James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Loving Shepherd Ministries
P.O. Box 375
Bluffton, IN 46714

Phone
(260) 824-9000

Fax
(260) 824-9002

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You can help heal a child today
Thousands of children suffer from treatable conditions. You reach out to these children with the tangible love of Jesus Christ through LSM. Imagine living in world where you couldn’t run or play. You’d sit on the sidelines and watch as your young friends wrestle and race.

Your gifts go directly to:

  • Finding the appropriate cases
  • Researching the best medical solution
  • Treating children that a simple procedure can change their life
  • Follow up

One year ago Haymanot, an orphan in Ethiopia, risked death each time she wanted to be a child. Since her birth, she had suffered from patent ductus arteriosus — a hole in her heart.

With each beat, about 25 percent of her blood escaped to her lungs instead of feeding the rest of her body.

Because of this, her heart worked overtime to keep her alive, and at 10 years old, her heart had already grown to the size of that of an adult’s.

The strain was slowly killing her, and while other children ran and played, Haymanot could not for fear her heart would fail under the strain.

But not anymore because of Loving Shepherd’s corrective surgery program. Haymanot was brought to the U.S. for her corrective surgery and is now living a healthy and normal life in Ethiopia.

The program helps at-risk children like Haymanot in developing countries who otherwise would not receive the surgeries needed to improve and potentially save their lives.

Loving Shepherd looks for the children with the most need. In many cases, these children would not reach adulthood if not for the procedures Loving Shepherd arranges.