Help Compassion Network bless a family in need this Christmas. Having a child battle cancer is always a struggle, but Christmastime can make it even more difficult. See below for ways you can help. Any donations are appreciated!
In previous years, we have given gifts to children in the community who wouldn't normally receive much. This year, our ministry is seeking to bless families who have kids undergoing cancer treatments for the 1st time this year. The strains on these families can be immense and Christmas may be quite different for them while carrying the burden of a child with cancer and all that comes with this reality.
So, here are the details on how you may help this family should you be so led. This is a single Mom with an 8 year old daughter and a teenage son. The daughter has already had surgery to remove a tumor and is now undergoing chemo treatments. The treatments often require her to stay at the hospital for days at a time. Right now, they are at the hospital for treatments at least once a week.
As a result, Mom has lost her full-time job and is doing the best she can to provide for her family during this process, a process that will go on for many, many months. We are hoping to make their Christmas a little brighter this year by providing for some of their needs. I have thoroughly vetted this family and was made aware of their situation thru a mutual friend. I am in personal contact with the Mom.
Below are the details concerning how we are going to try to bless them:
There are 2 pressing financial needs. Their car payment is $254 a month. November has not been paid and December is due on the 22nd. They cannot afford to lose their car.
Wifi costs them $100 a month. Both of the kids are being cyber-schooled due to the schedule demands of frequent trips and multi-day stays at Children's Hospital. Last month's payment is past due and the December payment needs to be made.
They are current on all other bills.
So, $508 for two car payments and $200 for two wifi payments. We will be making these payments directly to the bank and the wifi provider once we have the funds.
Things for mom and the family:
Stand mixer with tilt head
Rug Shampooer
Pots and pans
Baking pans
Crock pot (7 – 10qt)
Dish Towels
Meat tenderizer
Coffee maker
For daughter:
Kids size 8 clothes
Kids size 3 shoes
Barbie house
Barbies
For son:
Mens pants 30x32
Mens shirts large
Mens sweatpants large
Laptop computer
To help with the demands of getting regular cancer treatments:
Sheetz gas cards
Subway food cards
Door dash gift cards
Checks can be made out and sent to:
Compassion Network
PO Box 3055
New Kensington, PA 15068
or you can donate online using the button below
See the many ways God is using the Compassion Network to minister to a village in Pakistan
Some of you know we have been working to establish a ministry base in Pakistan for over the past year.
In the village we serve, the Lord provided the way and the means to purchase land with the intent to plant and raise fruits and vegetables for as many of the poor as possible. Also, we will be increasing our chicken flock to increase egg production and to provide chicks and chicken meat. There is immediate progress being made in growing food to make the village self-sustainable.
Our team started discussing the urgent need for immediate food production months ago as I truly believe villages like the one we serve will be dealing with life and death starvation issues in the not too distant future. The recent flooding has increased this possibility exponentially unfortunately.
Starvation, a lack of clean water and disease, especially cholera, are the greatest problems facing the people now. The millions that have been displaced will end up heading east toward areas like the one we serve. So, there will soon be a strain on areas that are currently "unaffected" by the monsoons.
If you would like to know more about the ongoing ministry there and/or how you can support that kingdom work, please feel free to contact us. There are huge opportunities to expand this work and to watch as the Lord builds a shining city on a hill for the other surrounding villages to emulate for his glory.
To learn more about the exciting work God is doing at our village in Pakistan, please visit our Pakistan Ministry page by clicking the link below.
The Compassion Network is made up of local churches in the 15068 zip code. During this pandemic, our outreach goals remain the same. We want to meet the needs of those in our community, especially in times of crisis. Currently, the biggest need we are seeing right now is to provide food. We are meeting that need in a couple of different ways:
If you want to volunteer in any capacity, or if you are in need right now, please contact us:
Phone: 724 448 8173 email: Invr4get911@aol.com
The Compassion Network has never been just about charity. Our goal is to change lives. We strive to build relationships with the people we serve, and to make them aware of the life-changing power of Jesus Christ. To that end, we currently provide:
If you would like to make a monetary donation, you may click the button below.
A few different observations about the Thanksgiving Dinner outreach that took place this year (2022)...
God gets all the glory. Blessed beyond words to serve with such a great group of people.
This year was quite different in so many ways. Donated items came in slowly. Fewer people cooked turkeys. Financial support was down significantly this year. A significant number of the volunteers who helped were silent this year. We didn't have enough delivery people.
But, God has his ways. Everything needed showed up, even if it was at the last minute. A few people cooked 8 to 10 turkeys each. Many new faces came and served with us seamlessly. We even had a last-minute delivery team come from 45 minutes away to fill in a great need.
Yet, we had more meals go out to our neighbors than ever before. Some of those meals were distributed on the streets in Braddock which were a great, unexpected blessing to people in need there. We cooked over 40 turkeys this year and ended up with turkey to give to more families. Our prep day and Thanksgiving day went better than it ever has before. This was the most efficient and cohesive team we have ever had.
The comments from those we delivered too were nothing but positive. The prayer needs in the parking lot and blessings those neighbors received with our prayer partners cannot be measured.
On another note. No matter what outreach effort we are involved in, God has shown we can expect all things to work for his glory, especially when it seems like the future looks bleak. It has been a definite process, but we have learned it is all out of our control and God keeps all his promises. We are ever more grateful for his provision, his people and his wisdom for his ways are greater than ours.
Born out of a desire to connect people willing to help those in need, Compassion Network tries to allow people and organizations to work together to be Christ's hands and feet in the 15068 area.
We look to match needs with available resources, in all kinds of different situations.
Maybe you know about a need that exists, or you have resources and a desire to meet needs. If you do, we want to hear from you! Let us know the needs you are aware of, as well as any resources you can bring to help those in need.
Jesus tells us that when we serve the "least of these", we are serving Him. (Matthew 25: 31-46).
Won't you join us as we reach out to those who need a helping hand?
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