What is Chain of Love?

Chain of Love began in 1993, when a community of people in the city of Novo Hamburgo, Brazil including NAB missionaries, Ken & Jerilyn Bayer, were awakened to the plight of street children. A rapidly growing number of children have been hopelessly abandoned to manage for themselves on dangerous city streets. Says founder and director Ken Bayer,”Everywhere we turned, they were there…very obvious and sometimes stumbled over…yet purposefully avoided and ignored.” 

To avoid institutionalization, homes are constructed and staffed with foster parents. Each couple accepts ten children in addition to their own, and agrees to raise them to adulthood and independence. Attention is given to the needs of foster parents as well so that they will have the time and energy to meet the needs of their children. Usually there are eighty to ninety children in Chain of Love in our 9 homes and two youth homes being nurtured in loving and caring homes. The age range is from birth to twenty-one years. The foster parents and the larger Chain of Love community, together meet the physical, social, spiritual, and psychological needs of the children placed in their care.

 Where are you going?  Chain of Love orphanage, located in the city of Novo Hamburgo, Brazil

 When?  We will be traveling to Chain of Love during our spring break (March 18 – April 2)

 How many are going? Our team is lead by Merak Scanlan of Trinity Baptist Church.  The rest of the team is made up of 4 adults and 13 teens (ages 13-16, the teens not the adults)

 How much is the trip going to cost?  The trip will cost $3500 per person.  Each member will be paying half and the remaining sum will be fundraised as a group.  The total goal to be raised is $27,000.  To date we have raised $10,000.

 What are you doing?  While at COL we will be running a kids’ day camp, running life skills training, and helping with light building upgrades.  

 How can we pray for you?  For team unity, fund raising, team preparation