KidsatLighthouseforHumanililtyorg
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My name is Patricia Ann Timbrook.
I am a 68 year-old. The Timbrook name is synonomous with cars since we have been in the automoble business for over 25 years in the Cumberland, Maryland area.
With joy, my family has been supporting Christian ministries, charities, the poor or needy around the world for over 40 years and we still do. Our connections to these organizations, for the most part, have been personal, since we ourselves were missionary students in New Tribes Mission, back in the 70s. It was through that organization that we met the couple, then single students, Bryan and Diane Thomas.
This couple went on to serve as missionaries to the Filipino people on Cebu and helped establish a church there, and a bible school. Later, they teamed up with another New Tribes Mission couple, whom we also were close friends with, Dan and Nancy Weaver, to work in the remote villages in the USSR.
Today, the Thomases are very connected in ministries in the Philippines, going back and forth there, to do hands on ministry with rescuing street kids, and reaching out to government officials for changes to help the poor.
Several years ago, Diane Thomas founded and now runs Humanility.org, a ministry that saves children from the hands of sex trafficking, being abused and abandoned, and left on the streets. In the Spring of 2016, one such rescued child was a little boy named Vince.
Vince was tragically killed when he wandered from the home called, Lighthouse, in the city of Bogo and into the traffic. The picture is of him. Needless to say, his funeral was not like ours, with lots of family and friends to stop in and pay respects. However, he was mourned by the other kids, his rescuers, and second-handedly, by people like myself.
As an artist and a Christian, I wanted to do something, if possible, to honor the memory of Vince. Here's what happened this past summer. I painted a series of 10 contemporary abstract acrylic works, flowers in vases, (the initial V in the center of each blossom), had them professionally made into prints at an affordable cost to anyone, and started selling them through my website, www.patriciaanntimbrook.com, Facebook, and letters to friends. Not much response.
But, a new way to help Humanility popped into my head a couple days ago. I shouted out to the social media that anyone who donated $20 to Humanility.org by going to the website, I would put his or her name on a list. When I go 50 people to donate, I would draw 1 name out of that list, and give them one of my small, original abstract acrylic paintings for free. A few donations have trickled in. Still not enough
This is why I am starting this new fundraiser with Go Fund Me. It's not about me, nor my work. It's about all of the little Vinces at Lighthouse. It's about kids who need rescued. Yes, we have kids here in the USA who need the same things. And you may already be helping some of those organizations. That is fabulous.
I want to see more kids that Diane and Bryan take in off the streets be rescued and cared for. It takes money to keep this going.
When the first $1,000 is reached, I will draw from the names and give away a medium-sized, mounted original painting of mine. How will you know that everything is legitimate? I will do so publicly with our local media and share it on Facebook and on my website. Plus, for every $1,000 raised after that through this GoFundMe project, I will do the same thing.
I am convinced that raising $100,000 is possible, and I am looking for this goal to be met before the end of 2016, the year for me personally that commemorates the memory of Vince.
Thank you so very much for giving to such a worthy cause. Children are preciouse to God. Here, in Cebu, and everywhere.
You will be blessed. God guarantees it in his Word.
I am a 68 year-old. The Timbrook name is synonomous with cars since we have been in the automoble business for over 25 years in the Cumberland, Maryland area.
With joy, my family has been supporting Christian ministries, charities, the poor or needy around the world for over 40 years and we still do. Our connections to these organizations, for the most part, have been personal, since we ourselves were missionary students in New Tribes Mission, back in the 70s. It was through that organization that we met the couple, then single students, Bryan and Diane Thomas.
This couple went on to serve as missionaries to the Filipino people on Cebu and helped establish a church there, and a bible school. Later, they teamed up with another New Tribes Mission couple, whom we also were close friends with, Dan and Nancy Weaver, to work in the remote villages in the USSR.
Today, the Thomases are very connected in ministries in the Philippines, going back and forth there, to do hands on ministry with rescuing street kids, and reaching out to government officials for changes to help the poor.
Several years ago, Diane Thomas founded and now runs Humanility.org, a ministry that saves children from the hands of sex trafficking, being abused and abandoned, and left on the streets. In the Spring of 2016, one such rescued child was a little boy named Vince.
Vince was tragically killed when he wandered from the home called, Lighthouse, in the city of Bogo and into the traffic. The picture is of him. Needless to say, his funeral was not like ours, with lots of family and friends to stop in and pay respects. However, he was mourned by the other kids, his rescuers, and second-handedly, by people like myself.
As an artist and a Christian, I wanted to do something, if possible, to honor the memory of Vince. Here's what happened this past summer. I painted a series of 10 contemporary abstract acrylic works, flowers in vases, (the initial V in the center of each blossom), had them professionally made into prints at an affordable cost to anyone, and started selling them through my website, www.patriciaanntimbrook.com, Facebook, and letters to friends. Not much response.
But, a new way to help Humanility popped into my head a couple days ago. I shouted out to the social media that anyone who donated $20 to Humanility.org by going to the website, I would put his or her name on a list. When I go 50 people to donate, I would draw 1 name out of that list, and give them one of my small, original abstract acrylic paintings for free. A few donations have trickled in. Still not enough
This is why I am starting this new fundraiser with Go Fund Me. It's not about me, nor my work. It's about all of the little Vinces at Lighthouse. It's about kids who need rescued. Yes, we have kids here in the USA who need the same things. And you may already be helping some of those organizations. That is fabulous.
I want to see more kids that Diane and Bryan take in off the streets be rescued and cared for. It takes money to keep this going.
When the first $1,000 is reached, I will draw from the names and give away a medium-sized, mounted original painting of mine. How will you know that everything is legitimate? I will do so publicly with our local media and share it on Facebook and on my website. Plus, for every $1,000 raised after that through this GoFundMe project, I will do the same thing.
I am convinced that raising $100,000 is possible, and I am looking for this goal to be met before the end of 2016, the year for me personally that commemorates the memory of Vince.
Thank you so very much for giving to such a worthy cause. Children are preciouse to God. Here, in Cebu, and everywhere.
You will be blessed. God guarantees it in his Word.
Organizer and beneficiary
Patricia Ann Timbrook
Organizer
Potomac Park, MD
Diane Thomas
Beneficiary