Please pray for our team members as they begin fundraising and preparing for their life changing summer of ministry. We still have a few spaces left on the team. Contact Jenni Ramsey at ramseyfam5@icloud.com for more information.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Crean Lutheran High 2016 Team
Last week the team from Crean Lutheran High School in Irvine, CA, gathered together for a team meeting. There was lots of excitement in the room with seven returning team members and nine new members. We're thrilled to announce that two of our high school seniors, Lexi Ramos and Taylor Wasson, will be returning to El Salvador for their third summer of ministry and they will both be serving as our student leaders. We're so proud of them and their passion for the Lord and the people El Salvador!
Please pray for our team members as they begin fundraising and preparing for their life changing summer of ministry. We still have a few spaces left on the team. Contact Jenni Ramsey at ramseyfam5@icloud.com for more information.
Please pray for our team members as they begin fundraising and preparing for their life changing summer of ministry. We still have a few spaces left on the team. Contact Jenni Ramsey at ramseyfam5@icloud.com for more information.
Thursday, March 3, 2016
2016 Summer Teams Kick Off
His Hands His Feet Director Jenni Ramsey traveled from Texas to California in January to kick off the So Cal team meetings. Our summer teams are growing and we're excited to have so many returning team members serving with us this year. Jenni was privileged to speak to the student body on missions at Crean Lutheran High School in Irvine, met with the Young Women of Vision quinceanera team as well as the Village Church team. His Hands His Feet board members Stephanie Keenan, Tanya Eason and Jenni Ramsey had a wonderful time meeting with the Knepper family, close friends and missionary partners in El Salvador who were home on furlough.
Spots are filling up fast for our summer teams, contact Jenni at ramseyfam5@icloud.com if you would like to apply to serve this summer.
Spots are filling up fast for our summer teams, contact Jenni at ramseyfam5@icloud.com if you would like to apply to serve this summer.
New Promo Video
Check out our new promo video for 2016! Click here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmiRITazbQQ&feature=youtu.be
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
The Latest El Salvador Trip Video
Check out the newest 2015 El Salvador trip video!!! Alyssa Rikimaru put this video together and we're extremely grateful for her passion in creating this incredible memoir. Alyssa is a Crean Lutheran High School graduate and currently attends Grand Canyon University. She participated in our 2014 and 2015 summer trips and was a tremendous blessing to have on the teams. Thanks Alyssa for capturing our 2015 trip with this amazing video footage!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6fHp64s4JQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6fHp64s4JQ
Alyssa Rikimaru, Jenni Ramsey and Charissa Rikimaru
"This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the
world as a testimony to all nations. And
then the end will come." - Matthew 24:14
Friday, September 25, 2015
Crean Lutheran High El Salvador Chapel Presentation
Blog post written by Jenni Ramsey
Yesterday I had the immense privilege of attending the Crean team trip report to the entire student body in their chapel service. The team showed their trip video and a few of the students had the opportunity to speak about their trip experiences. I was blown away by the ways in which the students communicated and connected with their fellow peers. Their stories were deeply touching, heart wrenching and heart warming at the same time. It was incredible to hear how the trip had a profound impact on their lives, to hear them share the scriptures that they memorized for the trip and to listen to them recruiting other students for the 2016 trip. I was moved to tears when I learned that three of our team members, Grace Song, Lauren O'Brien and Charissa Rikimaru, who are all sophomores, started a missions club this week on campus and over fifty people signed up to participate! The Lord is clearly moving at Crean Lutheran High School and I am humbled to be a part of it! I will miss my dear friends at Crean when we move to Texas, but it's incredible to see how the staff and students have caught the vision to make disciples of all nations. I am in awe!
I am looking forward to traveling back to So Cal to speak in the Crean chapel on January 14th, when we begin gathering the 2016 team. Please pray for Grace, Lauren and Charissa as they lead the new missions club on campus. Pray for Lindsey Warneke, the Crean teacher/basketball coach, who has co-led the trips with me for the past two years. Coach David Anderlik, who also co-led the teams, and his wife Valerie, moved to Missouri this summer, where they are teaching at a Christian school. They are both looking forward to serving with our El Salvador team next summer. Pray for Lindsey as she takes the leadership of the trips and pray for the staff and students that the Lord has ordained for the 2016 team to hear his voice and heed his call.
Yesterday I had the immense privilege of attending the Crean team trip report to the entire student body in their chapel service. The team showed their trip video and a few of the students had the opportunity to speak about their trip experiences. I was blown away by the ways in which the students communicated and connected with their fellow peers. Their stories were deeply touching, heart wrenching and heart warming at the same time. It was incredible to hear how the trip had a profound impact on their lives, to hear them share the scriptures that they memorized for the trip and to listen to them recruiting other students for the 2016 trip. I was moved to tears when I learned that three of our team members, Grace Song, Lauren O'Brien and Charissa Rikimaru, who are all sophomores, started a missions club this week on campus and over fifty people signed up to participate! The Lord is clearly moving at Crean Lutheran High School and I am humbled to be a part of it! I will miss my dear friends at Crean when we move to Texas, but it's incredible to see how the staff and students have caught the vision to make disciples of all nations. I am in awe!
I am looking forward to traveling back to So Cal to speak in the Crean chapel on January 14th, when we begin gathering the 2016 team. Please pray for Grace, Lauren and Charissa as they lead the new missions club on campus. Pray for Lindsey Warneke, the Crean teacher/basketball coach, who has co-led the trips with me for the past two years. Coach David Anderlik, who also co-led the teams, and his wife Valerie, moved to Missouri this summer, where they are teaching at a Christian school. They are both looking forward to serving with our El Salvador team next summer. Pray for Lindsey as she takes the leadership of the trips and pray for the staff and students that the Lord has ordained for the 2016 team to hear his voice and heed his call.
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. And
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very
end of the age.” - Matthew 28:19
Friday, September 4, 2015
The Ramseys Prepare to Move to Texas
Blog post written by Jenni Ramsey
Our family will be moving to McKinney, Texas, at the beginning of October, where I am thrilled to open a new His Hands His Feet home office, sending short-term teams to serve orphans in Central America. Why McKinney?
My brother and his family moved to McKinney two years ago and they absolutely love it. Last year my mom began seriously considering retiring in Texas. She took the boys to McKinney in the summer of 2014 while I was leading teams to El Salvador and they loved it as well. We began talking about a possible move last fall. On the week that we began to pray about a move to North Dallas, Mike learned that he had a film shoot in the Dallas area with his company. During that trip he connected with an amazing church community in Frisco and built a close friendship with the pastor, Jason Brewer. The following month I was able to visit Mercy Church and share about our work in El Salvador (see blog post below). Over the next few months we were overwhelmed by the contacts and connections that developed in the Dallas area. After talking and praying with many family members, friends and church leaders, we sensed the Lord confirming his call for our family to move to Texas.
To read the blog post and see photos from my April trip to Texas, click on Jenni's Trip to Texas
To read our announcement about our move (posted in May), click on The Ramseys are moving to TX
Our family will be moving to McKinney, Texas, at the beginning of October, where I am thrilled to open a new His Hands His Feet home office, sending short-term teams to serve orphans in Central America. Why McKinney?
My brother and his family moved to McKinney two years ago and they absolutely love it. Last year my mom began seriously considering retiring in Texas. She took the boys to McKinney in the summer of 2014 while I was leading teams to El Salvador and they loved it as well. We began talking about a possible move last fall. On the week that we began to pray about a move to North Dallas, Mike learned that he had a film shoot in the Dallas area with his company. During that trip he connected with an amazing church community in Frisco and built a close friendship with the pastor, Jason Brewer. The following month I was able to visit Mercy Church and share about our work in El Salvador (see blog post below). Over the next few months we were overwhelmed by the contacts and connections that developed in the Dallas area. After talking and praying with many family members, friends and church leaders, we sensed the Lord confirming his call for our family to move to Texas.
Dallas is only a two and a half hour flight to El Salvador. I will continue to lead orphan outreach teams to Central America from both California and Texas. Mike is currently in an interview process with a company in Dallas. We appreciate your prayers for God's timing and provision for our family. The Lord has allowed us to purchase a home just a few miles away from my brother and we are extremely grateful for this opportunity. We appreciate your prayers as we experience many emotions during this season of transition. We know that the Lord has called us to Texas. We're looking forward to the Southern values, small school district, slower pace of living and doing life with family, but we will miss the family, friends and church community that we love so dearly in Southern California.
To read the blog post and see photos from my April trip to Texas, click on Jenni's Trip to Texas
To read our announcement about our move (posted in May), click on The Ramseys are moving to TX
My brother and his family have enjoyed watching the progress on our new house
and they keep us updated weekly with new photos. This is my niece, Sadie,
checking out the kitchen cabinets. Isn't she adorable?
and they keep us updated weekly with new photos. This is my niece, Sadie,
checking out the kitchen cabinets. Isn't she adorable?
Thursday, September 3, 2015
2016 El Salvador Trips
Our 2016 trips have been confirmed and we are thrilled to announce that will be sending four teams to serve in El Salvador next summer. The teams will be partnering with Sus Hijos/His Children, serving orphans, impoverished families and the homeless communities of San Salvador. For information on the trips or to fill out an application, contact Jenni Ramsey at ramseyfam5@icloud.com
June 18-25 - North Dallas
Team Leader - Jenni Ramsey
June 25-July 2 - The Village Church of Irvine
Team Leaders - Jenni Ramsey and Stephanie Keenan
July 23-30 - Young Women of Vision, Orange County
Team Leaders - Jenni Ramsey, Stephanie Keenan and Jamie Mathisrud
July 30- Aug 6 - Crean Lutheran High School, Irvine
Team Leaders - Jenni Ramsey and Lindsey Warneke
Informational meetings will begin in January, 2016. Jenni will be traveling to So Cal three times between January and May to recruit, speak and train the California teams.
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" - Isaiah 6:8
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