2013  Walk-A-Thon                       Sylvia and Mireya                           cooking class

Dear friends,

Hallelujah!!
I hope all is well with you.    Greetings from Rainbow Family!

I am pleased to introduce new family members—24  year old Sylvia and her 4 year old daughter Mireya.  Sylvia came to the United States as a young girl with her family from Mexico.  Even before she was born, Sylvia’s family had a long history of involvement in the drug trafficking trade.  Many of her family members have been killed or incarcerated.  She always thought that she had to live as her family members did, and knew no other options.  Now she has found a new way of life in Christ.  She thanks God for teaching her a new path, and for showing her His will in life.  She is even more grateful because she recently regained custody of her daughter, and attributes this blessing to His grace.  Would you pray with me so that she will feel the love of God and experience His goodness so she can make a new life for herself and her daughter, breaking a generational pattern, to live as a creation of His good purpose?

On April 6th, we held our annual Walk-A-Thon.  All of the Rainbow Family—mothers and children included—participated.   Hannah and her friends, a group of volunteers from Grace Korean Church Youth Group, joined us for a 50-block walk around the neighborhoods of Buena Park.  After the walk, we shared a great meal and fellowship.  I wish to thank all of the donors who sponsored walkers this year from the bottom of heart.

I also wish to thank our friends and donors for your love and prayers.
Your support enables me to lead these families to a new way of life.  I experience daily the miracle of His will on earth, as it is in heaven.  I cannot express my gratitude to you enough.

We have a cooking class we all enjoy and look forward to very much.  Mrs. Cho Kun Hee comes to us with all different types of healthy menus for us and our children.  Prior to these lessons, ladies in the home mostly used the microwave to prepare convenient meals for their children.  Thanks to Mrs. Cho, the ladies are learning the value of cooking from scratch, and are preparing healthier meals for themselves and their children.  The entire Rainbow Family is grateful to Mrs. Cho for her efforts.

We are preparing to operate a summer school this summer.  We have made arrangements with the Principal at Centralia Elementary School to provide summer school programming for a number of low-income children.  The purpose of this partnership is to provide safe and nurturing educational opportunities to children who are otherwise at risk during the summer months.  I need your help to make this program a success.  We need many volunteers, and even more prayers.  Won’t you support this new project?

Proverbs27:18
“He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.”
I pray May His resurrection power be with you and your church, family, ministry, and workplaces always.

Because he lives,

Liz Lee / Director of RFM

Jonathan Home, Pastor and Mrs. Choi  YNCC Women’s Conference  Friends Visiting on Easter

Dear friends,

Hallelujah!! I hope all is well with you.
Greetings from Rainbow Family!

We have great news to share about the RFM Jonathan Home in Las Vegas. As you know, we have struggled in the past
few months with the Jonathan Home operation due to lack of funding and difficulties in finding proper management staff.
Through a mutual connection in St. Petersburg, Russia, we are blessed to have entered into a partnership with Pastor
Won Seok Choi and his wife. Pastor Choi’s focus in ministry is addiction recovery and inner healing. Through this
partnership, Jonathan Home will provide residential prevention services to Korean-speaking international students and
offer inner healing services to the larger Korean community in Las Vegas .
We praise the Lord for this collaboration with Pastor Choi and anticipate only good things to come.

Would you join me in prayer and support for the Jonathan home in Las Vegas? We cannot do this without your help.

Our long time friend Yong Nak Celebration Church (YNCC) held a women’s conference and invited all of the mothers
and children to attend. We had a blessed time of fellowship during the all-day event. There were many speakers touching
many issues of interest to women and our ladies came away with much learning and inspiration.
We thank YNCC for their continued support and love.

Sarang Community Church held their Easter celebration and we joyfully participated. We had a wonderful lunch, and the
children enjoyed face-painting, games, and bounce houses. Through fellowship and the church’s generosity, the children
and ladies experienced the love of God.

We had many friends visit us for Easter Dinner. They came bearing gifts and donations.
How beautiful it is to have friends and family in the Lord!

I am continually amazed at how He splits the Red Sea for me to this day. Sometimes it seems like there is nobody around,
but then I find that He has prepared His will for me, and has provided in ways that I could not have foreseen. I give Him
glory and honor and thanks.

1Corinthians 2:9
“However, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those
who love him””

I pray May His resurrection power be with you and your church, family, ministry, and workplaces always.

Because he lives,

Liz Lee / Director of RFM

      Nicole’s  Family                                                          Korean Culture Day

Dear Friends,
Hallelujah!!
I hope and pray all is well with you.

All of the new shoots and blooming flowers of springtime are reminding me of all creation and its celebration of the
resurrection of Christ with us.

Currently, we have a spectrum of recovery and rehabilitation going on among a full house of Rainbow Family Mothers
and children. Some Mothers at the home are going to school and working regularly. Other Mothers are doing their
rehabilitation curriculums. But we are all in His grace, trying to live by the word of God, and to learn through him a
healthier way of life.

Nicole has been with us on and off for the last six years. She calls me Mom, and she has returned to live with us again
with her children. Nicole has not seen her mother since she was 14 years old. The negative impact of this relationship has
affected her ability to lead a healthier life. Her children’s father was someone she met in high school. She refers to him
as having been her “partner in crime,” running a mock in their addictions. About four years ago, he was arrested, and is
still in prison. Nicole has struggled to survive on her own with her two small children, and has returned home to Rainbow
Family. She recently commented to me that if she had not accepted Jesus Christ as her savior in our home six years ago,
she would not have had the strength to overcome these difficult years. She thanks God for his mercy and grace.

On Lunar New Year, Rainbow Family was invited to Korean Culture Day, sponsored by The Global Children Foundation.
Each child received Korean hanbok (traditional Korean costumes), and we all feasted on traditional new year food.
I thank The Global Children Foundation and Pastor Mary Lee for their generosity and friendship.

I have obeyed my calling from the Lord for the last 10 years, and have cared for those whom He has sent to me with
my whole heart. I have led them to the Lord and have told them of the victory that He promises. I have witnessed the
transformation in their daily lives. I understand that His love is deeper and more potent than any sin that we know.
Only His love can overcome the world.
In order for me to share His perfect love and to help neighbors in need, I need your help!!

When you receive a sponsorship letter about Rainbow Family annual Walk-A-Thon being held on Saturday, April 6,
2013. Won’t you pray for and support our familys by sponsoring a walker in this event? Thank you.

John I, 4:18-19 “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The
one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us.”

I pray May His resurrection power be with you and your church, family, ministry, and workplaces always.

Because he lives,

            Maria & Ethan                      Suzie & Dennae                            Our friends

Dear Friends,
Hallelujah !!

I hope all is well with you.
Greetings from Rainbow Family

I would like to introduce our new family members. Maria is a 24 year old who has a three year old son Ethan.
Maria’s father left the family when she was a little girl leaving her and her four siblings. In Junior High School she was
introduced to drugs She felt accepted by the wrong crowd, she has struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, due to
her addiction she was unable to finish school or hold a job. She finally decided to make a change for a better life and self
admitted to a rehabilitation program in the city of Pasadena for treatment. Since then, she has gained custody of her
son and now residing with us at Rainbow Home “And we give Thanks to God for that”. She and her son are adjusting
well and she is very grateful to the Lord for all that he has done for her.

We have another new family member Suzie age 45, single mother and her daughter Dennae 17 years old. She has
been a single mother for 16 years, has been working in a nursing home. She has struggled with alcohol because of
loneliness and pain. Her daughter made her aware of her alcohol problem and now they are here to fellowship with
other Christians and find new way of life. Suzie feels she is falling in love with the Lord once again. Would you pray with
me for Suzie’s inner healing?

Our friends Mrs. Joe from River of Grace Church in Fullerton, and Mrs. Kim from Dream Church in Pasadena came to us
with a great recipe for Man-Du (wong ton). They thought the ladies how to prepare a delicious Korea dish. The ladies
were very excited have to have learned new skills and techniques to cook an Asian Dish. We had a pleasant lunch with
the delicious food that was prepared, and it was a wonderful time of fellowship.

As we sat and fellowshipped with different cultures and come together in unity to serve the Lord and one other, I felt
that this is how it will be when we are in heaven. We here at RFM appreciate the kindness and compassion that they
show us.

Psalms 8:4-5
“What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?
You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.”

Thank you so much for your help. All of us sending you our special love and thanks.

I pray for God’s rich blessings upon you and yours.

Because he lives,

Liz Lee
Director of RFM