My Father’s House International 2012 Annual Report

Our Mission We are a Christ-centered ministry to children and families in crisis which: promotes the ministry of reconciliation, rec-onciling people to God and families to each other. 2 Corinthians 5:20

provides opportunities for those called to serve. Matthew 25:35-36

partners with other ministries whose goal is to facilitate hope and healing. Jeremiah 33:6

Our 2012 activities

Child care– La Casa de mi Padre

continued to share its vision, begin-ning a child sponsorship program. Outreach to families– Through your financial support, MFHI contributed toward counseling and language edu-cation for the families of our children. Mission teams– MFHI sponsored two medical, child care, and construction mission teams with nearly 60 team members. Community service– MFHI contin-ued to work in the hometowns of the children God has placed at La Casa de

mi Padre, providing medical care and hosting a Christmas party for the neighborhoods around La Finca.

Honor Roll of Donors Superstars (> $10,000)

Action Automotive

Drs. Scott Anderson & Dawn Forbes

Cumberland Church

Faithbridge United Methodist

Church

Dr. Jeffrey & Donna Forbes

John & Susan Forsythe

Dr. Aubrey & Esther Knight

Dale & Christine Larson

Joseph & Janice Napoli

National Christian Foundation

Network for Good

Gary and Teresa Niebur

North Point Ministries

Dr. Richard & Terry Stewardson

Dr. Ryan & Lindsay Wetzel

Terry Youngblood

Your Cause, LLC

Heroes ($5,000-9,999)

Richard & Enie Bourland

Dr. R.K. & Karen Elswick

Dr. John & Karen Feldenzer

Jeffrey & Jacqueline Foote

Johannes Holmer

Ingredion

Jerry Moreton

Mulberry Grove Baptist Church

Trilby Powell

Benjamin & Kristin Reid

Richmond Christian Medical and

Dental Association

Aaron Van Damme

Champions

($1,000-4,999) Dr. Bill & Cindy Angus

Drs, Jonathan & Danille Avula

Kylie Bengochea

Frank & Marlene Bresee

Alfred & Rhonda Carlson

Cave Spring Baptist Church

Dr. Teresa Chin & Young Park

Carl Cockburn

Joan Craven

Dr. Robert & Elizabeth Cross

David & Carol Dark

Dr. Ron & Ann Elswick

Dr. Irving & Bonnie Epperson

Dr. Jessica Evans

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Fountain of Life Church

Taylor Gilmore

Monica Hagewood

Dr. Blaire Heath

Nancy Hoffman

Christopher Huovinen

Immanuel Baptist Church

G. Scott & Patsy Johnson

Delores Korchan

Kristi Lambert

D. Michael & C.H. Ledyard

Living Water Christian Church

Dr. Janet Ma

Larry & Tamra May

McKesson Foundation

Anthony & Florence Mediate

Matt Molchan

Dr, Justin & Kathryn Myers

Laura Napoli

Northfield Church

Kate Pereira

Ryan & Ashley Powell

Dr. Edward & Debra Read

Richard Ronning

Robert & Phyllis Rouse

Patrick & Gigi Tarleton

Robert & Joyce Tennant

Anne & Robert Terrell

Rebecca Thompson

Warrenton Bible Fellowship

William & Rochelle Willis

William Willits

Dreamers ($500-999)

Jennifer Albers

Richard & Lenora Bell

Boon Management, LLC

Carrie Chappa

Matthew & Annika Chiodi

William Coleman

Jennifer Colwell

Culpeper Christian Assembly

Rachel Fee

Fourth Presbyterian Church

Richard & Stephanie Gutzky

Daniel & Priscilla Hamill

Marvin & Mary Hamilton

James & Jennifer Hanchey

Charles Honea

Rabon & Beverly Jessup

Caitlin Klimavicz

Jessica Libuit

Mi Jung Lim

Rory & Frances MacGregor

Charles & Betty Maney

Benjamin McDonald

Edward Merry

Fay Napoli

Michael & Carol Napoli

Mike Pachko

Pamela Palma

Hsing Chia Pao

Mr. & Mrs. L. H. Pinson

Jon & Lynda Reid

John & Colleen Rodgers

Lynn & Hubert Saunders

Beverley Stockton

Stone Memorial Christian Church

Scott Toney

Dr. Ralph & Debra Whatley

Beginning in 2012, La Casa

de mi Padre introduced a child sponsorship program. Donors now have the opportunity to con-tribute toward the cost of care for individual children. Donors receive a picture of their child and updates from and about the child.

Introducing our

child sponsorship

program

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Builders (up to $500)

James & Emily Akerson

David Alvarado

Shelly R. Bass

Kristin Bell

Ronald Blandin

Robert & Kathleen Bley

Shannon Bonnette

Leslee Boyd

Helen Brillhart

Katie Bruner

Ray & Nancy Bruner

Alan Burnett

George Case

Leah Case

Lawrence & Alma Chan

Kim Chapman

Nancy Charles-Parker

Chevron Humankind

Charles & Julia Christy

B.R. & G.D. Clamp

William & Ronda Clark

John & Carolyn Cobb

Jason & Candice Collins

Larry Conner

Joseph & Charlene Curry

Jean Curtis

Rachel Dark

Rose Destefano

Cynda Douglas

Kimberly M. Read Duck

David & Linda Eggebeen

Laurie Ann Elmore

James Ford

Kristin Fry

Hannah Gardner

June Gardner

Marion Goodwin

M. Frances Gordon

Don & Tammy Halliwill

Corinne Hart

James & Jewel Hertzer

N. Tarina Hesaltine

Dr. Brad & Linda Hilaman

Dr. Claude & Beth Hinson

Thomas & Marilyn Hoffman

Eric Holdo

Lois & Elbert Huddleston

Whit Jackson

Gregory & Beth Jacquin

John & Maria Jernigan

Jeffrey & Heather Johnson

Sarah Elizabeth Johnson

Todd & Laura Johnson

Kenneth Jones

John & Maria Jernigan

Jeffrey & Heather Johnson

Sarah Elizabeth Johnson

Todd & Laura Johnson

Kenneth Jones

Natasha Jordan

Kaitlin Sue Keefe

Elizabeth N. Kellerman

B. R. Kelley

Martin & Sharon King

Michael Klitsch

Jacob & Debra Kott

Julia Kott

Tara Dawn Kott

Danielle Krammel

Kurtis Krause

Christine Tennant Krispin

Lakewood United Methodist Church

A. Dorothy Lewis

Jeanette Ley

Paul & Dawn Little

Edgar & Maria Mafla

Peter & Kathryn Manni

Nancy Marshall

Steven & Gloria McGriff

Marvin & Alice Merritt

Ralph & Pamela Miller

Kelly Moreton

Alan & Kim Murphy

Jacki Neal

Raymond & Helen Nelson

H. Craig & Alexandra Nevels

Rachel Onishi

Barrett W. R. Peters

Myrle & Laverna Peterson

Paul & Deborah Peterson

James & Jennifer Phipps

Jonathan & Cassandra Price

John Raczek

E.J. & C.N. Read

Kevin & Peggy Reed

Michael Rivera

Frank & Patricia Robin

Mary Beth Roe

Robert & Sharon Rose

Rodolfo Ruiz

Barbara Russ

Richard & Victoria Rutledge

Drs, Adel Salama & Soheir Boshra

Kimberly Seberg

Mark Seibel

Craig & Bonnie Shoemaker

Loren & Elisha Sites

Adam & Erin Smith

Alexandra Smith

Dr. Douglas & Loretta Stafford

Mark & Beth Stafford

Sandra Stanley

Tim & Rachel Stanley

Neil & Jill Stolman

James & Monique Tanner

Joyce Tennant

Carolyn Terrell

LaDonna & James Tucker

Alan & Jennifer Turner

Timothy & Suzanne Vail

Irene Varney

John Varney

Jennifer Varughese, Esq.

Dr. Courtney Waldron

Gregory & Rachael Walkup

Paula Watkins

Richard & Janet Wetzel

Becky Wiley

Melinda Willis

Robert & Debbie Wilson

William & Melissa Wohlford

Charles & Rebecca Wooten

Russell & Amy Workman

William Zaunick

Jerry & Janna Zirkle

2012 Memorial Gifts

Jack Ennis Beverley Stockton Jean Ennis Beverley Stockton Rev. Clair Hitz Carolyn Terrell Doris Jernigan John & Maria Jernigan Sylvia Pugh Carolyn Terrell Jon Read Corinne Hart Al & Rhonda Carlson Peter & Katy Manni Dr. Brad & Linda Hilaman

Ways that you can

serve: Pray for the ministry and the children and staff of La Casa

de mi Padre.

Share the ministry and story of La Casa de mi Padre with your family, friends, or church. Support our missionaries, the Powell family. Participate in our capital campaign in El Salvador. Go to El Salvador on a medi-cal, construction, or childcare team. Give toward the operational or special needs of La Casa

de mi Padre.

For more information, visit

us at

www.mfhinternational.org

Meet Kelly Moreton

Kelly poses with Ericka and Graciella.

After lots of prayer and wise counsel, Kelly made the decision to go forward with her call. She spent months in preparation and, on Valen-tine’s Day, she boarded a plane with three suitcases of belongings to begin a new chapter in her life. Kelly’s official role is Mis-sion Team Coordinator, mak-ing preparations for the many teams that visit La Casa every year. She hit the ground run-ning when, in early March, she managed two teams visit-ing on the same week. Kelly’s passion, however, is for ministry with the older girls. She hopes to establish relationships and serve as a mentor to these young women who have experienced diffi-cult childhoods. She knows that this will be difficult work, and she covets your prayers as she seeks to share the love of Christ.

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La Casa de mi Padre has experienced God’s perfect pro-vision on numerous occasions. The most recent has been the arrival of Kelly Moreton in February 2013. Kelly’s jour-ney to La Casa began in June 2012, when she accompanied a team of young adults from her church in Atlanta on a mission trip to El Salvador. God began to speak, using one of the young girls at La Casa to touch her heart and call her to ministry in Central America.

Getting Closer to the Move to La Finca The excitement is growing as the staff and chil-dren of La Casa de mi Padre anticipate the move to La Finca. Most of the permissions have been granted, and our ministry has entered into a rela-tionship with Third Lens, an organization based in Atlanta which provides oversight and expertise for facility development in underserved regions. The founders of Third Lens seek to view the world and its problems not just through the lenses of social/political issues and economic concerns, but also through a “third lens,” that of Scripture to reveal God’s plan for the world. (Check out their website at www.third-lens.org for more information.) The ministry of La Casa is privileged to be working with this organization on our project at La Finca. Fund-raising for construction is almost com-

plete, and grading to the sites of the two houses has begun. A Third Lens team recently completed con-struction of a retaining wall to protect the neighbor-ing properties from runoff once building begins. The existing house at the top of the property has been remodeled to house construction teams on-site. Please continue to pray for this project.

An architectural rendering of the homes

2012 Gifts in Honor of:

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Dr. Shravan Gaddam Dr. Michael Camardi Dr. Soheir Boshra Dr. Julia D’Amora Dr. Steven Griswold Tanya Sigmon Andrea Harrelson Kim White Deborah Cox Dr. Ralph Whatley Dr. Dan Harrington Dr. David Kagey Dr. Mark Greenawald Kathy Wolford Bob & Phyllis Rouse Bob Gardner Mark Dellinger Sam Cox Tess Jones Julie Pizzino Stephanie Hopkins Ronda Clark Missy Huisman

John & Carolyn Cobb by: Ed & Debby Read

David & Linda Radcliffe Bill & Paulette Docktere by: Dave & Linda Eggebeen

Dr. Melissa Bradner Dr. Steve Crossman Dr. Anon Kuzel Dr. Susan Miller Dr. Carolyn Peel Dr. Stephen Rothemich Dr. Michelle Whitehurst-Cook Dr. Mark Ryan by: Dr. Irv Epperson

Peggy Reed by: Robin Patterson

Very special family & friends by: John & Carolyn Cobb

R.K. Elswick & family by: Jean Curtis

Nancy Hoffman by: Thomas & Marilyn Hoffman

Tobias Riggs Teresa Miller Kathy Habeeb Thomas Mann Todd Smith Judy Walker Melissa Moslow Jeremy Ruch Justin Knight & Caroline Hippler Brad, Emily, Ben & Elise Wilson Chris Hippler & Kim Richardson- Hippler by: Aubrey & Esther Knight

Dan & Gil Harrington Nancy & Steve Agee Wayne & Marianne Gandee Cynda & Bruce Johnson Bill & Pay Whitney by: Ralph & Debra Whatley

Brad, Emily, Ben & Elise Wilson Justin, Grace & Brooks Davies by: Bob & Debbie Wilson

Introducing Students to Missions Each year, My Father’s House International partners with the Richmond Virginia chapter of the Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA) to provide medical and dental care to the people of El Salvador. This year the team served in three locations, providing a caring touch and a listening ear to those who seldom receive either. While the care and attention surely served to meet the needs of the people, it was the members of the team who were truly transformed by the experience. One student said, “We came to give but were given so much more by God who filled us to overflowing.” Another student related: “I could not be more thankful for this week and the profound impact it has had on my faith. I look forward to return-ing to classes with renewed confidence and enthusiasm regarding my call from the Lord to this profession.” We are grateful to the staff of La Casa de mi Padre for hosting these teams and providing opportunities for service.

Our Own Missionary

The Journey to Independence

Our transition home, The Bridge, opened a little over a year ago. As with most new adventures, this first year has been a learning experience. We have moved from having house parents on site to al-lowing the young people to live more independently. Missionary Kathy Porter oversees the house, but the young adults are responsible

This year God has called one of La Casa’s young men to serve as a missionary. Salvador originally felt called to join a group of young people serving with Youth with a Mission (YWAM), entering a training program culminating in a mis-sion journey to the Dominican Republic. This experience was life-changing for Salvador, and

as he searched for his next ser-vice opportunity, he was invited to work with YWAM for an additional year, training other young people to serve as he has done. Salvador has raised his own support, both for the initial ex-perience and for his year of ser-vice as a trainer. He shared with his donors: “I have always had the desire in my heart to give my life in service for the Lord. I truly want to be a missionary to share the immense love of God and all that He has done in my life.” Please keep Salvador in your prayers as he serves with YWAM this year.

for the care and upkeep, cook-ing their own meals and doing all the chores. Five people currently live at The Bridge, four who have graduated from high school and one who is attending adult learning classes to obtain her high school diploma. Soon two more girls will turn 18 and be eligible to move from La Casa

to The Bridge.

Our vision has been to assist our young adults in reaching their full potential as they discover God’s will and di-rection for their lives. As part of this journey to independ-ence, these young people have begun to look for work experience. They have at-tended workshops to help them think through life goals and to apply for job opportu-nities. Three of them cur-rently work either full– or part-time and are contributing to the expenses of the house.

Our 2012 Finances

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My Father’s House

International, Inc., is a

non-profit organization

under section 501(c)(3)

of the Internal Revenue

Code.

• Donations totaling $667,771 • Four mission trips with participants and mission trip support

totaling $63,171 • Capital campaign support totaling $224,798 • Support for missionaries totaling $69,655

On February 1, 2012, the Lord called Lydia (Puschel) Holmer home after a long battle with cancer. Lydia lives on in the hearts of the children at La Casa de mi

Padre Padre, and she is re-

membered each time the bell at the chapel rings. Lydia came to El Salvador in March 2006. She worked with the children and oversaw their healthcare. The children loved her, and she cherished her time in El Salvador. During her stay, she developed nagging back and leg pain and returned home to Germany early in 2007. In April of that year, she was diagnosed with chondrosar-coma and began a lengthy treat-ment process involving surgery, chemotherapy, and rehabilita-tion. Lydia remained upbeat despite many setbacks, and the children of La Casa remained close to her heart. She created a fund to raise

t In Memorium: Lydia (Puschel) Holmer

Lydia’s Belltower

2012 Use of funds

77%

10%

11%

2%

0% La Case de mi Padre

Mission Trips

Missionaries

Administrative

Fundraising

money for a bell to be housed in the chapel at La Finca. She and her family arranged to have the bell cast in Germany and transported to El Salvador. To the end, she was pas-sionate about the ministry of La

Casa and its children. And in El Salvador, Lydia’s memory lingers on, a sweet savor of remembrance, whenever the bell is rung.

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Board of Directors Aubrey Knight, M.D. President Salem, VA Patrick Tarleton Vice President Alexandria, VA Esther Knight Secretary Salem, VA Dawn Forbes, M.D. Treasurer Roanoke, VA A. Scott Anderson, III, D.D.S. Roanoke, VA Carol Dark Culpeper, VA David Dark Culpeper, VA Karen Feldenzer Roanoke, VA Jeffrey Forbes, M.D. Roanoke, VA W. Mac Miller Roanoke, VA

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Ben Reid West Chester, PA Ryan Wetzel, M.D. Lexington, S.C.

Ambassadors R.K. & Karen Elswick Cumberland, VA John Forsythe Boise, Idaho Johannes Holmer Germany Paul Kuhlman Cordova, TN Dale and Christy Larson Thailand Dan and Sonia May Yorba Linda, CA Joseph and Jan Napoli Houston, TX Bob and Phyllis Rouse Roanoke, VA Rich and Terry Stewardson Anaheim Hills, CA