James Connection

10/24/2024

A NEW UPDATE FROM ANGELS' PLACE

A new road built, library renovations and improvements, new learning opportunities -- all of this and more is happening at Angels' Place!

Read on!!

https://jamesconnection.org/2024/10/23/2024-fall-update-on-angels-place/

06/21/2024

SPRING UPDATE FROM ANGELS' PLACE!

https://jamesconnection.org/blog/

02/10/2024

Clean Water for Angels' Place!

Some exciting news at Angels' Place. Click below to learn more!

Angels' Place has a new water purification system! With a generous grant from Toyota we have installed a complex reverse osmosis plant to guarantee our children pure water. Presently, water is collected for the campus from three sources: public water supply which we store in a large tank at the high...

06/13/2023

James Connection Executive Director Jan Swensen was recently interviewed on WORD-FM. If you want to hear the story, click at the link below!

The Ride Home with John & Kathy! Buckle in for a Thursday full! Like… Indian Orphans with a Pgh connection ... GUEST Jan Swensen ... lawyer who’s practiced in Pittsburgh for over 50 yrs, and the Executive Director of the James Co Hope in an age of Nay-saying ... GUEST Dr Carl R Trueman ... Depar...

03/15/2023

SPRING NEWS UPDATE ON ANGELS' PLACE!

As you may know, Jim Ice and I were finally able to visit Angels’ Place after the pandemic restrictions ended. We each wrote lengthy reports of our visit which are posted on this web site. (click here to access the article with reports.) Please give them a read. They are lengthy but comprehensive ...

03/06/2023

COMPUTER CLASSES AT ANGELS' PLACE

One of the big efforts over recent years at Angels' Place is in vocational training, including in computer training. Here are a couple of photos from the Fall 2022 visit by Jan Swensen and Jim Ice to Angels' Place.

12/24/2022

JAN SWENSEN AND JIM ICE VISIT ANGELS' PLACE

Jan Swensen and Jim Ice traveled to Angels' Place in October, and we have prepared a report on their trip. They checked on the children, staff, programs, and facilities. Click on the link below to read the update!

https://jamesconnection.org/2022/12/22/fall-2022-update-jan-swensen-and-jim-ice-visit-angels-place/

07/07/2022

A JULY 2022 UPDATE FROM ANGELS' PLACE:
DIGITAL TRAINING, A VISIT FROM DOTERRA AND MORE!

After all of the challenges brought on by the pandemic, Angels’ Place is filled once again with learning and activities and the sound of children’s laughter! Vocational Training Expands Last year we launched a program called “Building Digital Natives.” Its name is curious, we know, but it de...

01/11/2022

UPDATE FROM ANGELS' PLACE

It has been much too long since we posted a Facebook update for all of our followers out there, but we have been posting about activities through the fall and into the winter at Angels' Place. The children are staying busy, and the staff are making sure that they have plenty of opportunities for learning and growing. Read more below!

We are pleased to report all children are doing well despite an outbreak in November when 18 children tested positive for Covid-19. These children were immediately isolated, received medical attention, and are now back to enjoying all the opportunities available at Angels' Place. If you want to lear...

09/07/2021

BUSY SUMMER AT ANGELS' PLACE

It has been quite a time over recent months at Angels' Place, and we are sharing a recent update. Click below to learn how the children are staying busy and healthy during the current time.

https://jamesconnection.org/2021/08/16/a-busy-summer-at-angels-place/

07/13/2021

RECENT UPDATE

For those of you who did not see the most recent update on our website, here is the news from Angels' Place. As many of you know, the Covid-19 pandemic has been acutely felt in India. We are grateful to say that the children of Angels' Place have been safely quarantined.

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to bring much suffering to India as a nation. We pray for comfort for those who mourn so many lost and pray for hope as vaccination efforts continue. We are grateful to report that the children and staff of Angels’ Place remain safe, and we bring this update in the ...

04/20/2021

ANN McCAMY: VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT

Have you read our feature story on our wonderful James Connection volunteer Amy McCamy? Click below to learn about her many contributions, and we are delighted to report that she has also recently joined the James Connection Board. Thank you, Ann!

Ann McCamy joined the James Connection volunteer team in early 2020. Inspired by the relationship her sons had with their sponsored child, she wanted to help facilitate more of those precious connections. So she took on the rewarding, though often daunting, job of managing our bi-annual letter drive...