Mission Journey Update
As you read this, our Ialoveni Mission Journey Team is on the ground
providing beds for orphaned and abandoned children.
We would love it if you would walk alongside our team
as
they minister in
Ialoveni, Moldova Aug. 29-Sept. 6, by reading our TEAM
BLOG.
We're posting updates daily so you can pray specifically for our team and for the children we're serving.
Thank you for your support of our ministry and our goal of providing "a bed for every
head."
From the Heart
Dear friends,
Thank you very much for the beds you have given to all of us. The beds are very cozy and
warm. They are
so different from our old beds that used to creak, make us sink in them and give us back aches. I am very happy...
I have a nice, cozy bed now!
Thank you sincerely,
Vasile C.
Our Mission
Sweet Sleep exists to share God's love by providing beds to the world's orphaned and
abandoned children.
Sweet Sleep is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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From Jen's Pen
Greetings from beautiful Ialoveni, Moldova!
I am currently with our Mission Journey Team here in Ialoveni, just outside
of Chisinau, Moldova's capital city. The children are so sweet and so excited about their new beds. To those of you who
helped provide these beds - our Build-a-Bed kids in Tennessee and Texas as well as friends and faithful donors - Thank you! I can't wait to show you
the faces of these amazing children receiving their new Sweet Sleep beds!
We would love for you to join with us in praying for what God is doing in
Ialoveni. This orphanage is home to more than 170 children with physical disabilities. To follow our team as they serve and to find out how you can
pray
specifically for the team and the children, please visit www.sweetsleep.org
and
click on Connect to Our Blog. Have a great week! I look forward to giving all of
you a full report when we return.
Sweetly,
jen
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Special Delivery! Jen Gash has a special delivery for the
sweet children with special needs in Ialoveni -- new, comfortable Sweet Sleep beds!
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This is one of the more than 500 houses that were completely destroyed during
recent flooding in Moldova.
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Sweet Sleep Team Provides Relief to Moldova's Flood Victims
Over the past few weeks, Moldova has been hit with
the worst
flooding in over 200 years. This small country has been through so
much... Last year was the driest in more than 100 years, causing many
farmers to lose their crops. This year, their crops are underwater. The
cost of food is rising and with 80 percent of the population living on
less than the equivalent of 7 to 10 dollars a month, many desperately
need food to survive.
- 11,800 homes have been flooded.
- 520 homes were completely destroyed.
- 7,852 Moldovans have no shelter at all.
- 3,000 of Moldova's 4,500 wells are contaminated.
- Water in two thirds of the country is unsafe to drink.
While
our mission at Sweet Sleep is to share God's love by providing beds for
the world's orphaned and abandoned children, we also believe in
engaging orphans in ministry in the communities and villages we serve.
On our bed building trips, we like to take the children off their
orphanage campus to visit and bring food to the elderly, bring food to
members of the deaf community and during our trip to Ialoveni,
Moldova this week, through our partnership Baptist Union
of Moldova, we are delivering food, Bibles, clothing and other relief
supplies to the flood victims.
If you are able to donate funds to assist with ongoing flood relief, please give online
today at www.sweetsleep.org, call us at 615.730.7671 or e-mail Stuart McAlister at stuart@sweetsleep.org.
You can also mail your donation to Sweet Sleep, P.O. Box 157,
Brentwood, TN 37024. Please write flood relief in the memo item of your
check.
Thank you for your continued support of Sweet Sleep
and our ministry. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers for the
Moldovan people in this difficult time.
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