Thank you for helping us grow through our first year.
“Enkrateia House of Hope turned “One” on October 20, 2022!”
Our friends, local organizations and places of worship have shown their unwavering support towards “Enkrateia House of Hope” on our journey. We are grateful and obliged
Our appreciation dinner for our patrons to celebrate Enkrateia’s first birthday was a joyful occasion!
St Joe’s Catholic School was kind enough to offer their Education Center for us to gather and celebrate Enkrateia’s first birthday on Oct 15th, 2022, at 4:00 pm.
Everyone enjoyed Chef Asha’s Chicken Creation followed by Birthday Cake and Ice Cream. Thanks, Paul, for singing “Happy Birthday” and John for artfully emceeing!
Team Enkrateia was introduced to our patrons and the team seized the opportunity to answer the fielded questions. Thank you for enquiring about our progress, our needs, our fears, our joys, our accomplishments and for keeping us in your prayers!
Our Progress: Our house has become a home. Reconditioning is completed. Rooms furnished and are beautifully decorated.
We have a young mother and a baby boy in our home! Mom started college in the fall. She is doing well.
Our quiet “Rose Room” turned into a “Study”. The room is still quiet and Rosie! Our babies musical swing is an addition to the quietness while mom does her homework.
Family room is for chilling out, watching TV, playing DVD’s, homework and playing with baby.
Downstairs living room has been transformed into a “Day Care” setting where volunteers can spend time with our babies comfortably enjoying the Seasons through our beautiful large windows! There is also an office, bedroom and a bathroom downstairs dedicated to the needs of our volunteers as they spend their precious time to serve “Enkrateia”!
Our needs: We need volunteers to run “Enkrateia” household smoothly. Babysitting, house sitting, mother’s companion, office work, baby laundry, occasional house cleaning, gardening, shopping, and occasional custodial services would be of great help to us. and We occasionally need help from a licensed electrician, plumber and HVC person. Some carpentry work has also been needed.
Our fears: We answered 53 calls to date. Could not assist all of them, because we do not have the capability or facilities to provide the kind of help many of the callers needed. The callers were directed to appropriate resources. We are always praying for Guidance!
Our Joys: Baby is 7 months old and is a joy to be with. He brings laughter and warms our heart with his antics and smile.
We encouraged a few expectant mothers to contact their families and start the dialogue about their pregnancy status with their loved ones, which culminated into better relationships with immediate or extended families. This enabled a few women to remain in their own family circle for love and support.
Providing companionship during their stressful time by just lending our ears or providing transportation to meet their immediate needs like ultrasounds and prenatal checkups gives us joy. Sometimes just sharing a meal together is reward enough.
Our accomplishments! Our office is updated with a laptop and a color printer. We have a garden patch to raise vegetables next summer!
All of you have been playing key roles in Enkrateia’s life and we thank you for being a part of our mission and walking the talk! We appreciate YOU!
Gratefully,
Dorothy Arockiasamy
