2018 Christmas Catalog

2018 Christmas Catalog

to the world

The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners. ~ Psalm 146:7

Where Needed Most The gifts in this catalog are just a few of hundreds of Word of Life projects that are currently underway in over 70 nations around the world! Your “where needed most” gift will help us direct funds where and when it is needed most. Thank you

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Send a prisoner’s child to CAMP

Your 2018 Christmas Catalog is here … and I am excited to tell you about this year’s amazing opportunities to share the JOY that is only found through the life-changing message of the Gospel. Give a gift that brings true JOY

Over 1,500 innocent children in Bolivia are forced to live IN PRISON with their incarcerated parent because they have nowhere else to go. Word of Life Bolivia holds a week of summer camp for these children so they can just have FUN — all while hearing the Good News of Jesus Christ and how much God loves them. Many of these children have given their lives to Jesus at these summer camps.

After all, who needs another tie or trinket when you could give a child who actually has to live in prison with their parent the JOY OF CAMP for a week? Or why not GIVE A GOAT in the name of a loved one and help a national missionary fund their ministry? Or sponsor an international student to go to Word of Life Bible Institute so they can learn how to reach their nation for Jesus? Each and every gift here will bring real JOY TO THE WORLD and honor the birth of our Savior this Christmas. And what a great way to get your friends and family involved in the JOY by giving something in their name! Thank you for all the ways you join with Word of Life to share Jesus and to help people grow in their faith — we wish you a blessed Christmas.

$40

He who has a generous eye will be blessed. ~ Proverbs 22:9

The laborer is worthy of his wages. ~ I Timothy 5:18

Support a NATIONAL MISSIONARY

Give a GOAT … COW …or DONKEY

We’ve come to realize the BEST way to reach a country for Christ is to do it through national missionaries — people from that country. They don’t have to learn the language or culture and if hard times come will not have to leave the country. After coming to Christ, many of our Word of Life missionaries are now eager to spend their lives reaching their nation for Jesus. However, it can be impossible for them to raise enough money to feed their families while also working full time to reach people for Christ. $120 $10 per month per year

Many of our national missionary families in Zimbabwe need donkeys, cows and goats to not only provide daily needs for their own family but to fund ministry needs. Often these precious families are trying to survive on less than $3 a day. Having livestock is a great way to provide transport, plow fields, give milk AND when the cattle have new offspring, they can either be added to the herd or sold to help provide funds for things like camps and conferences.

$200 donkey

$45 goat

$450 cow

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for…instruction in righteousness. ~ II Timothy 3:16

Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ~ II Peter 3:18

International ADOPT-A-STUDENT

Provide next steps to a NEW BELIEVER

Word of Life has Bible Institutes around the world, including in Uganda, Hungary and Quebec. There are dozens of students who want to come here for training in the Bible — they just need someone who will “adopt” and sponsor them with a $300 scholarship! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if one of these students became the next D.L. Moody or Billy Graham for their nation?

Thousands of young people give their lives to Christ every year at Word of Life. When that happens, they all want to know — ok, what next? We desire to follow up with every new believer by giving them a special Next Steps booklet and their very own copy of the Gospel of John. For just $20, you can provide 10 new believers with these follow-up materials.

$20

$300

Your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children. ~ Isaiah 54:13

The ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the

Translate a lesson for the MIDDLE EAST

Send a student to SNOWCAMP

grace of God. ~ Acts 20:24

Our missionaries in a restricted access country tell us that churches here are desperate for devotionals and other curriculum for their teenagers — that literally nothing exists for teaching and training teenagers. We want to help with a full Arabic translation, leader training and printing. Though it will cost nearly $250,000 to complete this project, it breaks down to roughly $86 per page of curriculum for translation, training, and initial printing set-up.

Seven weekends from January to March, Word of Life hosts hundreds of young people from churches all across America for a jam-packed 44 hours of winter fun — all geared toward sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ and His power to change lives forever. Last year, 192 teenagers gave their lives to Christ at Snowcamp!

$86 per page

$65 per day

I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. ~ I Corinthians 9:22

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that … your care for me has flourished again. ~ Philippians 4:10

POWER a new generation to The Island!

Give THE BEST WEEK EVER

We put more wear and tear on a boat engine in a single summer than most people do in the entire LIFETIME of a boat! Who can’t remember their first boat ride to and from our iconic Island in the middle of Schroon Lake? Thousands of people trace their spiritual roots back to the time they first visited The Island — and the entire course of their lives changed. We urgently need to replace the current engines for next summer — can you help provide one or two new boat engines?

It’s the ultimate Word of Life Christmas gift to sponsor a young person to attend a week at one of our camps in New York or Florida. Every year, over 10,000 students attend — and thousands of them label it “the best week ever” because it’s where they began a relationship with Jesus Christ as their Savior! It really is a week to remember — but thousands of students will not be able to come without the scholarship help of friends like you.

$78 share of an engine

$68 per day

$410 per week

$7800 engine

Fellowship

PO Box 600 | Schroon Lake, NY 12870 wol.org/givenow/joy