Testimonials
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Salvation Ministries
Pastor Chris Hughes and the entire team at Salvation Ministries want to thank Pooks & Boots and their Mommy and Daddy for their many years of partnership with Salvation Ministries.
For the past eight years, Pooks & Boots and their parents have helped us reach those who needed to see the love of Jesus around the world.
From building two orphanages for starving children in India to supplying dental needs to poor Pastors in the Philippines, supplying shoes for over five hundred children who had no shoes, to providing the means for us to staff tutoring facilities for Micronesian children, feeding hungry Chuukese and Samoan children three times a week and providing Christmas gifts for children who would have had no other gifts – the Pooks & Boots family has been with us every step of the way.
Julie Wood, the company’s founder and mom to Pooks & Boots is one of the most faithful partners our ministry has ever had. Her love for Jesus shines through every action and step she takes. You can learn more about their partnership at salvationministriesworldwide.com.
If you are looking for children’s resources that will have an eternal impact, if you want to reach children around the world for Jesus, we highly encourage you to support the ministry efforts of Pooks, Boots and Jesus!
Pastor Hughes doing ministry work
The video shows Pastor Chris Hughes from Salvation Ministries taking our "Pooks and Boots Meet Jesus" books into a new church called Jesus our Redeemer! He partnered with the Denver Baptist Church of North Carolina to get our books to inner city children that are participating in vacation bible school at Jesus the Redeemer! This is why we have partnered with him for several years--he has such a passion for Jesus and helping children! He also reports from Baltimore that it is an unchurched area and he is excited with the opportunity to help develop more churches! Praise God for Pastor Hughes and this wonderful news!
Sky and the Malawi, Africa mission!
The sky is the limit with Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior! And that is exactly what happened here…this cute kitty named, Sky, allowed us an opportunity to help the children in Malawi, Africa!
I was in tears of joy seeing the hand of God unravel this story! It started with the Sharon Pendleton telling me about Layla, the kitty she saved. Gloria Cayce read this story on our Facebook page and then shared her story of how she saved Sky! This opened the discussion to her pastor, Steve Newton!
Gloria said he was going on a mission trip to Malawi, Africa! I connected with him and he told me of his plan for the mission. I prayed on it and knew we needed to support it!
Praise God, he returned safely and shared his team accomplishments. We were honored that we could be part of such a God loving successful mission! They were able to get Bibles to all their students, pastors and some church members. They built churches, orphanages and clinics for the people in Malawi, but the most important thing was to teach them of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior!
Pastor Newton shared this site which was an organization he established for the Malawi outreach. When I saw this site, it made me cry with joy!
If you live in San Antonio, Texas or the surrounding areas feel free to visit him at his church. Crownridge Church Ministries at http://www.crownridgeministries.org/
Remember the biggest gift you can give someone is the telling them of Jesus! Thank you again Pastor Newton for all you do for the Kingdom!
Love in Action Children's Home
I’m Daniel and I had to opportunity to work with the kids at the Love in Action Children’s Home in Chapala, Mexico for 9 months in 2016.
Love in Action is a home for children removed from their families due to extreme abuse and neglectby DIF (the Mexican equivalent of Child Protective Services). Resulting from the trauma that each of the kids has experienced, often at the hand of a mother or father, they each carry a heavy burden, a burden that no child should ever have to bear. They live in a state of constant fear and stress, inhibiting their ability to develop socially, emotionally and even cerebrally. Because they were victims of tremendous trauma at such a young age they will be fighting an uphill battle all their lives just to function normally within society.
The goal of LIA is to create an environment and structure in which the kids can experience healing from the trauma of their past. To create this environment and structure, LIA uses a model called TBRI, a cutting-edge methodology in how to work with traumatized children developed by Dr. Karyn Purvis at Texas Christian University. All the work is done from a Christian perspective, bathed in prayer, acknowledging spiritual healing as an integral part of the kids’ needs.
While at LIA, my primary responsibility was as a caretaker to 5 boys between the ages of 6 and 12. In this role I served many of the same functions that a father would: dealing with conflict, behavioral issues and discipline, making sure they ate dinner, cleaned up after themselves, brushed their teeth, bathed, went to bed on time, etc. I would watch the boys from the time they got out of school to the time they went back to school the next morning, at lunch, and all day on the weekends. Thankfully I was able to split this workload with a co-worker. I had a two day on and two day off schedule.
The kids go to school on the campus of the children’s home; a school specifically tailored to their unique needs. At school, I was also able to be their PE teacher. For kids who live in a constant state of fear and stress it is so very important for them to move around, burn energy and release tension. It was often a challenge and often a delight to lead these classes and be able to play so freely with the kids. For the older students I also served as a math tutor.
Working with kids of trauma is a daunting task. The ways in which they act out can be so hurtful and can cut you to the core, but the Lord gives grace to love the kids through the pain they inflict stemming from their pain. They are each God’s creation created in His image. They deserve patience. They deserve love.
LIA is entirely funded by private donors: some churches, some businesses, but mostly individuals just like you. I would be delighted if you would pray for the children and consider partnering financially with the ministry. Please learn more about the Love in Action Children’s Homeat the following Link:
And thank you so much to Pooks, Boots, and Jesus for your generosity and for all your help!
Hot pizza in Hawaii brought a double blessing!!
Many times we feel the Holy Spirit telling us to help others. Maybe by giving ice cream to a child just because, giving clothes to the homeless, giving a hug to someone in need, or giving a hot meal to a child that is hungry. This is why I wrote "Pooks and Boots Meet Jesus" which is based on Matthew 25:34-40. This verse teaches us that when we help others in need we are helping Jesus. God knows our hearts and when we do things with the right intent expecting nothing in return is when He blesses us the most!
A few years ago, I was stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii when Pastor Hughes came to the Medical Group to do bible study. He told me about the Waipahu Christian Community Church that helped children with tutoring, bible study and feeding programs! Many of these children needed help with reading, lived in very poor conditions and a hot meal was a luxury!
We worked as a team with Pastor Nakasone, who was the pastor for these children, to help with the programs. We even managed to have a spectacular Christmas celebration for them. For many this was their first Christmas tree or gift received!
My office volunteered with me to go out every month to feed the children a hot meal. This one day in particular I was rushing to get across town to pick up pizza and make it on time to feed the children! I was so tired when I got there but as I was carrying the hot pizza in my arms this one boy looked at me with amazement. He dropped the ball he was playing with and said, “you brought the good pizza!”
These children were not used to getting hot pizza that most of us take for granted. After looking at the excitement in the boy’s face, I got my second wind of energy back and remembered why I was there! To serve the Lord and bring love to these children!
The children were so beautiful and appreciative. This is why I was so excited to help give them a Christmas party! Seeing them so excited to open their gifts was just overwhelming. They enjoyed the food and gifts but most of all the love we gave them.
When I went back the next month they gave me a priceless gift! They made me a notebook with pictures of them at the Christmas party with cute thank you notes. It melted my heart!
Knowing this story you can understand our excitement when we recently sent them “Pooks and Boots Meet Jesus” books! We can still support and love from afar. Praise God!
And as I mentioned in the start of this post, God knows our hearts and when we do things with the right intent expecting nothing in return is when He blesses us the most! I was blessed with the joy of helping these children and also finding my husband! He worked with me in the Medical Group and volunteered to help me with the children. During this time we feel in love, got married on the beach of Honolulu and the rest is history!
Who would have ever thought a kind act of bringing hot pizza to children would lead to such blessings!! Praise God! So follow your heart when you hear the Holy Spirit.
Victoria's Alphabet
Julie K. Wood, the founder of Pooks, Boots and Jesus, is a dear friend of mine and together we share a common love and passion for helping children in need.
We understand the importance of reading books to children, praying over them, and teaching them God’s powerful word! As a mother and daughter of the high God, I know there is nothing that can replace the love you give your children. My heart is deeply saddened that there are children around the world that are in orphanages and do not have parents to love them.
I wish my arms were long enough that I could hug all the children in orphanages around the world. I know I can’t bring them all home with me; however, I know I can still make an impact. In an effort to show my love to these children, I will do my best to visit orphanages and partner with Pooks, Boots and Jesus by sending our books to orphanages around the world.
I know people think they can’t make a difference, but with God we can all do our part to help children in need! Below you will find Victoria’s Alphabet, my book that I will be sending along with Pooks, Boots and Jesus books to orphanages around the world.
I am always grateful to those that buy my book as I pray it will inspire you to spend quality time with your children. I pray after you read to your children you thank Jesus for everything! We are blessed to have our children.
God bless you all for reading my testimony and supporting Pooks, Boots and Jesus.
Sincerely,
Mariana Lozovanu
This is Mariana and her beautiful family!
Missionaries took twenty one Pooks, Boots and Jesus T-shirts, as well as “Pooks and Boots Meet Jesus” and “Victoria’s Alphabet” books to the children at Love In Action located in Mexico. Mariana also continues to give our books to children in her community! She is a real blessing, together we will continue to get the books into churches, orphanages and ministries around the world! Thank you Mariana!
Philippine Outreach Ministries
This is a video of Pastor Benson Olipas. He is a Filipino pastor who has blessed us by using our "Pooks and Boots Meet Jesus" books to help teach children about Jesus in the Philippines! The picture is Pastor Olipas and Pastor Hughes of Salvation Ministries, who are going to be working on a crusade and bible college in the Philippines for the summer of 2019. We love what they are doing in the Philippines and look forward to our continued partnership with them. They are making a difference and saving souls around the world! Praise God!"
Pastor Hughes of Salvation Ministries is also helping Rodrigo Gapasin, a Filipino pastor, come to Baltimore to plant a new Church to reach Filipino people working in the area. Pastor Hughes states that Baltimore needs churches and we are excited to help support! We are also thankful to Pastor Gapasin as he will be using our "Pooks and Boots Meet Jesus" books in his new church to teach the children about Jesus. Praise God!
