Caroline's Promise News

  Be a Hero for a Kid!   2nd Annual Hope Grows 5K & Family Fun Walk  Saturday, October 18th, 2014  Triad Park  9652 W Mountain Street  Kernersville, NC 27284  Come dressed as your favorite Super Hero and run our timed 5k or 1 mile fun run or walk. You’ll be a hero for the day for a group of kids in Guatemala who need your support!  Registration: 8am  Zumba Warm Up: 8:45am  5K Timed Run: 9am  Family Fun Walk (1 mile): 9:15am  Stay after the race for food, bouncy house, photos with your favorite super heroes, and lots of family fun!  Pre-Registration through September 18th:  $25 for 5k and $20 for Fun Run/Walk. Includes a t-shirt .  Kids under 5 walk for free but do not receive a tshirt. Regular Registration September 19th – October 16th: $30 for 5k and $25 for Fun Run/Walk  October 17th and 18th Registration: $35 for 5k and $25 for Fun Run/Walk  Medals & priz...

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What can we say about Wilson Community Church?  Several years ago we connected with Tripp and Buffy Poole, who live in Wilson, NC, and adopted their son, Hunter, from Guatemala. They were eager to get involved with Caroline's Promise and give back to their son's birth country. The first year, they took a team from their church, led by one of our board members, Tami Rumfelt. The second year, Tripp and Buffy led the team and Tami assisted them. This year they led their team of nineteen without a CP rep on site, and we are hearing great things about their team and all that was accomplished. We want to thank their pastor, Gary Combs, for his vision for these teams and for his work this summer leading our first pastors' conference in Guatemala. And to Tripp and Buffy and their leadership team, thank you for your willingness to organize your church and minister so effectively. Check out this wrap up video from their recent trip! WCC Guatemala Mission...

Written by Pastor Gary Combs while serving in Guatemala   “Jesus gave them this answer: ‘Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does’” (John 5:19 NIV). This is my first visit to Guatemala. Since this is the third year our church has sent   a team here, I thought it was finally time to see for myself what the Lord was doing. We have been partnering with Caroline’s Promise, based in Kernersville, North Carolina, and Iglesia Adonai, a church in Guatemala City, to make these trips possible. Whether in our hometown of Wilson, North Carolina or in other parts of the world, it has been our desire to look for where God is already working and to join Him there. We don’t go out as those who claim to have all the resources and answers to the world’s problems, but humbly, as those who only want to join the Father in His work. With this philosophy in mind, we lo...

Our visit to Guatemala was such a blessing to me and our entire team. Our youngest traveler was nine years old, and because we were on the family team, we had teens and adults of all ages. Each of us was impacted in a special way, and our eyes were opened to the hardship others experience around the world. We stayed in Guatemala City and traveled every day to serve at a church located near a place called Hurricane Village. This area was destroyed by a hurricane many years ago. Instead of rebuilding this area, the government just gave the area to the people to use as they wanted. It became a neighborhood for underprivileged families. The housing in this area is not built using contractors with grand housing plans and many rooms. They are mostly the remains of an abandoned community where scraps of building materials have been pieced together to construct a one room home for each family.  No heating, no air conditioning, no insulation. No running water. The ...