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Hearts of Hope, formerly known as Stuller Place, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit agency whose aim is to reduce the trauma experienced by child and adult victims of sexual abuse and sexual assault. All services are confidential and are completed without expense for the clients. They provide services to the parishes of Lafayette, Acadia, Vermilion, Iberia, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Landry and Evangeline.

Hearts of Hope is in need of volunteers to manage their 24 hour crisis line, meet the victims in the Emergency Rooms to provide support, and work with website management, newsletter set-up, fundraising events and office duties.

Marielle Babb, Volunteer Coordinator
marielle.babb@theheartsofhope.org
(337) 269-1557
P.O. Box 53967 Lafayette, LA 70505

Allan and Patsy Fultons are missionaries that we support in Ghana. Every few years we send a shipping container of supplies to help with their ministry needs. Below is a list of items needed. Please bring donations to the church office before March 12.

Container Needs for APF Mnistries:

Allan and Patsy Fulton, missionaries to Ghana, will be in town to give an informational meeting about East Bayou's upcoming trip to Ghana July 29-August 10. If you are interested in the trip, or just want more information about the work that the Fultons are doing in Ghana, join us on Tuesday, February 8, 6:00-8:00 pm in the Conference room located in the administrative office area.

The Louisiana Baptist Convention has a Haiti relief project called Buckets of Hope. They are encouraging individuals and families to fill a 5 gallon plastic bucket with a specified list of supplies to send to families in Haiti. These items include rice, beans, flour, sugar, and cooking oil. Drop off all buckets at the front office before March 15. For a complete list of items and instructions on how to pack your bucket, visit IBC website.

East Bayou is hosting the Louisiana Baptist Convention's Haiti relief training meeting on Tuesday, February 23, 6:30-9:00 in Bayou Café. The meeting will include training for taking relief trips to Haiti and how to handle the various situations you may come into contact with while in the country. A missionary from Haiti will be in to assist in this training. We encourage you to come if you are interested in taking part in the relief efforts on the front lines overseas.

Imagine over 100 volunteers from across the USA giving up their spring break, vacation time and wages. They brave the elements to serve selflessly, impacting mushers and the people of Nome with goodness and the gospel- doing the tough jobs: dog lots, snow-machine transport across the Bering Sea, finish-line security, custodial work…to kids club, sports clinics, hot chocolate sleds and Bible in a bucket (distribution). We are looking for team members who can work hard and be a shining example of God’s love.

Status: Registration for this trip is closed.

Partner with a church plant in Long Island to reach a community that is extremely skeptical towards Christians. Spread the Gospel through servant evangelism by passing out flyers, preparing backdrops and decorations for the Kids’ Camp, cleaning the facility, helping individuals in the community with construction projects or landscaping, painting, and assembling and distributing commuter train gift bags. We are looking for team members who are ready to work and serve with a smile. Help show this community what it means to serve and love others just as Christ loves us, and pray that they are drawn by His irresistible grace!

Status: Registration closed

Picture yourself traveling to remote Alaska and sleeping in a tent surrounded by wild animals such as caribou and Kodiak bears. The Alaska Mission has recently purchased a huge tract of land to be used as a youth camp for rural Alaskans. However, the property is untouched by civilization and has a lot of construction to be completed before it is ready for campers. You will have the difficult job of preparing the land to be used for ministry by building cabins and other facilities needed.

An added opportunity will be hunting the caribou on the land to eat for meals during the week. We are looking for team members who have skills in construction, camping, and hunting. Not a trip for the faint of heart!

Status: Registration is now open.
Download application

Dates: September 18-25, 2010
Cost: $750 + airfare to Anchorage, Alaska (approx. $1300)
Cost includes: housing, meals, and travel on location
Application with $500 deposit due: August 1, 2010
$500 payment due: September 1, 2010
Remaining balance due: before trip
Contact: missions@eastbayou.org

East Bayou will be partnering with Allan and Patsy Fulton of APF Ministries to put together a VBS in Wa, Upper West Region of Ghana. This area is 95% Muslim and will be the first VBS up there.

Our schedule would look like this for a week:
Leave on Thursday (week before VBS) and arrive in Ghana on Friday night.
Leave on Saturday to travel as far as Sunyani, Brong Ahafo Region
Travel on Sunday into Wa. Get setup for VBS (we will probably do the
program at a school since Muslim kids cannot enter a church)
VBS-Monday-Friday.
Leave Saturday back to Sunyani, Brong Ahafo
Leave Sunday back to Tema
Monday-shopping and sightseeing
Tuesday-leave for America
Wednesday-arrive home

Status: closed

Partner with REAP South, a program within the International Mission Board, to plant churches in rural Peru!

The goal is to plant an autonomous, indigenously-led congregation that is able to provide a true gospel witness to the citizens of Julcamarca, Peru by sending a team to witness, train, equip, and encourage new believers in Christ.

 

Status: now accepting applications- download & print application

 

Dates: November 6-13, 2010

Cost: $400 + Airfare (approx. $1000)

Application with $50 deposit due: August 22, 2010

Contact: missions@eastbayou.org