Every day 35,000 children live without a stable family in LA County

Former Foster Youth sharing about their foster home experiences

58% of youth in foster care that will graduate from high school.

60-80% of sex-trafficking victims who have a history of foster care

“What made a Difference in Your Life?”   

– Someone took the time to care (former foster youth)

10 Christian foster care ministries have come together to form a coalition to equip churches to reach the foster care system! Joseph is part of an advisory council giving input to the coalition. This month we were part of the “Ambassador” training equipping 50 people from over 20 churches. To date there are a total of 50 churches that have been through the Ambassador Training.

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Reaching the City…by equipping churches to share the gospel

Of 10 Million people in LA County, roughly 8% are involved in an evangelical church.  That means that up to 9.2 million people are not involved in a gospel preaching church.

  Joseph is on the leadership team of  “LA Reaching LA” (LARLA).  LA Reaching LA is a collaboration of of 82 churches reaching out to 88 cities of Los Angeles County.  Many of the churches are reaching ethnic communities including: Iranians, Mexicans, Nepalese, Filipinos, Armenians, Koreans, Cambodians and Afghans.  God has blessed LARLA as well in helping to start 10 churches in Nepal and the 8 churches in the Philippines.

This past month Joseph was part of a training time for the pastors of many of these churches—leading them in evangelism training and how to lead their churches to share the gospel.

Los Angeles has 400 distinct people groups   residing within it’s borders. Over 100 languages spoken – making Los Angeles a strategic city to reach to fulfill the Great Commission. 

FAMILY UPDATE~

We now have a Senior in High School, a Sophmore, a 7th Grader and a Kindergartener!  From Senior to Kindergarten—our lives are full, but so wonderful.  The kids are excited to be in summer mode and relaxing more.  Luke is working throughout the summer and loves his job.  This past month we also had Aleeya  dedicated at church and were so blessed to have her former foster mom(Tori) and her fiancée join us for the dedication!  This summer Aleeya will be the flower girl in their  wedding!!

Thank you for your continual prayers and support to us.  We are so very thankful!