 | Girl's Home Celebrates Kylie's Graduation On July 25, 2019, our girl's home celebrated the program graduation of Kylie as family, staff, and friends gathered in her honor. Much was shared about Kylie's accomplishments and growth during her season at The Joy House that Kylie recognized as saving her life. Here is a portion of what Kylie shared in her testimony;
"While coming to the Joy House was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do, it has been so rewarding. In my short time here, the Lord has done so much in my heart, life and in my family. The Joy House has given me the tools and coping skills that I didn't have before. I am so grateful for all the changes I have seen in myself, my family, my relationship with God, and my relationship with my stepmom. I am also extremely grateful for the education that I received while at the Joy House." |
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Matching Campaign Boosts Donations to $534,000 Raised!
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BIG NEWS!!! $2 For Every $1 Match!! By: Steve Lowe, Executive Director
I have great news to share with our community. The Joy House ministry has been blessed with an opportunity that we believe will allow us to meet our goal to begin construction on our second girl’s home for at-risk teenagers to be located on our beautiful campus in Jasper. We have been hovering around $495,000 in donations towards our “2nd Home for 2nd Chances Campaign.” I am grateful to each one of you who have given over the past several months to move us this far in our campaign. As we have shared, we need to reach $600,000 in order to have all the funds to build the home. The Lord has provided an incredible opportunity that will move us to our goal of $600,000. An anonymous donor who is ready to see this home become a reality for the teen girls in need has agreed to do a 2 for 1 match up to $40,000 and they will match it with $80,000 giving us an additional $120,000 that will push us past our $600,000 goal and allow us to begin preparation to build the home. This match has already boosted our funds raised to $534,000! We are only $27,000 away from meeting the match!!! We can do this!!! |
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I Wish My Daddy Would Be Here With Us By: Bill Sherry, Girl's Home Houseparent Recently our daughter and grandsons, ages 3 and 5 and granddaughter 15 months, visited. A highly anticipated event on our agenda was fishing at the small pond located on the Joy House property. While I (papaw to the grandchildren) have 4 tackle boxes of various lures and hooks, they were all in Pennsylvania at one of my sons. This necessitated a trip to Wal-Mart Saturday afternoon for the latest in fishing gear for each of the boys. I was not aware that either the Ninja Turtles or Spiderman was interested fishing until the boys saw them on the cleverly designed package. They quickly became a very important part of our upcoming fishing adventure. That evening we decided to picnic at the pavilion located beside the pond with our neighbors and their children ages 3 and 6. Our youngest grandson, Jackson, “fished” for about 3 minutes and then began to forage for food at the picnic table never to be seen near the pond again. Lucas was determined. Unfortunately, Papaw did not have the correct size hooks (little). Big hooks = No Fish. Little hooks = Many (little) fish. No matter what we put on the hook, Moby Dick was not to be found. Lucas did not catch a fish the entire evening. I had failed as a grandfather. |
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