awareness

program that explained the importance and benefits of education,

Afshana was enrolled in school again!

Naseema: After attending an advocacy awareness meeting, Naseema

learned about a government program that provides gas for those in

need—like herself—who are unable to cook food at home. Naseema

thought she had to go through a private business and pay lots of

money to obtain these vital resources. Sugandh explained how to

apply for the government program to get these supplies for free. A

few days later Naseema was given a gas stove, regulator, and pipeline

from the government program. Today she can cook at home using

these valuable supplies.

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Every Monday for the past three years, 72-year-old youth ministry leader, Layla Ali, prayed

for the Lord to send workers to help her teach the handful of youth at her church. Living in a

densely populated area of Cairo, finding help was challenging. Year after year no one came

but still she prayed.

During this same time, Teen Ministry began to flourish until the ministry was prepared to

send five program graduates out as missionaries to a highly populated area in Cairo this past

year—the same neighborhood of Ali’s church.

Through the guidance of the Lord, the five Teen Ministry graduates met Ali. Today these

young women, along with two of their husbands, lead a youth group meeting on Fridays. The

Lord heard Ali’s prayers and provided above and beyond her expectations!

Teen Ministry

Cairo, Egypt


Teen Ministry brings love and hope into the lives of teenage girls living in the “garbage city”

of Cairo, Egypt. Teen Ministry provides a safe place where girls from the slums can receive

medical and dental services, learn about hygiene, and hear the gospel. Teen Ministry teaches

these young girls to find joy in Christ, devoting time to prayer and Bible study. In “garbage

city,” girls are often abused and neglected. Many teens experience genuine love for the first

time as they participate in the ministry.

Teen Ministry leaders are alumni who return to serve in this life-changing outreach.

Teen Ministry also provides food to girls and their families, either picked up at the center or

delivered to their homes. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, spiritual fruit in the lives of

many girls has sprouted.

Pray for Teen Ministry:

Pray the Lord protects the girls and Teen Ministry leaders as they face persecution and

live in a violent and uncertain world. Also, pray teens find comfort and refuge in Christ.

Ask for God’s peace to fill and make teens and workers bold witnesses to others in their

community.

Several years ago Mariam, a Teen Ministry participant, got

married and gave birth to a baby boy who died at two-months-old

from heart failure. In 2021, Mariam had a second baby and named

him Youssef. Baby Youssef also had heart problems and wasn’t

expected to live long. Mariam and her husband joined in prayer

with other believers, including the girls at Teen Ministry, to pray

for Youssef. During a regular visit to the pediatrician, the doctor

discovered Youssef’s heart was normal! The doctor was surprised

to see this answer to prayer! Youseef remains in good health! This

testimony to the power of prayer has been a great encouragement to

the girls at Teen Ministry.

Bazaar Gifts

TM1–Clothing and hygiene Items..................................................................... $25

Good hygiene is difficult to maintain for teens in “garbage city.” Teen Ministry supplies

hygiene products and cleaning facilities at the ministry center. Your gift will provide a teen

girl with hygiene supplies and new clothing.

TM2–Shoes and backpacks................................................................................ $40

Girls at Teen Ministry continue to collect, sort, and clean garbage for their family to sell.

Medical waste, while extremely dangerous to handle, can be sold at the highest price. Shoes

protect girls from injuring their feet by stepping on needles, broken glass, or sharp metal.

Backpacks provide a place to keep school supplies and personal items safe and clean.

TM3–Meals for program participants............................................................... $50

Teen girls are vulnerable to abuse from men in the garbage district. Sometimes men promise

to feed a girl a “nice meal” (such as a fast food restaurant) if she converts to Islam. If a teen

refuses she suffers abuse. Teen Ministry provides meals and treats girls to a “nice meal” with

the love of Christ rather than as a tool of manipulation.

TM4–Training and fellowship retreat for 40 teen mentors............................. $640

Your gift will bless women who have come to faith through Teen Ministry with a ministry

retreat. Each retreat will provide 40 young women the opportunity to fellowship together

and receive ministry training.

TM5–University tuition fees (four-year degree)........................................... $2,000

Your gift will cover all fees for a four-year university. This is a life-changing gift for a girl living

in the garbage district. Previous recipients have graduated and now work as nurses and teachers.

TM6–Where most needed.................................................................................. $25

Your gift will meet the critical needs of teen girls living in the garbage district.

Scholarship Recipients

“Sarah is in her second year of learning

German and excelling even though her

family is illiterate.”

“Brooke excels in every way and we

expect her to be a professor at her

university one day.”

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Oakseed Ministries International

US Headquarters

Oakseed Ministries International assists indigenous

ministries serving the urban poor in the world’s

largest cities by supporting ministry partners through

prayer, support, and training. At their headquarters,

Oakseed produces prayer guides to engage

supporters, churches, and families in intercession.

Oakseed keeps supporters informed about ministries

through email, social media updates, events, and the

bazaar gift catalog.

Oakseed’s ministry liaisons (pages 62-64) are vital

to the Oakseed missions model. Ministry liaisons

are responsible for a specific world region and

regularly visit ministry partners to track with their

outreaches, provide training and resources, and

encourage frontline ministry workers to the urban

poor. Ministry liaisons also help identify potential

ministries for future partnerships.

Thank you for partnering with Oakseed as we walk

alongside those serving the urban poor for the glory of God!

Bazaar Gifts

OM1–Support for all ministry partners where most needed............................ $50

Your gift will meet needs where they are most needed. This gift blesses ministries by

providing for unplanned needs.

OM2–Support for Oakseed operations ........................................................... $100

Your gift provides resources for Oakseed to prepare and distribute prayer guides, support

ministry partners, manage sponsorship, and other administrative work.

OM3–Emergency relief efforts......................................................................... $100

When an emergency situation arises impoverished communities suffer tremendously. In

the past this gift met needs during mudslides, earthquakes, flooding, tsunamis, and COVID.

OM4–Gift toward the bazaar catalog expenses............................................... $250

Through this gift you help fund the printing and distribution costs of the bazaar catalog

so that our ministry partners can receive more support.

OM5–Travel expenses for ministry liaisons.................................................... $500

Oakeed ministry liaisons meet with our ministry partners in person each year. We are

thankful that these regular trips have been able to resume. The visits are a great

encouragement to our ministry partners and enable us to better support and pray for them.

NOTE: For Oakseed to send 100% of the gifts to the mission field, the costs of the bazaar catalog

must be raised separately. A gift toward the expenses of the bazaar catalog helps accomplish this.

Pray for Oakseed:

Pray for the Lord to bless relationships with

our current partners and open the right doors

for Oakseed to find and cultivate new ministry

partnerships.

“To know that God had

already met every need

these ministries had

through our generous

supporters before we

had even asked was

incredible.”

– Tiffany Crosley,

Director of Oakseed

Ministries International

The Lord has used the bazaar catalog to bless our ministry partners over the years. On

a visit to India, Ed Bradley, Oakseed founder, shared the news with a ministry partner

director that two laptops were supplied through the bazaar catalog.

Later that same morning Bradley met with staff and asked for prayer requests. Two

staff had accidentally left the ministry’s only laptop in a rickshaw after a seminar and

requested prayer for the situation. In tears the staff decided to give a portion of their

salaries over the next six months to replace it.

The director stood up and said, “Can I interrupt? Before we pray, I think God has

already answered our prayers! Ed has an announcement.”

Ed rose to his feet. “Through the Oakseed bazaar catalog, we have received funds for

TWO laptops for your ministry!”

Cheers resounded across the room. Staff leaped with joy at how God provided for their

needs in advance.

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BEST SELLERS

Not sure what to choose? Here are some of our top-selling gifts.

Where most needed..........................................................................................$25

Equips a ministry with the resources—including staffing, materials, supporting

services, buildings, equipment, or food—to fulfill their mission to serve the poor

and show the love of Christ.

Bibles.......................$10

Enable those in need of

hope to meet Jesus on the

pages of Scripture.

Clothing...................$20

Meet a basic need of those

in poverty.

Baby bundle: diapers,

formula, baby

wipes........................$20

Help sick infants on the

path toward recovery.

Our Mission

Oakseed Ministries International supports indigenous ministries to share

the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and minister to the poorest and most

neglected urban communities around the world.

Oakseed accomplishes its mission through strategic partnerships with

local ministries. We assist ministry partners to share the good news of

Jesus Christ, care for the poor, and facilitate pathways to break the cycles

of poverty and addiction in four vital ways:

Send a child to school

for a year................$180

Open the world to a child

through providing an

education.

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Prayer—Mobilizing prayer partners in support of ministry partners

as they share the gospel and bring transformation among the urban

poor.

Counseling and Training—Bringing ministry expertise for on-site

training and counseling in response to local needs.

Livestock bundle: pig

& two chickens.........$30

These two animals

provide ongoing ways to

meet the food needs of

orphans. Chickens lay

eggs and pigs can produce

offspring to sell.

Sports outreach:

baseball gear............$40

Provide a way for slum

children to escape gangs.

Children’s health:

vitamins and

medicine..................$25

Be a part of keeping the

next generation healthy.

“I was able to see the distribution of Bibles

purchased through the bazaar catalog to

children in the baseball teams. They all

value it very much. The first thing they

do is write their names in it to keep it as

their own. It is great to see the Bibles being

studied by these at-risk children.”

– Carlos Dourado,

Ministry Liaison to Latin America

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“Ultimately, Oakseed’s

goal is to move from

Psalm 74:20—with the

dark places of the land

full of the habitations of

violence—to Habbakuk

2:14, with the earth filled

with the knowledge of the

glory of the Lord as the

waters cover the sea.”

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Capacity building—Helping fulfill the vision of indigenous ministries

through long-term relationships and creative entrepreneurial support,

including the development of income-generating and self-sustaining

projects.

Financial Support—Providing monetary support for indigenous

ministries without creating dependency.

Our Vision

The vision of Oakseed Ministries is to faithfully live out

Isaiah 61:1:

“The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord

has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; He has

sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty

to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those

who are bound.”

Oakseed values an incarnational approach to missions.

Indigenous ministry partners are the hands and feet of

Jesus in their service to the urban poor. Oakseed comes

alongside native ministries to break the chains of poverty

and addiction with the power of the gospel.

Our Heart

We desire to facilitate gospel proclamation by indigenous ministries

among the urban poor in the megacities of the developing world. We

want to cultivate hearts of prayer for what God is doing around the globe.

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“We thank the Lord for your prayers, concerns,

and emails. Having someone beside us who cares

for our projects and who cares for us is a big thing.

We thank the Lord for your spiritual support.”

– Frew Tegene, Love Never Fails

Our Ministry Liaisons

Oakseed’s ministry liaisons help identify potential ministry partners

and determine their suitability for an Oakseed partnership. Through

a process of site visits, checking references, and meeting with the

organization’s leadership, ministry liaisons evaluate potential partners

based on their ministry, reputation, faith, focus, local support, and

community impact. Ministry liaisons also consider how Oakseed

can partner with the ministry and the type of assistance the ministry

would like to receive from Oakseed.

Julian Bull, Ministry Liaison to Southeast Asia

Julian Bull was born in the United Kingdom. Since his

father was a research scientist who traveled widely, Bull

lived in Nigeria, Tanzania, Malaysia, and London prior

to college. Bull was converted to Christianity through

a local church in college. Soon after he felt the Lord’s

call to pastoral ministry and entered theological training in Sydney,

Australia. Bull has been the pastor at Westminster Presbyterian

Church in Perth, Australia since 1979. For 20 years he has provided

leadership support to Mustard Seed Orphanage in Myanmar and

was instrumental in bringing Mustard Seed into partnership with

Oakseed. Bull and his wife, Sue, have two adult children and eight

grandchildren and live in Perth, Australia. They enjoy reading, music,

travel, gardening, motorcycles, and quilting.

Carlos Dourado, Ministry Liaison to Latin America

Carlos Dourado was born in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil

and is the son of a Presbyterian minister. He came to

know the Lord through the ministry of Word of Life in

Brazil. After a career as a pharmaceutical executive in

eight cities and five countries, Dourado and his wife,

Pam, moved to northern Virginia for retirement in 2015. Dourado is

an elder at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Arlington, VA, does

translation (English to Portuguese) for The Gospel Coalition, and

serves as Vice President of the Board of Sanctity of Life Ministries.

Dourado has two married sons and four grandchildren.

Steve Hohenberger, Ministry Liaison to Latin America

Steve Hohenberger was raised in the Baltimore area and

completed an undergraduate degree in social sciences

at Drexel University and a M.Div. from Westminster

Seminary in Philadelphia. He was ordained in the

Orthodox Presbyterian (OP) Church and served in OP

churches in New Jersey and Virginia. He later served in Presbyterian

Church in America (PCA) congregations in Virginia until retirement

in 2011. Hohenberger and his wife, JoAnn, moved to Mexico for four

years where they volunteered at a children’s shelter in a rural village

and helped in a local church and Christian school in Guadalajara. In


2018, Hohenberger visited Malawi, Africa for a two-week teaching

trip with Equipping Leaders International. Hohenberger serves on

the missions committee of his local PCA congregation and as a guest

preacher when the opportunity arises.

Rick Horne, Ministry Liaison to Africa and

the Dominican Republic

Rick Horne has 30 years of experience in Christian school

counseling and has served on the board of the Christian

Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF) for 20

years. He is a graduate of Philadelphia Biblical University

(BS), Reformed Educational Seminary (MDiv), West Chester University

(MEd), and Westminster Theological Seminary (DMin). He has

developed, in association with CCEF, a curriculum in pastoral counseling

for urban church leaders and serves as Site Coordinator for The Urban

Ministry Institute in Chester, PA. Horne has served in bi-vocational

pastoral ministry in three Philadelphia area churches over the last 40

years. Horne is the author of six books for students, teachers, and parents

and has taught on related topics in Europe, Africa, Asia and North,

South, and Central America. Rick and his wife, Betty, have six children

and 19 grandchildren.

Satish Moses, Ministry Liaison to India

Satish Moses was born and raised in an orthodox Hindu

family in India. He came to know the Lord Jesus Christ

and accepted Him as his Savior in the year 2001 and

was baptized the same year. Satish Moses has been a

gospel worker and a Bible teacher, whose life goal is ‘to

know Christ and to make Christ known.’ As a gospel worker he took

opportunities to proclaim the love of the Lord Jesus Christ and had

the privilege to minister God’s Word at various Christian gatherings

in India, Romania, Philippines, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, England, and the

United States. Currently, he holds the responsibility as a pastor at Agape

Church in Virginia. He enjoys running and occasionally watching

a good game of cricket. He is married and lives in Clifton, Virginia,

with his wife, Salome, and two children, Hannah Favor and Matthew

Courage.

Sam Oluoch, Ministry Liaison to Africa

Sam Oluoch has been a pastor and church planter in Kenya

for over 20 years. Currently, Oluoch is planting a church in

Nairobi with Grace Baptist Church, Kisumu. Grace Baptist

Church is a church plant that met in the Oluoch’s home.

He is on staff at Kisumu Reformed School of Theology,

a seminary he helped co-found. Oluoch holds degrees from Africa

International University (Nairobi, Kenya) and Highlands Theological

College (Dingwall, Scotland). Before being called into full-time ministry

in 1999, Oluoch worked as an agricultural officer in the Kenyan

government. Oluoch and his wife, Melly, have two adult children.

“Praise be to God our Lord who gave you such a merciful

heart to Jesus and God’s children. It is always amazing to

learn of your great love and especially how you are laboring

for us during this difficult time when COVID claimed

thousands of lives and paralyzed people’s normal activities

worldwide. With the information about the bazaar gifts for

RHOC, nobody could ever imagine if these great gifts could

come out of such a situation!!! What a mighty Father that we

have!! What a mighty Lord that we serve!!! To Him be the

glory, honor, and dominion forever and ever.”

Orphans at

RHOC with

new blankets

and mosquito

nets.

– Andrew Onserio, Reformed Hearts Orphans Center


Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

One Child at a Time:

SPONSOR A CHILD

Consider sponsoring an impoverished child to show the love of Christ.

Your sponsorship will ensure an underprivileged child can attend school,

eat nutritious meals, and receive basic supplies.

Through Oakseed’s sponsorship program, you can help children break

the cycle of poverty through education, the provision of basic needs, and

experiencing a supportive community. You can have confidence your

sponsored child is cared for well by our ministry partners and learning

about Jesus.

As a sponsor you can pray for a specific child, provide for his/her needs,

and cultivate a personal relationship by exchanging messages, pictures,

and videos. It’s easy to review your child’s profile, account records, update

information, and make donations through your online sponsor account.

“From my heart,

I sincerely humble

myself enough to

express our sincere

thanks and our

deep appreciation

for your merciful

decision of

sponsoring Emily,

one of the orphans

at RHOC. Emily is doing well both spiritual

and physically. Emily successfully took her

primary national examination. I am thankful

to God that through your prayers and love, this

young girl will attend high school.”

– Andrew Onserio, RHOC

Emily–Good for you, passing the exams and

getting into the new high school. I am very

proud of you and pray that you will adjust

quickly, make new friends, continue to do

well in your studies, and grow in your love for

Jesus. I am very happy for you.

– “Mum Nancy”

What once felt impossible to an orphan like

Emily—attending high school—became a reality

through an Oakseed sponsorship.

Child sponsorship is a beautiful way to

impact poverty and transform the life of a

needy child!

Visit Oakseed.org/sponsor to find children

waiting for a sponsor like you today. Or

email sponsor@oakseed.org to learn more

about the program. Sponsorship donations

can be made on an annual, quarterly, or

monthly basis.

By sponsoring a crib at Love Link, you can

pray for and sponsor all babies who occupy

that crib. For some babies this means

an extended stay while they are nursed

back to health. Other infants occupy the

crib for a short stay before reuniting with

their families. You’ll be encouraged by the

dramatic impact a Love Link stay has in

the lives of babies and their families!

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Prayer Ministries

Prayer Guides

Those on the frontlines of “bringing good news to the poor” need

faithful prayer support. The most important work for Oakseed is

encouraging and equipping people to pray for our ministry partners! A

prayer guide is a great tool to keep by the dinner table or in a Bible for

family devotions or personal prayer. Oakseed also creates free prayer

guides for children. Teach kids how to pray for the urban poor by

requesting a copy.

To receive a prayer guide, or any of Oakseed’s prayer resources, visit

www.oakseed.org/prayer, email info@oakseed.org, or send a request

to: Oakseed Ministries, PO Box 1139, Wheaton, IL 60187.

Daily Prayer Requests

Sign up at www.oakseed.org/prayer to receive short prayer requests

from our ministry partners in your inbox daily. Or follow us on social

media for updates and to join others praying worldwide.

5 Ways to Pray for Oakseed Ministry Partners

1. Pray for the health and safety of ministry leaders and volunteers

who often serve in high-risk and dangerous areas.

2. Pray for freedom of those held in physical and spiritual bondage by

addiction, poverty, violence, and sin. Ask God to open doors and set

captives free.

3. Pray for hearts to be open to the gospel and for the opportunity to

proclaim Christ to those who need Him most.

4. Pray for favor in the eyes of government officials and national leaders

who may be skeptical of or antagonistic toward the Christian faith.

5. Pray for provision of practical needs such as places to meet, food

for children, Bibles to distribute, and equipment for job training

programs. Ask God to multiply resources for these ministries.

“We can give all

the money in the

world, but as far as

anything of lasting

eternal value being

done, that only

comes as a result of

prayer.”

– Craig DiBenedictis,

Ministry Liaison

to Latin America,

Emeritus

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Anniversary


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