Prayer Card

Prayer Letter

Dear Friends,

I hope and pray that this letter finds you all in good health. As many of you know, I graduated from University of North Carolina at Greensboro last May with a degree in elementary education. I have spent the months since graduation working at home helping my mother take care of my grandparents. This has been a huge blessing in my life and I wouldn’t have traded it for the world. However teaching is my passion, especially teaching students in an international setting. Before I left Angola in January of 2005 the Lord gave me a heart and a vision for an international school that would service missionary children as well as local children whose parents would like them to be educated in English. At the beginning of the summer the Lord told me to “WAIT” which is what I have been doing.

In December my aunt in Angola asked me if I would be willing to come and do the children’s program for the Spiritual Life Conference for the missionary children in July 2010. Two weeks after I received her request I received two more emails from people that I either have not met or had not contacted in several years asking when I was coming back to open a school because their children need some more options. So I have taken this as the Lord telling me that it is time to go. I will be working in Lubango, with an Angolan denomination, UIEA, in partnership with AGA (Advancing the Gospel in Angola), a USA based charitable organization. I have just been officially accepted as a fulltime missionary with AGA.

This adventure is much too big for me to do on my own. I am asking God to raise up a team who will partner with me through prayer and finances. I am estimating a monthly budget of $1700 and I will need about $5500 for out-going expenses. This covers my airfare, household equipment, and school supplies. Please pray with me for God’s provision as I prepare to set off at the end of May. You may be wondering what the rush is, because of the Soccer World Cup, that is taking place in South Africa this summer, airfares have risen dramatically if your departure date is after the second week of June. So I am planning to leave before that and avoid the price hike.

I would love to share more with you individually or at your church, Sunday School, small-group, or just with friends over a casual meal. Would you please call me at (336) 508-7856 or e-mail me at hffabiano@gmail.com if you would like having me share more with you. If you already know that God is calling you to participate in my ministry, please fill out the enclosed response card. I will only continue sending updates to you if you indicate that you want me to.

A letter hardly does justice to my passion and my excitement about this new chapter in my life. Teaching in an international setting and demonstrating God’s love for the nations this way is a tremendous privilege and I am so excited about this opportunity. Psalm 25:4-5 says “Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.” At the beginning of the year the Lord put these verses on my heart and I can’t wait to see how the Lord is going to bring all this together.

In Him,

Helena Foster Fabiano

First Post

Hi Everyone,

I will just give you a quick update about what has been happening the last couple of weeks.

I was officially accepted by Advancing the Gospel in Angola on February 19th. I am now truly beginning to get things together. I am mailing letters and prayer cards out this week. I will also be working on general paperwork. I am planning on taking my dog, Tiko, with me so I am also working to set that up as well. My sister Sara is going to Angola this summer for a missions trip so we will be going out together.We fly out of Greensboro May 31st and get to Windhoek, Namibia on June 2nd where my aunt and uncle will be there to me us to drive us to Angola so that my dog won't have to fly in another plane.

Please pray that I can get everything together and not forget that He is my strength and that I am to rely on Him.

Thanks.

I will do my best to keep everyone posted on what is going on!