tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48790786716642245912024-03-12T21:11:43.765-07:00Our Little Roses NewsMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-25053875439251214162013-07-07T19:59:00.002-07:002013-07-07T19:59:34.781-07:00OLRFMS has MOVED! <div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="background-color: white;">We want you to be the first to know that Our Little Roses Foreign Mission Society, the U.S.-based 501(c)(3) whose mission is to increase support and awareness for Our Little Roses Ministries in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, has moved to Miami.</span></div>
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<strong style="background-color: white;">Here's our new address and contact information:</strong></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> Our Little Roses Foreign Mission Society Inc.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> 525 NE 15th St., Suite 100</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> Miami, FL 33132-1411</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> <a href="" shape="rect">olrfms@ourlittleroses.org</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> Ph: <a href="" shape="rect">305.401.0378</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> Fx: <a href="" shape="rect">305.375.8054</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> 1-800-849-9252</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Let me also introduce myself. In November, following Beverley Allison's unexpected passing, Bishop Leo Frade, chairman, and the board of directors of OLRFMS asked me to serve as Acting Executive Director of OLRFMS to ensure that the important work of securing support for Our Little Roses Ministries in Honduras continued.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Our efforts these last several months have focused on relocating the office to Miami with the planned sale of the property on which the offices were located. We ask your patience and understanding as we move through this transition. Please feel free to call or email us if you have any questions.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">At the same time, we also say goodbye and thank-you to<strong>Betty Lou Roberts</strong> and <strong>Joanne Matthews</strong>, who worked closely with Beverley and served OLRFMS for 13 and 19 years, respectively. Both have done a tremendous job over the years and have worked especially hard these last several months to prepare the Virginia office for closing and moving to Miami.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Joining me in Miami as Development Services Manager is<strong>Katrina Davey</strong>. You can reach her at 305.401.0378 or at <a href="" shape="rect">OLRFMS@ourlittleroses.org</a>. Katrina brings a wealth of experience from her years at United Way-Miami and, most recently, Friends of Trinity Cathedral, Miami.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Finally, as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Diana Frade's founding of Our Little Roses in San Pedro Sula, the board of OLRFMS has adopted several goals intended to secure a strong financial foundation for Our Little Roses Ministries -- expanding the number of sponsors, increasing general support and expanding the number of regional special events. Each of these goals ultimately ensures a secure financial foundation to meet the ongoing and pressing needs and services of the ministry -- and the girls.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Words are not enough to thank you for your support. I look forward to working with you in the months and years ahead as together we continue to support the vital work of Our Little Roses Ministries in Honduras.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br />God's peace and blessings!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Cheryl</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">525 NE 15th St., Suite 100</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Miami, FL 33132-1411</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Ofc: 305.401.0378</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Cell: 786.556.5156 </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Fax: 305.375.8054</span></div>
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-37062563474368609832013-07-07T19:58:00.002-07:002013-07-07T19:58:27.530-07:00OLRM Run for the Roses!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Thanks to the Newport Beach, CA and Southwest Airlines crew and friends for another amazingly successful Run for Our Little Roses, which has now raised over $20,000 for Our Little Roses. Above is their Run for the Roses with the girls in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.</span>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-58870084993375839472013-06-10T07:25:00.002-07:002013-06-10T07:25:26.186-07:00English program earns Girl Scout top honor<div class="hnews hentry item" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Kelly Telljohann, 17, teaches the English words for colors to a girl at Our Little Roses in Honduras, using the ESL kit she developed. Telljohann was awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award for her project.</div>
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Kelly Telljohann, a Ballantyne Country Club resident and junior at Providence Day School, received the Girl Scout Gold Award May 5 for her English as a Second Language (ESL) project that was so successful it has been incorporated into three ESL programs spanning from Charlotte to Honduras.</div>
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“I know its being used and it feels so good,” said Telljohann, 17, who has been a Girl Scout for 10 years and is part of Troop 1405.</div>
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The Gold Award is the Girl Scouts’ highest award and is presented for an individual’s project that involves identifying a need, developing an action plan, leading and delegating, and results in a final product that is sustainable by another party.</div>
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When Telljohann traveled to Honduras as a short-term mission trip in July 2011 to visit Our Little Roses, a home for girls rescued from the streets of San Pedro Sula – the murder capital of the world – she saw the girls’ desire to learn English. Some have the opportunity to attend the home’s bilingual school and need English practice, while some attend public school and need a more basic introduction to English. Learning English increases their opportunities and earning potential upon graduation.</div>
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Telljohann spent 160 hours developing an ESL kit to feed the girls’ motivation and to help the missionaries connect with the girls.</div>
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<b>Read the entire article from the South Charlotte News here: </b><a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/31/4078074/english-program-earns-girl-scout.html" target="_blank">http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/31/4078074/english-program-earns-girl-scout.html</a></div>
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-1733470533620349202013-05-08T11:49:00.003-07:002013-05-08T11:49:57.606-07:00WHO IS THAT BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE MIRROR?<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Katherine took the mirror and smiled at it! She is the beautiful girl in the mirror! For the first time the girls got their own mirror. This is a special acrylic not breakable mirror that every girl got to draw her own faces or the faces of the girl in front of them. The girls enjoyed this activity that was basically for the older girls, but as there was enough material many of the little girls were able to do it. With bright eyes and showing surprise Martita, a 6 years old, asked: "Are you sending me to do the activity that the big girls were doing yesterday?" Her eyes opened wide when the teacher answered "Yes, go to the dining room to do the activity". </span></span></div>
Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-52158388841147416442013-05-08T11:48:00.001-07:002013-05-08T11:48:08.974-07:00SPIRITUAL GROWING<br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4e4e4e;">"El Espiritu de Dios esta en este lugar" (The Spirit of God is in this place) Was one of the hymns that the girls from Our Little Roses sang last Sunday 14 when Rev. Gustavo Galeano, the full time priest of OLRM celebrated the First Eucharist as</span><span style="color: #4e4e4e;"> </span><span style="color: #4e4e4e;">the </span><span style="color: #4e4e4e;">formal Chaplain of OLRM. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Having a full time priest at OLRM is a blessing, but having a woman priest and a poet priest to do the First Eucharist at Holy Family Chapel was a big event! The Celebrations at Holy Family Chapel will be every other Sunday as the girls continue attending San Pablo Episcopal Church at Colonia Satelite. </span></span><br />
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<br />Chinese New Year, The Year of the Snake, was a great reason to host a fundraiser for our girls at Our Little Roses. We had over 40 women, many longtime supporters of the girls, dressed in red (for good luck!) bringing in the New Year together.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9Q9hRuf0zPfXfHnaGRBE0qob_7kihyxrovbq3riQ_twN4XQfkZ5Ny5oCSRHKat9OzMHMnlTuvN9z5sC-kHF4sGE2SKwF6VbQLVijKakbfp0UxU2DVLGlDv-AnDGX29TTgdmeE1EpBbQ/s1600/chinese2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9Q9hRuf0zPfXfHnaGRBE0qob_7kihyxrovbq3riQ_twN4XQfkZ5Ny5oCSRHKat9OzMHMnlTuvN9z5sC-kHF4sGE2SKwF6VbQLVijKakbfp0UxU2DVLGlDv-AnDGX29TTgdmeE1EpBbQ/s320/chinese2.jpg" /></a><br /> The Asian food was plentiful and delicious, the house decorated with all forms of Chinese Good Luck symbols and of course, lots of red!
It was a luncheon that lasted hours. February is a good month to host a fundraiser as people are ready to party again after a break from the holidays. Coming up with a theme that is out of the ordinary helps make a fundraiser just that bit different and exciting for people to attend. Spreading the word about Our Little Roses is a way to get more volunteers and supporters. We handed out a list of ways each person could help us make our week with the girls a success. We suggested that the girls needed not only donations of clothes but books, craft supplies, help designing workshops and writing letters.
And lastly, it was very successful in the money-raising department. Let’s share ideas of how we all help our girls.
Ann, Charlotte Padrinos 2/2013
Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-70313814531814472252013-03-07T09:59:00.003-08:002013-03-07T09:59:53.843-08:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.988636016845703px;">Our Little Roses Film chronicles the making of a film about an American-born Episcopal priest who travels to Honduras, the poorest Spanish-speaking country in the Western Hemisphere and, in that, the murder capital of the world - San Pedro Sula - to teach poetry to a score of orphaned teenage girls at Our Little Roses orphanage, at the edge of one of the city's ram shackle barrios.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px;">San Pedro Sula is a broken promise. Everyday, the metropolitan bus terminal fills with new faces of campesinos who have left tight-knit, barter-and-trade communities to find work in the nation's bustling industrial capital. But here, even low-paying jobs are hard to come by. Empty church pews suggest a breakdown in religious faith. Gangs are community. The harshest sign of that undelivered promise: a city churning with abandoned children - most of them girls.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px;">And that's usually how girls find their way into Our Little Roses.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.1875px;">Each girl who comes through Our Little Roses must confront the same paradox: she must lose everything to get here. But once here, she stands to gain far more than she, or her parents, ever had.<a href="http://www.ourlittlerosesfilm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Read more...</a></span><br />
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-71814616245999920002013-01-24T06:49:00.000-08:002013-01-24T06:49:15.123-08:00A Year of Giving<br />
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a year ago, Dr. Jensy Maldonado, who grew up at Our Little Roses, flew to
Charlotte, N.C., to help The Charlotte Padrinos raise funds for the new OLR
Dental Clinic in San Pedro Sula. While in Charlotte, Dr. Jensy as many call
her, spent a day "shadowing" a local oral surgeon and his staff. Her
visit sparked a desire and compassion within them to do something to support
the work of Our Little Roses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On
Dec. 13, the entire staff of the Oral Facial & Implant Surgery Center,
Charlotte, N.C., and oral surgeon Dr. Priveer Sharma presented a check for
$1,150 for Our Little Roses to our Charlotte volunteers. Much to the surprise
of the Charlotte team, immediately following Dr. Jensy's visit with Dr. Sharma
and his staff in 2011, all of the employees began donating to a "pot"
for Our Little Roses through different office events.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Their
surprise gift was donated to the Beverley Allison Memorial Fund so that with
the generous 2 to 1 challenge gift from an OLRFMS advisory board member is
actually worth $3,450. According to Dr. Sharma and his staff, they have already
begun filling the pot again for another year of giving. Their generosity and
commitment are a blessing for our girls. Dr. Jensy's visit to Dr. Sharma's
office was made possible by one of his patients, who asked if she could shadow
him for a day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dr.
Jensy was supported from childhood through completion of her doctorate in
dentistry with annual sponsorship gifts through Our Little Roses Foreign
Mission Society's Sponsor Program. For the past year she has run the OLR Dental
Clinic in San Pedro Sula, which provides the OLR girls and neighbors in the
community with dental care.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sharing
the story of Our Little Roses provides opportunities for others to get involved
with and support this vital, life-changing ministry. Please share your OLR
story with others by sending your story and photos to: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4879078671664224591"><span style="color: #386eff;">Kristen@ourlittleroses.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-56681654808011997322013-01-22T05:10:00.000-08:002013-01-22T05:10:03.443-08:00PROTECTED INNOCENCE CHALLENGE<br />
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the worldwide challenge of Human Trafficking</span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">OUR LITTLE
ROSES MINISTRIES<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Chairwoman:
Diana Frade<span style="color: #943634;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #943634; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">EACH YEAR IN THE
UNITED STATES APPROXIMATELY 100,000 GIRLS AND BOYS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12-14
ARE ENSLAVED BY HUMAN TRAFFICKERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">On September 26, 2012 President </span></i><a href="http://global.christianpost.com/topics/barack-obama/"><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; text-decoration: initial;">Barack Obama</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"> issued an executive order aimed at strengthening his
administration's efforts to combat </span></i><a href="http://global.christianpost.com/topics/human-trafficking/"><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; text-decoration: initial;">human trafficking</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">. He praised the work of Christian groups, noting that they
are "answering the Bible's call. Referring to it as "modern
slavery," Obama spoke about "the injustice, the outrage, of human
trafficking</span></i><b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 16pt;">."<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Community we are called to raise awareness in our community about the issue of
modern day slavery, and to participate in the challenge of ensuring the PROTECTED
INNOCENCE of our children.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sarah
Graves looks straight ahead as she calmly recalled the night a man paid $200 on
a Boston street to have sex with her. She was 16, homeless, and desperate for
food, shelter and stability. He was the first of dozens of men who would buy
her thin, frail body from a human trafficker who exploited her vulnerabilities
and made her a prisoner for years. "If I didn't call him daddy, he would
slap me, beat me choke me," said Graves, 24, of the man who organized the
deals. "It's about love and thinking you're part of a family and a team. I
couldn't leave because I thought he would kill me."<span style="color: #943634;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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9:00am TO 1:30pm TO VIEW THE DOCUMENTARY <i>SEX+
MONEY,</i> AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED TO SARAH AND SO MANY OTHERS
LIKE HER.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sex+Money</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">: A National Search for Human Worth</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is a documentary about domestic minor sex trafficking and
the modern-day abolitionist movement fighting to stop it. Since September 2009,
the crew has traveled to over 30 states and conducted more than 75 interviews
with federal agents, victims, politicians, activists, psychologists,
porn-stars, among others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hosted by: St Paul’s
Episcopal Church, 188 So. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, FL.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Saturday, February 16,
2013 – 9:00AM – 1:30PM – Parish Hall<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Continental Breakfast
and Coffee -- RSVP Deacon Clelia: 561-276-4541<span style="color: #943634;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-84927406263413042712013-01-14T13:00:00.003-08:002013-01-14T13:00:43.763-08:00Producer Assistant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Producer Assistant is the title that was given to Heather Hertz after she joined the editor and filming crew that are doing a documentary film about Our Little Roses Ministries.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Heather a 22 year old from the Transiti</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">on Program showed her happiness and willingness to help the crew to get the information needed to make the documentary as successful as possible. Her knowledge as an Electrical Engineer student at the Autonomous Universal University makes her the perfect PA. Thanks Heather for your support!</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-38656979160410885312013-01-14T12:59:00.000-08:002013-01-14T12:59:01.650-08:0025 YEARS!<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This year Our Little Roses marks 25 years of transforming the lives of the girl child in Honduras. Help us reach 1000 LIKES -- or what if we reached 2500 LIKES -- by the end of 2013! Help us share the good news of OUR LITTLE ROSES by sharing this with your FB friends -- and asking them to LIKE Our Little Roses -- and share with their FB friends. 25 YEARS OF CHANGING LIVES!<br />You can find us on Facebook here - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Our-Little-Roses/226523094117856?ref=hl" target="_blank">Our Little Roses on Facebook</a></span>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-43423691866521046142012-10-24T13:25:00.002-07:002012-10-24T13:25:44.304-07:00It is with tremendous sadness that I share with you the passing of Beverley Allison<br />
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<span _mce_style="text-align: left;">It is with tremendous sadness that I share with you the passing of Beverley Allison, executive director of Our Little Roses Foreign Mission Society (OLRFMS). Beverley died in her sleep in her home in Gordonsville, Va., some time late Monday evening/early Tuesday morning. </span></div>
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Prior to her work with OLRFMS, Beverley worked in the news industry, including for ABC News Bureau in Washington D.C. She began her foreign mission work in the mid-70s, helping to create a new branch of the South American Mission Society (SAMS), where she stayed from 1976 to 1985, working mostly in the southern region of the continent, namely Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. This would eventually lead to her work with me as Bishop of Honduras, establishing the Committee to Assist the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras in the mid-1980s and later OLRFMS, where she has served as executive director since its founding.</div>
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We have established a special fund in her honor, the Beverley Allison Memorial Fund, to support the ongoing work and needs of OLRFMS and Our Little Roses Ministry in Honduras.</div>
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More information will follow at a later date on how we will honor Beverley and her service and ministry to OLRFMS. In the meantime, I ask you to keep the staff and ministry of OLRFMS in your prayers as we continue our work to support Our Little Roses Ministry in providing a safe, secure and nurturing home for abandoned, abused and at-risk girls in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.</div>
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Blessings,</div>
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-79015009236176648692012-10-12T09:58:00.002-07:002012-10-12T09:58:46.738-07:00Charlotte Padrinos hosted their 3rd annual gala dinner to benefit Our Little Roses Home for Girls<br />
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On Saturday, September 29, 2012, the Charlotte Padrinos hosted their third annual invitation only gala dinner to benefit Our Little Roses Home for Girls in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The dinner took place at <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1350060257_0" style="color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">7 pm</span>at the home of Kristen and Al Guarnieri.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 14pt;"><br />The Charlotte Padrinos ("Godparents"), a group of Charlotte families and their children have been traveling to Honduras since 2004 to support Our Little Roses Home for Girls. The Charlotte Padrinos are spreading the word throughout the Charlotte community about this mission of hope through events such as the September 29th gala dinner, neighborhood donut sales, wine tastings and other fundraising events. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.649999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 12pt;">Over $18,500 was raised at the dinner and will go directly to Our Little Roses to be used to assist in breaking of the cycle of poverty and oppression of girls in Honduras. These girls have been rescued after suffering abuse. They are nurtured, loved and educated at Our Little Roses Home so, when they become adults, they can be part of a better future for themselves and Honduras. In addition to financial support for the Home, the “godparents” support the girls throughout the year through personal visits, notes of encouragement, English language tutorials and in other ways.</span><span style="line-height: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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“We're so proud to be involved in such a worthwhile organization like Our Little Roses Home for Girls.” said Kristen Guarnieri. “It's tremendously fulfilling to know that we're able to make a difference in these girls' lives and help break the cycle of poverty and abuse. Our goal is to spread this message of hope to others in the Charlotte community, and make them aware of the many ways in which they can join this cause and help change the world, one girl at a time.” </div>
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-12536844053751343202012-09-17T10:21:00.002-07:002012-09-17T10:21:41.466-07:00Christmas is coming!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please take a look at our new Christmas Flier and consider donating to the girls this holiday season, thank you. :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">"On the day we arrived, we were visiting the girls in the home and Heidy was combing my niece, Mady's, hair. A few of the little girls were giggling and watching and I was tickling them when Rocío walked over. She sat on my lap and then settled in on my shoulder and quickly fell asleep. I couldn't believe it and asked one of the tias where her bedroom was so that I could put her down for a nap. When I stood up, she sleepily pointed back to the chair outside her room indicating that she wanted me to sit there in the breeze and she dozed off again. I felt pure joy as I held Rocío. It was like holding an angel and I knew that I was in the right place at the right time doing God's work. I'm smiling as I recall how happy I felt watching her sleep on my shoulder. I love that she trusted me enough to hang her arms around my neck and sleep peacefully." </span></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-25812284186772327122012-08-02T10:43:00.002-07:002012-08-02T10:43:34.397-07:00EDUCATION THE KEY FOR SUCCESS<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">In today's modern and competitive society, OLRM continues making education a priority providing all the girls with an education of excellence according to their abilities to make them shine and be successful in life. This past month of June, Heydi completed her pre-school education, Diana and Ismelda completed their elementary school graduating from Sixth Grade, Belkis Jasmin received her Diploma as a Certified Nurse's Aide, which was her dream, and Olga graduated from College with a degree in Business Administration.</span></div>
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<strong style="background-color: white;">CONGRATULATION GIRLS!! </strong></div>
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Full of excitement, the girls from Our Little Roses received a visit from Ronald MacDonald as part of a campaign by McDonald Fast Food Restaurants to "Plant a Tree". The purpose of Ronald visiting both the Home and the School was to create awareness to not only plant a tree, but also to protect the environment for humanity to enjoy providing a planet with clean water, ample food and good health.</div>
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</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-53233117628075605712012-05-25T09:44:00.001-07:002012-05-25T09:44:14.645-07:00Our Little Roses is on Facebook!Please connect with us on Facebook! We'll be sharing many photos and news posts, and we would love for you to help us spread the word!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Our-Little-Roses/226523094117856#" target="_blank">Our Little Roses Facebook Page</a>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-72006174240406870512012-05-22T07:23:00.001-07:002012-05-22T07:23:15.695-07:00New Vision, New Life!!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt;">This is the story of Naomi, a 6 year old girl who at this tender age was in need of a third eye surgery to correct a problem that she was born with that caused her eyes to be severely crossed. Naomi is the third of 4 sisters rescued by the Juvenile Court and she was the most affected due to the malnourishment in which she was growing up. Naomi's problem was not only her vision, but also her chronic sinusitis that made it impossible to have the eye surgery. Under treatment for chronic sinusitis she was not able to eat ice cream or have cold drinks and keeping her away from that was almost impossible. On May 5th her sinusitis gave her a break and one of the Tias left immediately with Naomi to Tegucigalpa, the Capital City of Honduras, located 4 hours from San Pedro Sula where the home is located and an eye surgeon who was a specialist in this condition was able to perform the surgery in one of the most prestigious clinics in Honduras. Our Little Roses thanks the generosity of one of our Board Members who provided the financial support for her to have the eye surgery. There is no doubt that this successful surgery has made a tremendous difference in Naomi's vision and quality of life. After she returned to San Pedro Sula, Naomi told Tía Caty, who is one of the staff: "Now I see only one of you, before I saw two of you at a time".</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Holy Week is one of the hottest times of the year in Honduras. It is vacation time for most of Latin America but for the girls of Our Little Roses it is a time of sharing the secular with the religious. During Holy Week all the governmental institutions are closed for the entire week. Most private businesses and banks close Thursday and Friday. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Our girls had a whole week of vacation where many activities were planned including a trip to the Retreat Center, Our Lady of the Roses and Weeks-Schilling Conference Center. They were able to escape the heat of the city to enjoy a relaxed time in a cooler, harmonious environment where they were able to enjoy the mountain air and the freedom of walking to the village and enjoying the river that runs behind the property. The Center promotes their personal growth and helps to develop and strengthen their spiritual lives. Pueblo Nuevo, where the Center is located is a small rural touristic town located 45 minutes from San Pedro Sula. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Like many other rural villages they have traditions and dramas enacting indigenous beliefs. One of the most renowned and popular traditions during Holy Week is the visit by characters called "judios" (Spanish for "Jews"). These are masked individuals who carry wooden swords, speak in a strange guttural manner and generally cause mayhem by staging riotous mock sword fights. The "judios" run through town until finally someone gives them some "lempiras" to go away or to leave them alone. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The youngest girls who had never seen these characters before ran to the Retreat Center screaming but quickly the tias were able to calm their fears by explaining that this age old tradition was only a prank played out every year during Holy Week. Afterwards, the "judios" took off their masks so the girls could see that they were normal people. Soon afterwards they enjoyed being able to pose with them for pictures.</span></div>
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It was a special event that benefited Our Little Roses, a home for at risk girls in San Pedro Sula , Honduras . </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 14.0pt;"> <div class="yiv329077082MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">The fourth annual run takes place in Newport Beach , California on the same course as last year’s run along the beautiful pacific coast. Last year we raised more than $10,000 from the run alone! We hope you can join us this June to help us ensure another great year. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 14.0pt;"> <div class="yiv329077082MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span class="yiv329077082yui320171332443016395260"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">The run will take place June 9th, but the April 2 , 2012 </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">deadline for registration is quickly approaching.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 14.0pt;"> <div class="yiv329077082MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">To register for the 2012 Run for Our Little Roses</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"> please click on <a href="http://runforourlittleroses.com/donate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yiv329077082yshortcuts"><span id="yiv329077082lw_1332520830_2">http://runforourlittleroses.com/donate/</span></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"></span></div></div><div class="yiv329077082MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-79195065547344391572012-03-22T08:52:00.000-07:002012-03-22T08:52:03.879-07:00Do you want an easy way to help Our Little Roses?<div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div><span _mce_style="font-size: 10pt;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;">Whenever you book your flight on either </span><span _mce_style="font-size: 10pt;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;">American Airlines </span><span _mce_style="font-size: 10pt;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;">or </span><span _mce_style="font-size: 10pt;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;">Delta Airlines,</span><span _mce_style="font-size: 10pt;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"> in addition to submitting your frequent flyer number to get your personal miles, you can add Our Little Roses Business Account Number to get extra business miles. The great news is that this is a bonus. </span><strong _mce_style="font-size: 10pt;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;">It does not impact your frequent flyer points.</strong><span _mce_style="font-size: 10pt;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;"> It is just additional points for Our Little Roses.</span></div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">For both airlines you can add the business account number 2 ways. Here is how you do it -</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">1) If you have an online account with either airline you can add the number to your profile. </div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">For American it is called:</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><strong>American Airline Business ExtrAA: 781284</strong></div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">For Delta it is called:</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><strong> SkyBonus® US0020787</strong></div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">2) Every time you book a flight using either Delta or America as your carrier regardless if you are booking via Expedia, Travelocity, your travel agent, etc., when you give them your frequent flyer number also give them these business account number. Just keep these numbers with your frequent flyer numbers.</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">It is easy as one, two, three and it makes a big impact for Our Little Roses. If you have any questions, email Kristen@ourlittleroses.org.</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div></div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Thank you!</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879078671664224591.post-19429981544822056082011-12-15T17:51:00.001-08:002011-12-15T17:51:49.704-08:00Still feeling the effects of the Earthquake<div _mce_style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; color: #a6224b;" style="color: #a6224b; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; text-align: left;" styleclass=" style_ArticleTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On November the 16, 2011, over a year and a half since the 7.2 earthquake struck Honduras students and teachers noticed a visible change in the gradient of the floor of one of the classrooms on the second floor of Holy Family School (the Our Little Roses Ministries bilingual school on the campus of Our Little Roses). It is a wonderful school where 20 of our girls have the opportunity to learn English alongside other girls and boys from the community. </span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br />
</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">You can imagine the surprise on the student's faces when they arrived to class only to notice that the floor was beginning to sink. The teacher reported what was happening to the floor. Immediately the director of the school removed the students from the classroom in order to make an analysis of this unexpected development.</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br />
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After taking down the false ceiling, the mystery of the slanting floor was revealed. The steel beams holding up the second floor had been doubled in a wave-like form, obviously from a tremendous force which we can only attribute to the earthquake. We thought we had only suffered minor damage during the earthquake but now the real truth has been unveiled. We are still fortunate that more damage was not done. </div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br />
</div><div _mce_style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The estimated cost of the repairs is $8,051.80. If you like to donate or assist, please contact us at <a _mce_href="mailto:olr@ourlittleroses.org?" _mce_shape="rect" _mce_style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:olr@ourlittleroses.org?" linktype="2" shape="rect" style="color: blue !important;">olr@ourlittleroses.org</a>. </div></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297161419815944409noreply@blogger.com0