In 2009, Crystal Springs did their second bowl-a-thon for HEED to help build our first building on the land they helped us purchase the year before. Early this spring, Julie visited each of the classes to teach the kids a little bit about life in Uganda so they could understand why their family was raising funds and bowling for HEED. They learned about carrying water from a muddy water hole, parasites, and having to boil water before you can drink it- even when you are thirsty. It’s a privilege to help kids gain an appreciation of the conveniences we enjoy with our Western lifestyle.

The event was tons of fun, as always. Karen Gunderson and Lisa Revelle wrote and performed another certain hit for the event: “Building our Foundation…Keeping the Ball Rolling…” Watch for it on YouTube or American Idol someday!

Well, they certainly did keep the ball rolling toward finishing one of our first school buildings! Last year they raised $2646 to help build the foundation, and their goal was to raise enough to complete the rest of the building.

When we started the planning, we didn’t have a completed bid for the actual cost, but guessed we would need about $4000 to finish the building. At the end of the evening, they had raised $2740. A sizable total for one small preschool! Then the impossible seemed to happen. More donations came in, and the final total raised for the two events was $6391. The bid to construct the building came back just the week before the event-14,877,000 shillings. Guess what? At today’s exchange rate, the  building will cost $6391 to construct- the exact amount raised!

In this journey of faith, we have learned that God does in fact give us exactly what is needed!

Thank you, Crystal Springs for bowling ” a perfect score!”

The name HEED came from God’s original instructions. In late 2005, after my first visit to Uganda,  I began to understand God’s heart cry for the millions of orphaned children who were just waiting to be scooped up and loved into the kingdom of God. I felt God’s heart that He was broken  as I was for the overwhelming needs of the children for love, care and provision, but I felt an urgency  and almost an expectancy in the heart of God for the thousands of children who could come to know Him if the church would respond in obedience to the call to help the widows and orphans in their distress. I sensed anticipation of a great harvest that would come through that love, but was completely overwhelmed by the magnitude of the need, and still had no idea that God was going to ask me to be a part of His plan. I was just broken for the hopeless children I met, and God was showing me that He had a redemptive plan. He told me that it was like I was looking at the back of a tapestry where the threads look like a chaotic mess. He told me to turn it over, that He had a plan. When you look at the front side of a tapestry, the pattern emerges.  The next day, I woke up with four words running through my head:  help, evangelize, disciple, equip…. help, evangelize, disciple, equip…. I still remember where I was standing when God revealed, “That’s my plan. You help them with the physical needs, you give them the gospel, train them up in it, and then equip them for the future… In that order. And you are way back at the beginning with help! Just follow my plan.”

So, help, evangelize, disciple and equip became the game plan for the 17 children God had placed into our path, and He began to miraculously provide for them. Then, more than a year later when we needed a name for what was growing into a ministry, Heidi Davis in the US and Tomusange Silas in Uganda, who had never spoken, both contacted me to suggest rearranging the letters into  the name HEED on the same day. Heidi recalls that she was sitting at a red light on 196th & 76th in Lynnwood when God, said “HEED” to her. She quickly called Julie and left her a voicemail telling her the name God put onto her heart. Tom had sent a text message with the same name suggestion that arrived almost simultaneously.

Then I looked up the definition of HEED. It was: to stop and pay attention to, to take into account when acting. I cried.

So, God gave us both the game plan and the name in a way that confirmed the calling to follow Him in obedience to help, evangelize, disciple and equip  his orphaned and hurting children into the kingdom of God.

WHAT:         The 3rd Annual pamper yourself and change a life day of , MANICURES, ACRYLIC NAILS AND WAXING at MAGIC NAILS!

Magic Nails Salon will open it’s doors at 12 Noon till 5pm on Sunday,May 16th 2010, JUST FOR THE FRIENDS OF HEED

                                                        (that’s YOU!)

 ALL proceeds from the day will go directly to HEED! 

COME!  Bring your friends, bring your MOM, your daughter, your Sister, your Mother in-law, your neighbor, YOUR HUSBAND AND YOUR SONS ! 

Come, relax and be pampered while you change the life of hundreds of children!

 The monies from this event will go direct to the education of 225 (for now) students of the HEED Primary Co-op School!                 

WHEN:          Sunday, May 16th 2010

WHERE:       Magic Nails

                        8410 Main Street , Edmonds, WA 98026  (AT Five Corners)

RSVP:           Please call Tina, owner of Magic Nails at 425.670.3885 to make an appointment. 

                        We ask that you make an appointment to make sure enough staff is on hand to serve you.

                       The more appointments that are booked, the more gals Tina will bring in for this special event.  

If you have any questions, please contact Julie @ 425.239.6123 or Heidi @ 206.384.9584

          

Maama Julie and Julia Davis (HEED's youngest volunteer) at Magic Nails

 WE ARE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THIS FUN TIME WITH YOU!

 

Grade:Baby

Your $100 School Sponsorship will provide tuition, school supplies, and daily meals for a full year.

You can choose to donate $100 one time, or be a recurring sponsor for $25/monthly for 4 months.

Grade:Middle

Your $100 School Sponsorship will provide tuition, school supplies, and daily meals for a full year.

You can choose to donate $100 one time, or be a recurring sponsor for $25/monthly for 4 months.

Grade:Baby

Your $100 School Sponsorship will provide tuition, school supplies, and daily meals for a full year.

You can choose to donate $100 one time, or be a recurring sponsor for $25/monthly for 4 months.

Grade:Primary 4

Your $100 School Sponsorship will provide tuition, school supplies, and daily meals for a full year.

You can choose to donate $100 one time, or be a recurring sponsor for $25/monthly for 4 months.