Happy Easter- He is risen!

As Easter approaches,the season of Spring is about rebirth, a renewal of our spiritual growth and personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

The monthly message for April-  "By His wounds we are healed."

During Jesus' earthly ministry, he healed many people not just physically but spiritually. As He healed many people of their physical afflictions like blind Bartimaeus, a leper, woman who bled for twelve years, Jairus' 12 year old daughter who had died but He brought back to life, he also healed those spiritually. He cast out 7 demons from Mary Magdalene and cared for those following Him. He provided for their hunger by multiplying a simple meal to feed the thousands in attendance plus He fed them with more food, spiritually. All of these miracles reveal Jesus' mighty power and His genuine love for humanity.

His greatest act of healing came through His death and resurrection, as foretold by the prophet Isaiah hundreds of years before. It is "by (Jesus') wounds we are healed" of our worst affliction: our separation from God as a result of our sins.

When Bella was diagnosed at 12 years old with bone cancer, osteosarcoma, we fasted and prayed fervently during her journey for her healing. When she was placed in hospice, we desperately begged God not to take our child and perform a miracle of healing like He did for so many others. Even at the prayer vigil Covenant Church held when she was in hospice, we believed God would heal her and He ultimately did. He took her hand upon her death on April 6th, 2018, two weeks after her 15th birthday. She was no long in pain or suffering and completely healed.

His way wasn't our way of healing but she was His first and lent to us as her parents to love and guide her in faith. Her purpose on earth and leading others to Christ during her suffering was finished; she had laid the seeds of faith. Our comfort lies in our salvation, knowing that we will spend eternity together with Christ.

Even though we wish that God would have performed an earthly miracle of healing upon her, Jesus doesn't heal all of our health challenges. I have learned that He can use our suffering in many ways to lead others to Him and to bring us closer to Him. We have to turn our lives over to Him, trusting in His will to cure our deepest need: the healing He brings to our personal relationship with God.

Scripture verse: Isaiah 53:5 By his wounds we are healed.

Wishing God's many blessings upon you!

In His love and peace,

Brenda

Thank you to everyone who helped us exceed our "Celebration" fundraising goal of $25,000 in support of pediatric cancer cure research and children with cancer/life-threatening illnesses! God bless you! We will announce the total raised soon. Families face many ongoing challenges including extra financial burdens and stress due to hospital stays. Your support gives hope to these families through our gifts and financial assistance programs. They appreciate all of your loving support!

We thank all of our "Angel" sponsors and are always in need of business sponsors to help support our programs and families on this journey. You can help by sharing our nonprofit information with businesses you think may be interested. Have them contact: brenda@angelheartofhope.org for a sponsor packet and remind them that we are a 501(c)(3) and that their contributions are tax-deductible. They can also view the Sponsor section on our website for more information: www.angelheartofhope.org/sponsor

Our Golden Sponsor is Johnston Orthodontics. If you or your child needs an AWESOME orthodontist, look no further, and call 864-877-2929 or visit: www.johnstonorthodontics.com. We are so thankful for the excellent care that they provided to Bella and our family.

Also, our other Golden Sponsor is Intra-Cloud Dynamics by Alicia Keener. To advance your consulting skills, let Alicia share her Microsoft Dynamics D365 F&SC expertise with you! For more info: www.intraclouddynamics.com

Our Silver Sponsor is D&D Motors. If you are looking to buy or sell a vehicle, please don't look any further for excellent service and contact them at 888-253-5950 or visit: www.ddmotors.com. Also, Five Star Foundations, phone: (864) 848-1441, is a concrete contractor that services builders in the Upstate and are the founders of Skyla Strong Foundation.

We are truly humbled and blessed to be on this journey of faith and have a Prayer tab on our website for anyone needing prayer. If you would like me to add your name to the prayer list, please email me at: brenda@angelheartofhope.org and I will update the prayer list regularly. You can also email me with any specific prayer requests that you want me to pray about privately. Please pray for our ministry, the families we serve and the medical teams that care for children with life- threatening illnesses.

Hera Lainey has legally changed her to name to Thomasin Grace. She is a music singing artist and a dear friend who created a single "Some People Never", written and sung by her in memory of Bella. It is available for purchase on itunes and various music sites. 100% of the proceeds from this song will go towards our ministry! It is a beautiful tribute! Thomasin's website is still: www.heralainey.com. 

If you donate to UNITED WAY through your paycheck, you can have our ministry as the recipient. Just write/type in Bella Muntean- Angel Heart of Hope Ministry. If you have chosen our ministry as a recipient of United Way, please feel free to let me know because we would like to thank you since United Way is unable to release donor information.

Also, if you make any donations on our FACEBOOK page please let us know because they don't release donor information.

PRAYER SECTION:

Please pray for continual peace, comfort and strength for the families- Muntean, Mellott, Donelli, Rightenour, Witt, Forcier, Lurtey, Gleason, DiStefano, Gosnell, Kocis-Brown, Heos, Coffman,Gibble-Wavle, Hickman, Daniel, Irish, Edwards' families, Murphy & Broome Families, Ginny's family, Travis Miller's family,Mildred, Kim Green, Dixie Neff and family, Donna Turner, Murray, Strasser, Turner , Wargo, Lupas, Foster, Greene, Perry, Cummings, Wrobel, Kim Stepp, Marrow, Geer, Wiggins, Jones, Johnson, Scarborough/Biggerstaff, Smith, Dixon, Jones, Fickell, Manwaring, Kojah, Franzen, Glen, Ginger Wray's family, Regina Boyter's family, Amphan, Misty Johnson's family, Cotos, Hicks, Brianna Hyman, Corinna Cochran's family, Grant, Mullen, Buterbaugh, Linn, Daniels, Watkins and Smith families, Robinson, Creech , Gallman, Steep, White, Lancaster, Cotos, Griffin, Moore, Robert's, Matson , Frady, Mund, Hunter, Tierce, Criscione, Grodecki, Guthrie family, Kristen, Jack and Ryan Dunne, Mike Smith's families, Fisher plus all of the families who are forever hurting because of losing a child or loved one.

Also, please pray for complete healing and needs for our dear friends: Samantha Stacy,Steve Pollard, Molly Gritt, Pam Melton,Julie and Hayden Pare,Bonnie Vaughan, Dorin, Linda Creel, Suzanne Greene, Doris Howell,Sally Hooch,Sam & Elaine Brown,Christian Rhett,Jaras Amphan, Katie,Chumpon Tantawanichpisal,Tricia, Louisa, Judy,Pam,Gary,Florence,Hailey, Isaiah,Sidney,Jeff, Jordan, Kelli Myers, Abbi and McKinley, Marian,John, Christopher, little Kylie &Char, Carrie, Licita Rogers and sister Tomeka Hall, Gerry DiStefano, Deborah DiStefano-remission from cancer, Jennifer Woolman, Paulette, Julie, Larry Spivey, Sue, Wanda,Fanny and Flavio, Annette Hunter, Walter and Holly Kondracki,Kristen and Steve, Dendall Wood, Eric-to be seizure free, Brian, Casey O'Brien-Minnesota Gopher battling osteosarcoma cancer, Trina, Lauren Keraga, Anabel, Sandy, Laura, Liliana Maysonet- complete healing from cancer,Laurenda,Cindy,Michael,Bobbie, Jesse, Roger, Kelly Arnold, Noah, Stanley, London, Paula Blair, Jordan, Ken Isaacson,Lisa Bryson, John, Sharon Ditto, Larry,Lisa,Melinda, Karla, Priscilla, Nancy Watson and Darrell,Linda,Sandra,Dawn,Nathalie, Melanie, Tess,Cameron, Kim Stepp, Will (remain cancer free forevermore), Janice,Ella,Hannah, Alyssa, Brady, Bonnie, Stephanie, Jillian Woodring-leukemia, Whitney Williams-8 yr old with afibrinogenemia, Michaela & Tyler Shelley,Sarah, Jada-6 yr old in remission from cancer, Lawson (14 yr old recently diagnosed with cancer),Avery Magliorisi (for proper treatment and complete healing of her eating disorder and for the family), Brigitte, Collene, Gabby, Silvia, Ingrid, Missy, Demere and Laura, Ralphaelo, Doug Edwards, Paul, David, Susan, Janice Hammond, Selah Henderson-child in remission from cancer, Addie Freeman-child in remission from cancer and Amari Kalu-child in remission from cancer,Lucca,Jameson, Diego, Tristan, Miss Peyton-cancer, Master Peyton-cancer, Elizabeth, Caillyn(remain cancer free forevermore), Ally, 5 yr old Carter, Valentina-child cancer, Hazel, Isaiah, Evie-child with cancer,Abbie Barnette-in remission from cancer, Maddie Barnett-in remission from cancer, Sylvia, Terry, Kostas Halkias, Kim,James Green, Gunner, Kayla Graham, Lucas, Frank Tocci, Keane, J.C. Schow, Cailin, Stanley,Christopher, Doug,Joyce Galloway , Anna-IBS, Ritsuko, Carla, David Freed-remission from cancer, Jaceon-child with sickle cell anemia, 6 yr old David William Krieger-Robinson complete healing from cancer-A.L.L. Leukemia, David-15 yr old with cancer, Jeanette, Rosalie, Ollie, Skylar Legano-teen with osteosarcoma (bone cancer), Raluca Christina, Kim, Simona Buliga, Alonzo, Ben Armstrong,Mary Catherine, Chris who has a brain tumor to be completely healed, Bob, April, Scott, Chad, Mick, Angela, Charite, Jammie-healing from ovarian cancer, Obadiah Hall, Sue, Ariel Griffith. Alyssa Jones (in remission from cancer),Jarrod Holt, Nyleek, Anahi, Levi, Keandre, Kieli, Kenzie, Violet, Jayden, baby Lindsey, Chloe Bella, Allyson Pack-Adair,, Valerie, Judy, Kristy, Tyler, Lila, Joe Kane, John Hampton, Vivian Laws, Faith, Nancy, Cosmin Florian, Mikel Lee, Dave Sherman , Laylah, Dakota, Jaicee, Taryn, Kelly Malena, Betty, Addidlyn Holmes,Mark Gomol, Don Smith, Dee Hook, Hunter, Brandon, Izzy Dugle, Tommy and Wanda Norris, Jim, Donna, Caroline Kirk, Dorothy, Connie, Walker, Richard, Saroja Sunkari, Anika Karp, Ramsey Gaines and the Gaines family, Travis B, Alvin Mwenda, Tish Cleveland, Anthony, Deanna, Gracie & family, Logan, Lettie, Leonard, Kathy, Tripp, Tudor, Grant, Mia, Noah Tyree, Amanda, Ezekiel, Erika and Hezekiah Spann's family, Isaiah Johnson, Leonard, Frank, David Williams, Brandon Elliott, Paul, Al, Emma, Frank, Cindy Dill, Jane, Mike Macgregor, Janet Cruz, Hannah, Steve, Monna, Kathryn, AJ, Alejandro, Sara, Myron, Cory, Egypt, Sebastian, Connor, Aydin, Danielle, Maverick, Zack and Carly, Veenie, John, Sandra, Mary, Rev Bob & Erma Cato, Jerome, Jasmine , Bill Melton, Janelle, Tarlok Singh, Dylan, Calvinetta,Rickie, Regina, Ayaan, Lainey, Elena, Don Wagler, Ethan, Janice, Kendrick, Tim, Bethany, Bill, Candace, Sandra, Alana, Joan, Kami, Maxine, Brenda L, Cindy W, Lila, Naomi Anderson, Vick, Renee and Trevor, Edward, Kabir Taino- Instagram@btaunk, Linda Kirby, Agnes, Judy, Foster, Tom Cassels, David, Christian, Jeffrey, Linda, Bob & Linda, Kiel, Nancy, Laurie, Andrew, the White family, Lisa, Kyler, Brianne, Kay, Bill, Vera Sitler, Rhody, Glen, Barbara, Denise, Zaiden, Aubrey plus all of the families yalong with wisdom, good health and guidance for the doctors and staff who care for them:) Please don't stop praying! We need and believe in prayer!!!! Prayer is sooo powerful and we thank you!