Project Belong

Recently I have had the chance to learn more about Project Belong through a couple events, a great friend, and talking with the co-founder Brandon Hoffman.  I have been feeling God pull me more and more into the area of ministry during the past year.  I can't even explain how awesome this will be when it opens.  But here is the information on the GoFundMe site:

Project Belong, a ministry that recruits, trains, and supports foster and adoptive parents within the faith community in Kansas, is currently hosting a Capital Funding Campaign to raise the necessary funds for the purchase and updating of the Henderson House Inn and for the construction of a multipurpose facility to house Project Belong’s corporate offices and meeting and conference facilities.

Currently, the Inn is a public lodging facility providing accommodations to those visiting the Stafford, Kansas area. The facility is host to meetings and events for community organizations and individuals. Upon completion, the facility will have the capacity for meetings up to 180 in attendance. It will be available for reservations for family reunions, wedding receptions, and more.

Often, foster and adoptive families may find themselves in a situation of needing additional support through a crisis or needing to connect with other foster and adoptive families for fellowship, networking and building support systems.
The vision for a retreat and conference center operated by the ministry of Project Belong would offer a central location for meeting this need of foster and adoptive families. This would be achieved through retreats, conferences and aiding families in crisis with emergency or planned stays at the center. Services can be offered to support the family such as pastoral and Christian counseling, intensive support, peer counseling from other foster or adoptive families, and support from agency partners.
A program is being developed to use a portion of the facility for a transitional living training program for youth aging out of foster care (ages 18-21). In this program, a small number of youth will be selected to live in the facility, receive training for work experience, budgeting, spiritual counsel, and more. This training and experience will provide the youth with a foundation for successfully entering adulthood.
Any donation amount will help bring us closer to making this a reality.

This is truly an excellent way to help meet God's command that we help care for the orphans.  Many say they aren't called to foster or adopt....and to that I say support those who do! And this will be awesome for SO MANY families!!

Go Pray...and check out this site:

http://www.gofundme.com/ProjectBelongRetreat