UPDATE ON THE DOOR OF HOPE, JOHANNESBURG, S.A.:

From Norm and Cher Nelson of Compassion Radio/COMPASSION RADIO

Those of you who have contributed to help make the Door of Hope Baby Rescue project a reality, will be blessed to learn what has happened there.

In the last 2 years, 92 babies have been rescued!! 42 of those have been in the last 12 months.

In 2001 there were 18 adoptions, 10 International and 8 local. 7 babies have been reunited with some part of their biological families.

Door of Hope has been approved to have 39 children under their care, with 16 maximum at the house, which may soon be raised to 18. Several Christian families have stepped forward to provide Care Homes. Many more are needed. Please pray for more open homes and hearts.

Currently at the home, there are 16 babies, 12 boys and 4 girls, 13 under the age of 5 months. The constant need is always for more staff, and more finances to be able to pay for good quality staff.

One of the most exciting things this year was the adoption of little Georgina, the very first baby who was left in the bin, whom many of you will remember and have prayed for. A Southern Baptist missionary family has brought her back to the states. We are so thrilled for all three of them.

The most recent additions to the home are twin boys (Joseph and Joshua) who arrived in the bin two weeks ago, at about a day old; and Jethro, 4-5 days old, found abandoned naked in the street on the 14th.

One of our Compassion Radio partners just returned from volunteering at Door of Hope. Be listening for her incredible first-hand report sometime during January.

Thank you again, for all the little lives you have saved. God bless you.

Norm and Cher Nelson

P.S. As our gift to you this Christmas season, we would like to send to all of you who contribute to the ministry of Compassion Radio, a beautiful wooden cross, lovingly handmade especially for us by underground Christians in Mainland China. You may choose to keep this for yourself as a prayer reminder – or perhaps you would choose to dedicate your gift to someone for Christmas, in which case you could use the cross as a token gift to let them know you have given in their name.