The distribution of funds in 2007 were as follows:

EGYPT:

             $1,500.00           Via Bishop Tadros of Port Saaid.

             $   525.00           St. Mary and Arch Angel Michael Coptic Church.

             $5,000.00           Coptic Care.

             $1,000.00           Egyptian Relief Association - Orphanage fund of Egypt.

             $8,025.00

IRAQ:

             $1,000.00           Via the Syrian Orthodox Beneficiary Society to help the Christian Iraqi refugee in Homs,                                        Syria.

             $1,000.00           Through Caritas International of Syria for the same purpose.

             $1,000.00           Through the Convent and Church of Ibrahim Al-Kalil in Damascus, Syria.

             $2,000.00           Via Peter and Paul Good Samaritan fund, South Field, Michigan.

             $5,000.00

ISRAEL:

             $1,000.00           Via the Shepherd Field Evangelical Church in Jerusalem.

LEBANON:

             $1,000.00           Lebanese Society to Eradicate Leprosy.

             $1,000.00           Christian Orthodox Hospital of Beirut.

             $2,000.00           S.O.S. of Lebanon.

             $1,000.00           My Brother and Traveling Companion Society.

             $5,000.00

PALESTINE:

             $2,000.00           Via The Bethlehem Association to the poor & needy Christians in Bethlehem, Beit Jala and                                        Beit Sahour.

SUDAN:

             $1,000.00           Via the Voice of the Martyrs.

             $1,000.00           Via Pastor Naser Barakat of the First Baptist Church of Kissimmee.

             $2,000.00

SYRIA:

             $1,000.00           Syrian Orthodox Beneficiary Orphanage in Homs, Syria.

             $6,000.00           Via St. Vincent DePaul in Damascus to be distributed to 25 families@ $20.00 per month for              $7,000.00           1 year.

                         

             $  250.00            Donated to the Arabic First Baptist Church of Kissimmee to help in buying medication for a                                        child afflicted with Leukemia.

                         

             TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS IN 2007 WERE $30,275.00

I am indebted to Janet Williamson and Linda McAleer for preparing and editing this newsletter.

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