Fingerling(s) new, of fish being testedRain-water recovery system
Refugee Center “House of Esther” in Spitak, ARMENIA has seen huge progress this Spring and into June. Focused acutely on becoming a self-sustaining entity as rapidly as possible, HoE has set up:
Fish Farm equipment and initial fish fingerlings
Rain-water recovery system for irrigating crops
Green-house below-ground foundation and initial ground-water recovery piping
Below ground greenhouse dig-outWorking the concrete pouringContainer placing for fish farm
Several new refugees from Syria are now living and working there.
TCD-Transformational Community Development in its 1st stage of TOT-1(Training of Trainers), is to be taught in September.
GHNI is excited to announce that several visitors are also to be there in September, during the TCD training time.
Funds are needed now to finish the greenhouse and HoE still needs all centralized heating systems in place by this Fall. Will you please consider these needs and contribute. Budget analysis indicate that HoE still needs almost $20,000 to finish all needful items before October. Give at:
Lots of “News” and “Features” have come your way over the past few years.
This EOY ’16, we’d like to bring it home a bit and give you a view not only of our GHNI wrap-up ’16 … but also the Emig family behind the scenes, allowing a lot of this to happen. So here goes our 1st try at this:
Dan & Nora(wife)
End-Of-Year 2016 …
2016 into 2017? Are we “drifting” into another year? Hardly! Each year is unique, better, special … to be savored. How?
You, our dear friend on this endless journey together …
Jonathan(20), Grandma, Bryan(17) & Eliana(15)
It begins and never ends … with the heart! Regardless of exciting things brought our way in adventure and new establishments in TCD, if our heart is not growing and expanding in infinite love, we have little to nothing to talk about. This is crucial! Our hearts are expanding. Our hearts ache for the whole, the true and the good for those we help in Eastern Europe and C./S. Asia. We greatly desire our hearts expanding into your lives also, knowing as we draw close to you, mutual encouragement will expand to our other personal relationships locally and around the world.
Bangladesh: TCD-Transformational Community Development in Bangladesh is allowing wholistic growth among many children, youth, and their parents. N. Bangladesh is especially seeing healthy progress in the villages they labor in. Our TCD team is passionate in their faith in their communities, as they focus on children’s K-8 educational and vocational needs leading to self-sustainable lifestyles!
Kari … and TCD childrenTCD Team Bangladesh
Armenia: Our “House of Esther” refugee center in Spitak, Armenia is taking shape and adding refugees as funding and accommodations allow. My work there this summer helped me understand the unique needs of war-torn lives, as most are from Syria. Open doors are there to see lives transformed in love and provision that leads to self-sustainability. TCD agriculture and a possibility of a fish-farm reproductive system will help to move this center forward into self-sustainability and wholeness.
Soil Samples …Workers & Refugees
Serbia: Snezana and her local community and longing to help impoverished Roma communities has won our hearts. Financially, her TCD budget has struggled in ‘16. Regardless, she is faithful to work with and win the hearts of those she loves and relates to in the gypsy villages of South Serbia. The monthly reports I receive and edit in route to the GHNI office are nothing short of spectacular, as she and her team co-labor in those villages, expanding their ability to become self-sustaining. Đorgovska Mahala village in one year, is not the same!
Children-Labane, SerbiaYouth in Serbia
Nepal: Earthquake of ’15 in Nepal was devastating on a multitude of levels. Our GHNI National Director, Kiran and his team have in ’16 been able to focus in villages most willing to embrace TCD as their means of recovery, becoming self-sustainable. Having started several organizations and orphanages, and worked for “non-self-sustaining” NGO(s), Kiran is skilled, experienced, and impassioned to carry through in TCD principles he knows will bring the very best to these chosen villages. ’17 brings a team from the USA to help in training key nationals who will in turn be equipped to carry through TCD mentoring to yet other nationals.
TCD-Nepal
As you know, GHNI works in many regions of the Middle East, Africa, Asia and now Eastern Europe. My work-focus in S. Asia and now in E. Europe and C. Asia is stretching and getting much more involved. We are grateful for your supporting us as a GHNI team and as the Emig family!
There are so very many opportunities. Funding is always a limiting factor in opportunity choices. We need funding both on a GHNI projects level, as well as our personal sustenance level, that we can continue furthering TCD. As your heart leads, please consider supporting our projects and family. I could easily focus another $60K annually on new and existing villages in the geographic(s) I alone work in(“projects”). Our “personal” family budget remains short and in need. $1,500 in monthly increases is our current need. Will you please consider these and consider monthly gifts of $50-$250-other? Always, if you have questions or concerns, I am happy to communicate with you. Gifts are sent to: WEB/Internet giving at: http://www.ghni.org/us/about/staff/daniel-emig or mail-in to:
Global Hope Network International 934 N. Magnolia Ave. Suite 310 Orlando, FL 32803-3840 Noting: “Preferred for Emig family” Thanks!
Nora & Eliana baby sitting
Nora, Jonathan, Bryan and Eliana are doing so very well! Nora’s new position at Dillard’s has provided income, as well as an excellent team she works with. Stamina and discernment are her needs, that she would be able to handle home and work responsibilities as I travel frequently. I am honored to have her as my life-mate and mother to our children!
CSU – Jonathan
Jonathan is a sophomore at CSU, and is progressing well in engineering(electronics/software focus)! His accomplishments and energies as he excels in academics and his entrepreneurial dreams, now having his own LLC in web development, are fun to watch. We are honored to have him as our son!
Snowboarding – Bryan
Bryan is a junior in high school and working hard to finish early so he can focus well on a truly professional aim at snowboarding. His soccer season was again excellent, as he personally scored numerous goals and his team went again to playoffs. He excels in many areas of life. We are honored to have him as our son!
English Jumping – Eliana
Eliana is in her 1st year of high school and “for her” enjoying it! We’ll not over-extrapolate here, just in saying she is entering new and exciting territories of “enjoyment” of school. 🙂 She is ever-increasing her love of horses and recently hit the 2’3” mark on her English-style jumping. We are honored to have her as our daughter!
Thank you for your love for us, and for undergirding all we are and do! It has with you, been a truly remarkable and great year in 2016!
Immeasurable grace and love will assuredly abound in 2017! Joyful Christmas and a truly prosperous New Year in 2017 to you!
I am Pushparani, and 43 years old. I started my business two years ago and was unable to make a good profit as my business was small and I did not have the money to increase the output. However when I received my first micro loan from GHNI in the year 2014 the production increased which helped me make profit of Rs.6000. I had to improve my profit further as I needed to buy equipment to increase the production. In 2015, I received my second load and achieved my target RS.9000 (purchasing items need for the production.
We were taught at a TCD program how to improve our sales. We are now planning to make the packet more attractive to improve sales. We were taught that higher turnover will improve the business and will be a challenge to similar products in the market. This was another reason for fast sale
I receive the third loan in 2016. With TCD strengthening us we have boldly taken a step to build a market at the front of my house temporarily we have completed the market as we ran short of funds.
As this is the season people come from all over Sri Lanka to Sri Pada Mountain, so business is very good. I anticipated a target is Rs.12000 per month, however with the additional money coming in from visitors we will close at Rs.20000 this month. We also want to start a new business providing dinner items in the future.
I thank GHNI for being with us thought these years helping us build a steady income which can be used for home and children’s needs. Our prayer is that GHNI will stay with m us for many more years. Pushparani
Thank you for being a such an important part of Pushparani’s life, helping her become self-sustainable via TCD! Daniel
Sujo (edited only slightly from Oct.’16 report received from Bangladesh) …
(name adjusted to protect her) age 15, in class 10 faced a BIGGEST challenge in her life. After her class as she came back to her home she found many unknown guests … all of them were waiting for her! She thought they might be relatives. Surprisingly she found that they came to see her to choose her as bride for one of their sons. She knows what it means and she knows suffering is waiting for her. She took initiative with mighty courage that her family were astonished. She said, “If I am even killed I will not marry. I will study and make a career to help my parents. I will not allow anyone to destroy my dream. If anyone dare to do so has to kill me first”. Parents said that they unable to bare her education expenses. She said I will manage my own. She urged please don’t force me to merry. Parent could not change her mind so visitors left.
She came back to her group and shared her problem. Everyone gave her courage and Kari(TCD/GHNI mentor) asked her what she loves to do? She loves gardening. And beside her homestead there is a fallow land. She with her group mates clean the land and prepare the land for gardening. She knew this is her only chance to save her dream. She work every day after class. Within a week of her labor she planted gourd in her garden. It was complete madness to the villagers to see a girl working for her marriage(NON!)! “She will get married and cook for her husband family that what she was born for according to the village leader.”(said villagers) She ignored all criticism and worked hard. Besides working in garden she is now giving more time to her mother to assist her in domestic work.
Surprising everyone within 2 month her garden was full of flower! Every flower was a part of fulfilling her dream. She told her group, “If we work hard, a way will be shown to us to overcome any problem of life”. She is selling every other day gourd from her garden. Now it is source of income of her education and source of nutrition of her family. “TCD group has saved my life, by introducing life and hope into my life. Still she is studying and encouraging other member of her group.
Kari (TCD/GHNI mentor)… and some of her wonderful children
Thanks for you … in choosing to be a part of all this!