HFO – Other relationships – love and care

One of the highlights of this month was a seminar that we organized for young mothers orphan graduates where we also invited young mothers and fathers from a church. The theme of the seminar was “How to raise kids from birth up to three years.” Our goal was to...

Sarah Cole

Sarah is one of our three interns this summer. We welcome her into the Stoneworks family: Hello everyone! My name is Sarah Cole and I come from Athens, Georgia, the land of red dirt, which I have been happy to call my home for the past 17 years! Here are few fun facts...

Sunbeam in the USA

Sunbeam staff member Maria Rikkijeva is currently in the States as an intern with The Little Light House, a center for disabled children in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Above at center, she’s pictured with Bob and Mary Wallace, Janice Himmelsbach, pastor Artur Pold and his...

Intern: Natasha McClain

Natasha McClain has a special story. We are very pleased that she will serve as an intern this summer. She will be in Estonia, helping at Sunbeam and then working at Camp Gideon before joining a mission team that will run a summer camp for children with disabilities. ...

Interns

This summer Stoneworks sends three interns to serve in a variety of ways. Our first in the field is Anna Savelle (below, at far left). Anna will serve for 6 weeks in Montenegro, helping the Roma ministry. Then she’ll travel to Estonia to join our other two...

With Many Thanks

At our recent leadership meeting, Dave Hulley stepped down as the chairman of the board of Stoneworks. Dave is a founding board member, has been the chairman for over 11 years, and also served as the Executive Director for our first 5 years. Dave will continue as a...

Winter Norwegian Trip & Summer Plans

On New Year Holidays we took a trip to Finland and Norway. In Rovaniemi, Finland, we attended a prayer conference. This is an annual event, every year Dec 30 thru Jan 2. That is the best way to meet the New Year – to be together as a family, with the Church,...

Welcome to our Newest Board Member

We are very happy to announce that Glenn Cole joined our board at our meeting in Chattanooga on March 20. Glenn was born and raised in Kentucky, mostly in Lexington, and moved to Athens, GA, to attend graduate school at UGA.  He received his masters in...

The Sun Quits Showing Up on December 4th, so . . . .

We do conferences for men every year – 1st weekend of December, the official beginning of the Arctic Night. In reality the night starts a week or two earlier – depending on the weather, but on the Murmansk latitude the Sun quits showing up on Dec 4th.  And that is the...

HFO – The Mother is a Young Orphan

A desired baby is a special joy in the family. The family is preparing for the forthcoming miracle. The father in different ways supports his wife. Future parents choose a maternity hospital and doctor, if possible. Particular attention is paid to the preparation of...