Feed the Hunger Annual Ministry Report 2013

2013 ANNUAL MINISTRY REPORT How God blessed your partnership

Table of Contents 3

A Word from the CEO

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Equipping Leaders

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Helping Children

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Other Outreach

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Mission Trips

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Domestic Outreach

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Pack-A-Thons

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Aid and Relief

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Financial Summary

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Ways to Get Involved

Feed the Hunger

P.O. Box 2347 Burlington, NC 27216 info@feedthehunger.org 1.888.772.9634

Thank You For Feeding the Hunger in

2013

Dear Friends and Partners, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ. What a year it has been for Feed the Hunger! We thank God for all that was accomplished through your partnership for His glory. Of particular note, we began developing ministry partnerships here in America, and we also changed our name from New Directions International.

The name change was made for two primary reasons. First, we believe Feed the Hunger better represents our mission – to feed the spiritual and physical hunger in the needy. Our hearts desire for decades has been to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and also to help people in their hour of need.

Secondly, with our growing involvement in food packing events, thousands of people participate every year and most of them only know us as Feed the Hunger.

As a result, with unanimous support from the Board of Directors and our faithful staff, we changed our name from New Directions International to Feed the Hunger. Be assured that we continue to come alongside Christian leaders both here and around the world to equip them with the spiritual and practical tools to reach people for Jesus Christ. I believe this Annual Ministry Report reflects that commitment.

May you be blessed by this report,

Joseph Williams, CEO

A WORD FROM THE CEO

To equip His people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Ephesians 4:12

EQUIPPING LEADERS

Ministry Snapshot CHRISTIAN WORKERS • 36 workers receiving ongoing support • Serving in 8 countries • Impossible to measure their spiritual impact!

“To begin with, let me express our thankfulness to you for your faithful partnership with us all these 12 years in training the grassroots leaders of Nepal. It is my pleasure to state that we were able to train 454 grassroots leaders in the year 2013 in 8 different sessions of mobile based leadership training. You, our partner, deserve our appreciation and may the Lord bless you as you continue to be our honorable partner in this noble task.”

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Further expansion was made on the Church Planters Training Center in Coimbatore, India. The complex of classrooms was in great need of teacher offices and bathrooms, so one of the two additional buildings containing these was completed.

The 38 college and seminary students along with the nine faculty and seven staff would like to thank you for making the Church Planters Training Center a reality. This allows them to learn and teach the Word of God in a peaceful and conducive setting, and also expand the student body so that in the days ahead, they can reach many people for Christ.

Haymanot (far right) is one of the evangelists who received a bicycle this year. He has served the Lord for the last 14 years reaching the lost, and has led 27 orthodox priests to Christ. Last year alone, God used him to save 80 people. As a result, he has been persecuted with numerous attempts on his life and the attempted kidnapping of his daughter. Haymanot has not only used his bicycle to spread the Gospel, but to escape persecution in Ethiopia!

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Ministry Snapshot CHILDREN’S OUTREACH • 7,594 children receive ongoing help, many of them daily

• 65 schools and children’s homes in 9 countries (including USA) • All FTH programs overseas have three components: nutritious food, basic education, and the Gospel

Mission teams actively participate in the distribution and serving of nutritious meals to at-risk children. The vast majority of the children our partners care for receive the meal packets that many of you helped to pack.

The children that FtH supports in land-locked countries receive food, clothing, and shelter through funding stewarded by house parents in children’s homes.

The children receive spiritual food as well – the message of Jesus Christ. This little girl asked Jesus into her heart! Many of our partners overseas have found a niche with preschool-aged children. Preschool isn’t available in many poor countries, so the church has stepped in at this crucial age to change the children’s lives forever.

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Sometimes there are unique ways to help our children’s programs function without funding from partners like us. This pig self-support project for a children’s home in Myanmar is one of those ways.

The children will help to raise the piglets to provide meat for the home or to sell so that other kinds of food can be purchased for the home.

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The children at Valley of Hope School had been meeting under an old tent left over from the earthquake relief efforts. It was a hot and dusty learning environment in this rural location in Haiti. Now, they have a cooler building and a sturdy floor and roof over their heads!

The combination of a proper building, nutritious food, good teachers, and the Gospel will help these children to one day change their country for Christ.

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Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me.

Mark 9:37

HELPING CHILDREN

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3:17

OTHER OUTREACH

Ministry Snapshot PROJECT INITIATIVES • 38 projects funded

• 15 countries • Includes clean water, church buildings, transportation, Bibles, self-support

Our widow’s home in Nepal is now headed by a longtime ministry partner who is now a widow herself. Manju Thapa and her husband, Krishna, have run the Elderly home in Kathmandu for several years.

Unfortunately this past spring, Krishna was involved in horrific auto accident. Manju remains committed to serving these older widows despite this tragic loss. Please pray for Manju and her young son, Bibek.

“The van covers a lot of mileage per liter and is therefore economical to maintain. It will be used for the food delivery as well as other purpose of the ministry. We are thankful and grateful to you for the generosity and assistance in our hour of need.”

Our Partner in Sri Lanka

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Many of you graciously gave over the last 12-18 months to provide Bibles for all of the children that we help as well as to many adult believers – both of whom have never had their own copy of God’s Word. Thanks to you, this most prized possession is now in their own hands. Pray that God would use these children in particular to reach their parents and guardians. << Left Bottom Corner

Ramgha village in Nepal has gone hundreds of years without water nearby. Many households had left this village because of the scarcity of water. Now that reservoirs and pumps have been installed at the church, the villagers are returning to their homeland. Most importantly, they are coming to the church for literal water – and for Living Water as well!

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Ministry Snapshot MISSION TRAVEL • 19 mission trips • 5 countries • 159 travelers

“If you are a believer, you have a calling to go and tell others about Jesus. By doing that you will find not only the possibility to tell others about Jesus, but also you will express your love to them. So when American believers come on mission trip to Haiti, they respond to the call of God.” Pastor Maxeau Antoine Haitian Partner Left Top Corner >>

A team of four families distributed Bibles, food, and crafts to many children in Jamaica.

This trip is indicative of most all of our mission trips, which is handson. Each day is full of planned activities as well as unstructured time to hang out with the children. Even if your primary mission is a construction project, there will be time to be with the people being ministered to.

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Our goal as a ministry is to connect individuals and churches with trustworthy Christian leaders, and then step away if the individual or church so desires. This is the case with Providence Baptist Church. We connected them with a street children’s program in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.

Now, they take visits and lead teams on their own, and enjoy an ongoing and vibrant partnership with the school.

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“We have had the opportunity to go to Lynch, Kentucky twice with Feed the Hunger. We were blessed by meeting and establishing close ties with Lonnie and Belinda Riley and all the folks who make up this incredible mission. We are planning two more trips to Lynch in 2014. Thanks to our ongoing relationship with Feed the Hunger, we can step out above and beyond our hosting a Pack-A-Thon and serve as Jesus instructed in His Great Commission.”

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How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who proclaim salvation.

Isaiah 52:7

MISSION TRIPS

There will always be poor people in the land.

Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward the poor and needy in your land.

Deuteronomy 15:11

DOMESTIC OUTREACH

Domestic Outreach There will be much more to report in the days ahead. In the first year of domestic ministry, God has allowed us to be involved with dynamic ministries in three states:

Kentucky – in the rural southeastern corner of this state are many communities that desperately need a Savior and a helping hand. Our new partners are Lonnie and Belinda Riley of Meridzo Center Ministries.

South Dakota – the Pine Ridge Reservation is home to the Lakota Sioux who struggle with high unemployment, alcoholism, and spiritual bondage. Our new partners are Wade and Kate McHargue of Restoration Church.

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North Carolina – we are also partnering with Christian-run food pantries in our local community to serve people in need.

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Ministry Snapshot PACK-A-THONS • 43 events in 11 states • 10,460 volunteers • Over 6.3 million meals to date

“My first Pack-A-Thon was a lot of fun, but at my second Pack-A-Thon I was struck by God’s amazing grace. I watched the Feed the Hunger video with tears in my eyes and instantly knew that God was calling me to serve in Haiti to help his children. The mission trip to Haiti was an incredible experience. I saw firsthand that impoverished and hungry children are being fed, clothed, educated and nurtured, both physically and spiritually. People just like you and me are making a difference.”

Al Seagraves St. Mark’s Church

Westover Church has an afterschool program where seniors mentor and tutor children from an apartment complex across the street from their church.

As an end-ofschool activity, they partnered together to pack food. Each child worked with his or her tutor at the station to increase the bonds of friendship that transcends decades of age difference.

If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

Isaiah 58:10

Ministry Snapshot FAMILY CRISIS KITS • First year of deploying kits • 1,537 kits • 5 countries

Local volunteers help us to package the Family Crisis Kits. The individual items are purchased at the lowest cost possible or are donated. Then our volunteers get an assembly line going make the kits. On average, two pallets with 216 total kits accompanies each container of food overseas. If you would like to volunteer to help with this need or other opportunities, let us know.

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The Family Crisis Kit is a way for us to help people in their hour of need, like this man in Haiti. Perhaps they have just survived a natural disaster, live in a slum, or have become homeless. This kit provides shortterm relief – and the Gospel. Each kit contains the following: • 4 Feed the Hunger meal packets • 4 reusable cups, spoons, bowls, and toothbrushes • 1 bar of soap, toothpaste, and Gospel tract

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“It is been a blessing to reach the people through family crisis boxes.

It is our prayer that we can get more regularly. The conflicts up north are better right now between the Samburu and the Turkana tribes. We have wonderful relationship with the Turkana because of the Family Crisis Kits. Once you feed them physically they are willing to listen to you.”

Our Samburu partner in Kenya

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Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Hebrews 13:16

AID AND RELIEF

Financial Summary For fiscal year ending December 31, 2013

7%

Feed the Hunger is pleased to present you with this financial pie chart, which demonstrates our efforts to be as efficient and effective as possible in carrying out the mission to which God has called us. While 25% is considered the “industry standard” for non-profits to spend on administrative and fundraising expenses, FtH maintains a percentage well below that standard.

To further demonstrate our commitment to financial accountability, FtH is a longtime member in good standing with The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (www.ecfa.org). ECFA is an accreditation agency dedicated to helping Christian ministries earn the public’s trust through adherence to the Seven Standards of Responsible StewardshipTM. All gifts made to *Feed the Hunger are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Our finances are reviewed annually by an independent public auditing firm. There is also ongoing oversight by a Board of Directors. * The ministry is currently undergoing a name change from New Directions International to Feed the Hunger.

6%

87%

Ministry 87% Administration 7% Fundraising 6% *The chart above reflects pre-financial review expenses for 2013. An audited financial report for this year is available upon request after it is completed.

Ways to Get Involved The new website gives you all of the information you need to stay plugged in. All of the following ways to get involved can be easily found from the home page and selecting “Get Involved”.

feedthehunger.org

PRAY – Ongoing

prayer cover is the most crucial need of the ministry, and therefore, the most important activity that you can participate in. Please visit our prayer page for the current prayer needs from both here and around the world. We will not only post the needs, but also the answered prayers. Also, please sign up for our email list. We communicate twice a month on average and simply share the stories, prayer requests, and praises of our ministry partners.

INVEST – Your monthly or annual giving to Circle of Friends supports the ministry and allows us to focus our efforts on meeting the needs of leaders and children.

Circle of Friends is the life-blood of Feed the Hunger, so please give in this practical manner however the Lord may lead. We also have other time-sensitive needs, so please check on our website for the most up-to-date list.

GO – There are

three main avenues that FtH provides everyone with to actively participate in missions. The first is to come to a PackA-Thon and help make nutritious meal packets. The second is to travel on a foreign or domestic mission trip, which are taking place monthly.

Check our website calendar for Pack-A-Thon and mission trip dates and locations. Lastly, if you are able to visit our headquarters in Graham, NC, we have a need for work teams to help renovate our building as well as other volunteer opportunities.

PO Box 2347, Burlington, NC 27216-2347 feedthehunger.org