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Small gift. Eternal impact.
We are energized this summer by the addition of a passionate intern from Faisalabad, Pakistan (see ministry description below), and the launch of an inspiring new program that supports her work with families and orphans living under hopeless and inescapable bonded labor in brick factories. Watch the video here for a look at the emerging ministry to these beautiful children stuck in slavery. Our ultimate goal is to help establish an exit path for these families and orphans and offer self-support opportunities to assist them in eliminating generations of debt and slavery and offering a dignified and eternal future.
We also have a team going to Gabon in mid-July to serve with our family stabilization ministry, as well as some work at PK27. Another recent initiative is a program in Lahore, Pakistan for persecuted Christian domestic workers, and we will introduce phase two of our sewing and career training program for young women in Youngsonabad, Pakistan in the fall as well. There is much work to do in Africa and Pakistan to share the Gospel message and love of Jesus.
"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one." - Mother Theresa
We need your financial support to implement these critical programs with our partner teams on the ground. All fundraising over the next six months will directly support our 2025 initiatives. Your generosity ensures we can fully achieve what God has called us to do. We are so thankful to all of you who are partnering with us already. Because of you, we have completed fundraising for the year for the Malnutrition Program in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Livestock Program in Pakistan!
We often forget how much a small donation can impact someone less fortunate. It’s easy to think we can’t make a difference without giving a lot, but you can. A gift of $25 or $50 can help us improve lives in Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Pakistan. At E4, we’re committed to helping you maximize your impact. Your donation can provide care for a patient at Nebobongo Christian Hospital in the DRC, teach persecuted Christian women in Pakistan to read and write, support a child in Gabon with medical and psychological treatment, or offer food and shelter to a child enslaved in a brick kiln in Pakistan. Every dollar of your program donation goes directly overseas to our ministry partners, dedicated volunteers who serve their communities. Few organizations offer that kind of impact. And, whatever the donation, the Gospel message is woven into all that we do.
Seeing the conditions these children endure daily in brick factories deeply moved our hearts and called us to action. This year, we're partnering with Aroob, a passionate 21-year-old intern from Faisalabad, Pakistan, already engaged in local ministry. Together, we're responding directly to the urgent physical and spiritual needs of children trapped by bonded labor in brick kilns. Each week, Aroob visits, delivering food, water, and clothing, and shares the hope of Jesus, while restoring dignity and building brighter futures. Our funding target is for phase one, which will hopefully be followed by our ultimate goal of freeing orphaned children and families from the kilns and assisting them with business opportunities for their new life.
Our team will serve with our partners in Gabon this July. The program will provide medical and psychological care for approximately 150-200 children, as well as education for parents, and summer camp sharing the Gospel message. There is another program planned for the Fall that will serve families with backpacks, school supplies and medical/psychological care as well - all while sharing the love of Christ.
There is an ongoing program with Nebobongo Christian Hospital in the DRC to provide debt relief for patients who cannot pay their bills. We have lost many donors over the last couple of years, and cannot currently support the hospital as we did in the past. With the only surgeon for miles, lives are saved every week here and the hospital needs supporters who will provide monthly funding. The doctors often see things such as complicated births, appendicitis, and other more routine medical situations for us, where patients would have died if Nebobongo Hospital wasn’t there.
This initiative came out of Eric’s trip to Pakistan in March, but was already part of our larger budget for 2025. Eric met many domestic workers at a church in Lahore who lack basic literacy skills and are desperate to receive education and escape their current positions. Christian women in Pakistan, particularly those engaged in domestic labor, face multiple layers of discrimination because of class, religion, and gender. They often endure poor working conditions, lack legal protections, and are vulnerable to harassment, abuse, and exploitation. The first literacy program started last month and runs through November of this year.
One of the enemy’s greatest schemes is convincing us that the needs around us are too overwhelming for us to make a difference. But as followers of Jesus, we can’t afford to sit still—our time on earth is too short and valuable. In the scope of eternity, our giving will reveal what truly mattered to us.
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