The Restoration House of East TN 2013 Ministry Report

Stories of Restoration

At The Restoration House we aren’t simply trying to help single mother families by just considering their symptoms of poverty, but instead we are focused on the real issue, relational brokeness. We believe that until a person begins to experience restoration in their core relationships then the symptoms of poverty will never be overcome.  Those relationships that arecore to each of us are God, Self, Others, and Creation.  

Please, take a moment and celebrate with us as you watch the stories below of how single mothers and their children are experiencing restoraiton in these relationships in different and exciting ways.  

• Tonya’s story of restoration with God
• Elisha’s story of restoration with herself
• Kimyade’s story of restoration with others
• Cortny’s story of restoration with creation
• Junior’s story of determination as he grows into a man

Volunteer Spotlight

One of our favorite events at The Restoration House is our quarterly Family Nights. This is a wonderful time for our TRH families, staff and mentors to come together and celebrate the good things that are happening and also provide our mentors with supplemental training. One of the highlights of the evening is when we honor a mentor with the Good Intent Award. This past October we honored Craig and Rhonda Covert for their faithfulness in mentoring not one but three TRH families over the past 6 years. We are so grateful for Craig and Rhonda’s investment into the lives of these families. Here is a quote from a letter written by one of the Covert’s former mentees. She expresses it best in her own words!

“I wish zander and I were with you tonight as you both accept this award for your kind hearts, selflessness and determination to spread your light and love. I could not be more honored to call you and your family dear friends of mine and to have had the opportunity to learn from you. You have touched many hearts before ours and I know you will continue to do so! Thank you for all you have done, are doing and will continue to do for me, Zander and families like ours! We love you! We will never forget you! Congratulations!”

We are so thankful for the Coverts. What a joy to serve alongside such faithful, gracious mentors as we journey with single mothers and their children!

If you’d like to learn more about the possibility of joining a mentor team walking alongside a singe mother family please click HERE.

The Village Update

The Village is well underway. Over the last three months Van Tyler Excavating has been completing the grading and installing the infrastructure for the entire 6-acre site.  The project is a little behind schedule but there was more topsoil than originally estimated and it has also rained on average of every third day since we broke ground in August.  The team is working hard and has even been working on Saturdays when the weather has allowed. 

This month we reached a major milestone having now raised over $2,000,000 for the project.  We are incredibly thankful for all those who have been so extremely generous in their support of this project.  It has been absolutely overwhelming and has allowed us to do all the work up till this point with cash.  There has been no debt leveraged on the project. 

With that being said we still have around $800,000 to raise before we begin putting up the first phase of buildings.  A very generous donor has agreed to match all funding dollar-for-dollar between now and the end of the year up to $300,000.  So far we have secured $225,000 toward that match.  We have just a week left to match the remaining $75,000.  If you know of someone who would like to invest in single mother families through The Village project, this is the perfect time to give.  Please encourage them to give today by visitingTheRestorationHouse.net. 

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