Dear Friends

Hallelujah!!

Hope you are all doing well in this warm summer weather.

Greetings to you from Rainbow family in the name of our Lord.

This summer, taking care of 25 kids in Rainbow summer school has been an arduous task and I must admit there are times when I suffer both physically and emotionally. However in the midst of all the people in the world, I am thankful to the point of tears that as a lacking person as I am I have been assigned to share his love and gospel. And through doing his will, Lord gave a compassionate heart that ultimately overcame my weakness Praise the Lord!!.

Long supporters of our ministry, Torrance Good Shepherd Church Rev. Hyun S. Kim and his wife, elders, and deacon Sung won Yoon have come by with wonderful gifts and In their church Congregation raise the funds  and given to us for the extension of our facility. I sincerely thank them for their endless help, love and support and prayers for the past 13 years.

Last week, Chairman of the board Soo Lee has come by with delicious lunch. and donation. I would also love to mention how she spent a day with the kids and she shared her love with them. I would like to sincerely thank Mrs. Soo Lee for all her encouragement and gifts.

I want to use this opportunity to say we are able to look after these under privilege children in the Community because of your prayers and support. your bountiful prayers, you have allowed me to gain a vision in which I see hope and get motivation to expand our facility.

I thank you in advance knowing that you will continue to pray and support our Rainbow Family.

Because of this ministry and the children that attend, many families have accepted Jesus. They have also gained jobs because of the support received from RFI. When I see these changes, I know for a fact that God is working in our lives.. I once again, humbly ask you to support RFI so that these single mothers and their children can receive more opportunities than their situation offers. In gratitude, I offer thanks once again.

Proverb 11:25

“A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed”

I pray that the power of resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ will be with you, your family, and your church always and God bless you!

Because He lives,

Liz Lee

Director of RFI

Mrs. Lim’s Art class           CTS-TV Concert            2015 Rainbow Summer School

 Dear Friends

Hallelujah!!

Hope you are all doing well in this warm summer weather.

Greetings to you from Rainbow family in the name of our Lord.

Since June 22^nd, we began our summer school. along with 25 kids who joined the program and we have 10 volunteers from the Livingstone Community Student Volunteer program, organized by Mrs. Jung Hwa Lim.

Rainbow summer school kids are having a great time doing activities, such as art, math, music, and English. Kids especially love field trips and swimming pool days.

I am happy to report that Rainbow Family Inc. finally Obtained School License from the Orange County School District this year. We are so grateful for your partnership and prayers and support.

We couldn’t have come this far without friends like you.

Last week, producer Steve Mung, who will produce the rainbow Family testimonial book (Narrow Gate) into a movie, and a famous Korean actress came to visit us and we were able to have a joyful and meaningful fellowship.

We praise the Lord for giving us blessings greater than we ask or think.

Although it has already been 4 years since we began the free after and Summer School program for the motel kids in Orange County under the tent in the front lawn of our facility. I hope and pray that we build ourbodly needed extension so that our kids can be educated under safe and comfortable environment.

In order to carry out this plan, we need your help more than ever before.

Last month, I had wonderful opportunities to appear on CTS-TV twice to talk about what the Lord has done in my life and Rainbow families lives through all these years.

We were invited to their concert and even received generous contribution.

I thank God for CTS-TV Christian broadcasting network sharing the gospel only the gospel to the dying world.

 Mathew 6:30

“If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?”

I pray that the power of resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ will be with you, your family, and your church always and God bless you!

Because He lives,

Liz Lee /Director of RFI

Torrance Good Shepherd Church Calvary Presbyterian Church    Orange Hill Church

Dear Friends,

Hallelujah!!

I hope and pray all is well with you.

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord.

We would like to invite you to join us in prayer for all the victims that have been affected by the tragic earthquake in Nepal.

Our good friend from Torrance Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church Woman’s Group, who visited us last month, brought us donations of needed items for the children, along with monthly support. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts for their generosity.

A first time visitor from Orange Hill Church, Pastor Chang Ho Bak along with the elders of the church blessed us with a contribution for the building funds. They encouraged, and prayed for us. We were all touched by their humility. We hope and pray for this beautiful relationship to continue on until the day of redemption.

Calvary Presbyterian Church is very close to our facility. They welcomed us in and allowed us the privilege to celebrate our 10th anniversary in their sanctuary. In the past, we were invited to their church to speak for a woman’s group. We thank Pastor Jung Chan Kin and the congregation for their continuous prayer and support.

Thank the LORD for friends like you, that have helped us to come this far; to even think about the renovation of the facility. Without your help we cannot help give these underprivileged mothers and children a home, love, and education that is needed. We are not even half way to amount of funds that are needed for this project. So, it is our goal to raise the remainder of the finances to continue on with the renovation. We are reaching out in hopes that your heart would be opened to help us so that we could continue helping those in need in this community. Thank you for your support.

1 Corinthians 10:33

“even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.”

I pray that the power of resurrection of our Lord Jesus will be with you, your family, and your church always and God bless you!

Because He lives,

Liz Lee

Director of RFM

Walk-A-Thon 2015     Mission Community Church  West American Presbyterian Church

“Praise the Risen Lord!!”

Dear Friends,

Hallelujah!

I hope and pray all is well with you.

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

We had our annual Walk-A-Thon last month. Volunteers from Living Stone Community Group, as well as their parents and friends, and our Rainbow Family walked fifty blocks (5 miles) around the city of Buena Park. Amazingly, everyone finished the course- including our youngest child Evan, even without his stroller. Afterwards, we had a beautiful lunch and had fellowship for the rest of the day. I thank the Lord for His grace, and I want to especially thank our supporters who gave donations for every mile that we walked. I thank God for our joyful hearts, the unity we achieved, and the strength to be able to complete the Walk-A-Thon. I want to thank everyone who supported our annual event from the bottom of my heart.

The funds we raised for the Walk-A-Thon will be utilized for the residents of the Rainbow Family Home and the children of the After School Program..

Brother Park and I were invited to Evergreen Community Mission Church to speak about our ministry; by the grace of God, the small group “Agapete Aleloos” committed to supporting us with funds and prayers and joined us in our mission. We thank the Lord for their compassion and commitment.

An old friend of ours, West American Presbyterian Church, invited us for a women’s ministry service. Pastor Sun-Ik Kim and the congregation encouraged us in joyful fellowship that night; they also increased their supporting funds for our ministry. I thank the church deeply for their love and support.

I pray daily that we might be able to raise enough funds for the renovation of our building, so that we might expand our ministry and accommodate more single mothers, their family, as well as children in our After-School Program. I firmly believe in my heart that education is the key to overcoming poverty, but there is no true victory in life without Christ. We want to give this message to our community so that His kingdom might grow larger through the Rainbow Family Ministry.

I cannot do this without your help. Please, come forward with me in fulfilling this beautiful mission.

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” 1 Peter 1:3

I pray that the power of resurrection of our Lord Jesus will be with you, your family, and your church always and God bless you!

Because He lives,

Liz Lee, Director of RFM

  Board members & Fred Paik    Alyssa & Children   New Hope Church Women’s Group

Dear Friends,

Hallelujah! We send greetings from Rainbow Family Ministry, which is continuously growing in His mercy and grace. We hope you are staying healthy in this cold weather season.

I would like to introduce three new members to our family: 26-year-old single mother Alyssa, her 3-year-old daughter Ella, and her 1-year-old son, Malachi.

Alyssa’s parents divorced when she was 14, and her father returned to Mexico while her mother remarried and took care of Alyssa and her sister. When Alyssa’s sister turned 18, she left her mother’s house. Alyssa didn’t think that she could continue to live with her parents without her sister and left as well. Later on, she met her children’s father and had a brief period of happiness, but eventually he hurt someone and was sent to prison for 8 years. When she came to Rainbow Family, Alyssa confessed that she had hardened her heart towards the world, and held a deep hatred for her children’s father. However, I know that the Lord has great plans for her future; she loves reading the Bible and every Sunday she worships the Lord with all of her heart. I pray daily for her healing, and ask you to join me in praying for her journey with God.

Mr. Fred Paik, who was the original translator for our book The Narrow Gate, which is currently being printed, came to the last board meeting and I was so glad to be able to meet and thank him in person. It took him more than three months to translate the book and he never asked for any compensation, wanting only to help us with our mission. I pray that The Narrow Gate will give a better understanding of God’s plans for the lost, and that anyone who reads this book and does not know Christ would come to know Him and all his great works.

The women’s group of New Hope Church in Pasadena came to visit us with delicious snacks for our after school program children, as well as contributions for our ongoing building renovation. I thank them for all of their prayer and support.

I thank our friends, our supporters, foundations, and all of the churches that have made contributions towards our building expansion project. However, we still have a long way to go financially. Won’t you join us in this great work to expand our mission to more women and children who need God’s grace? I pray continuously that in the coming year, there will be more supporters so we can finish this project and help our community in a greater and more effective way. I thank you for any and all of your support from the bottom of my heart.

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” – James 1:27

I pray that God would bless richly your church, home, business and ministry and that His mighty power be with you always.

Because He lives,

Liz Lee, Director of RFM

            Thanksgiving                            Christine Chung                  Future Young Leaders of America

Merry Christmas!!

Dear Friends,

Hallelujah!!

Christmas greetings to you from Rainbow Family in the name of our Lord!

I give thanks to God who has given us our calling with His love and grace and has allowed us to see the fruits of His gospel in the lives of many this year. The year of 2014 was especially filled with blessings, and we thank our Lord for taking care of our Rainbow Family members and the children of the after school program. Truly, His grace is sufficient for us today.

As our ministry continues to expand, our financial burdens become heavier, but God has given me the patience and obedience to stay humble for the works that are sure to come in the future. I am always amazed to see His working hands through the help of friends like you and I am incredibly thankful.

This year’s Thanksgiving was wonderfully similar to last year’s. Chairwoman Soo Lee brought many dishes for our turkey dinner along with pumpkin pies to share with the neighbors and after school program children. My heart rejoices because God had answered my prayer of being able to touch the lives of many more families in need during this holiday season.

Many of the young children who come to us are raised by single mothers and have difficulties with self-esteem and anger or abandonment issues. They also tend to struggle academically compared to their peers and have trouble forming relationships at school. Through RFI’s after school program, especially its music and art therapy classes, many of these children have begun to show signs of healing and improvement in both their grades and their behavior. Thank God for all of our volunteers, especially our newest volunteer Christine Chung, and their compassion and dedication to our cause.

Thank you once again to all of our supporters who responded to our Phone-A-Thon. I ask for your continual support as I make every effort to raise these children to be healthy and educated members of society in Christ.

Please help me to provide these children in need with presents that will surely brighten their faces Christmas morning;

I need your help!!.

I also give thanks to the Future Young Leaders Of America, who generously donated funds towards our renovation project to further expand our after school and ministry programs.

I promise that with your prayers and support, I will continue to do my best to spread the great love of Jesus Christ in season and out of season.

“Glory to God in the highest heaven and on earth; peace to those on whom his favor rests.” (Luke 2:14)

I pray that the living hope of miracles and blessings are with you and your loved ones in this glorious season.

Because He lives,

Liz Lee / Director of RFI

     Livingstone Volunteers           Bo Kyung Chung                   Grace Community Church Volunteers

Dear Friends,

Hallelujah!!

Greetings in the name of Jesus from our Rainbow Family Home. 

Already, we are approaching Fall of2014 towards the season of thanksgiving and sharing. 

I thank God that this year, the Lord has been doing amazing things and blessing us here at Rainbow Family Ministries. The Lord allows us to share the love of Christ with those who struggle around us because God has given us supporters who are so open-hearted and loving as you.

Each day, as I serve the Families living in the home who are being transformed in their heart and lives….. as I witness the children who attend the RFI School each day be restored in their child-like laughter and confidence, I am thankful that they get to experience the living God who blesses them and I am forever grateful for the Lord and supporters who make this all possible for us. 

Currently, it has been difficult and challenging due to the small space at the center for students and volunteers to continue the RFI School as well as for the families made home here at the center. We need expansion of the building desperately to continue in the future.

Please partner with us to transform society through the gospel and breathe hope in the lives of the children and their challenging environment.

We are all so praying fervently for the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas to help and give to the community.

We ask that you participate in the Phone-A-Thon set for October. 

We are continually giving our best efforts with Jonathan Home in Las Vegas to minister to the lives of those who have lost their ways in that city, with almighty God who creates and transforms the lives of those we minister to. Hallelujah!!

We are in dire need of your prayer and support at this time. 

James 1:25

“But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it–he will be blessed in what he does.”

I pray that His bountiful grace and peace will be with you, your home, church and work places always.

Because he lives,

Liz Lee / Director of RFM

     Eunice and her daughterv          RFI school graduation                  Brandy

Dear Friends,  Hallelujah!!

I cannot believe it’s already the month of the full moon festival in 2014.

I hope you are well. I greet you in the name of Jesus from us at the rainbow family ministries.

I want to introduce to you our new family member Eunice (29 yrs old) and her daughter Joy (10 months old). Eunice was born in Guatemala in a Christian family to a father who is a pastor. She was married with 3 children living in Guatemala. She moved to Texas with her husband and youngest child joy for his job, but was abandoned by husband shortly after. She came to USA. she came to CA to live with her cousin, but due to difficult circumstances, she was referred to RFM home by the local church.
Would you please pray with me for her broken heart to be heald by true love of God.

Brandy (30 yrs old) is a expecting mother form Covina. Due to her increasing addiction problem, she lost her job two years ago, losing touch with family members  and living out of her car. Once she realized she became pregnant, she wanted to clean up her live and came to live with us. Though it’s been a short time, she accepted The Lord and we are amazed at her posture and heart before The Lord!

Please pray with me that she will be victorious as a mother and a daughter of God.

Please partner with us as we live out God’s mission to consider the soul of the one who is hurting.

Last August 16, with 50 or more parents, volunteers, and board members, we held our second RFI school graduation. For the past year, through the rainbow school, children learned about the love of God and realized that loving those around us and working together in a society is so much more meaningful. They developed more confidence and hope for the future. At the graduation childen confessed that Jesus is alive, and that he loves them, protects them, and is providing for them through amazing food provided by rainbow ministries. That day, I experienced the indescribable joy and felt that this is what it means to have His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. special thanks to those friends who provide the school supplies, backpacks, and food for the graduation celebration. 

We are still raising Building fund for the second floor expansion. We have received the permit to build, but are still in need of construction funds. I pray that you will partner with us in this ministry of working to transform the world through the sharing of the Good newa of Jesus Christ!!.

Luke4:18-19

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,

to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

I pray that His bountiful grace and peace will be with you, your home, church and work places always.

Because he lives,

Liz Lee / Director of RFM

   RFI Summer School Field Trip         Olivia’s Family                English and Math Time

Dear Friends, 

Hallelujah!!

I hope you are doing well in this warm weather! Greetings to you in the name of our Lord.

I want to introduce you to Olivia (age 38) and her children, the one the Lord sent us last month.

Olivia was born in Riverside and grew up in Redland. Since she was young, she lived with her mom and her step-father after her parents divorced early on. At the age of 18 years old, she married and had 4 children. She was faithfully raising them, but struggled with a husband who was addicted to drugs and had a strong temper. Over time, she found herself also faltering into drugs. She wanted to deal with this issue and also leave her husband, but she could not see how it would work. She heard about Rainbow Ministries through a relative and waited for the opportunity to bring along her 8 year old son Buddy and 4 year old daughter Maya. Since coming to Rainbow home, she has been focusing intently on rehabilitation and giving it her all. I know that the only one who can heal her is our Lord. I humbly ask for prayer covering Olivia and her family so that she may find healing in God’s love.  

Rainbow Summer School has been progressing well throughout summer vacation. With the protection and love of volunteers, the children are being fed spiritually and being fed physically by the healthy meals and snacks provided through your generous donations. With the music and art therapy, they are growing in self-confidence and changing their perspective in a positive way. Each time I witness the transformation in the children, I thank God for the gracious supporters donations and prayers for us. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

On August 16, 2014, Saturday at 11:00am, we will have the RFI Summer School Graduation.  At that time, we will be distributing back to school supplies, backpacks, and providing meals for parents,volunteers and guests .

I ask for your prayers and support for this special event. 

The ministry is in desperate need of expansion upstairs. Currently, we are unable to begin the construction for expansion without all the required funds needed to begin construction. We are in dire need of expansion to provide more space for the families and children coming to us for safety and support. We are looking for 100 supporters who will support $1,000 each to the cause. 

I ask that you will partner with us as we equip and help create a safe community by building them up with the Word of God and the Love of Christ. 

Proverbs 11:25

“A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”

I pray that His bountiful grace and peace will be with you, your home, church and work places always.

Because he lives,

Liz Lee / Director of RFM