Diverse Needs: There’s a Project Connect Booklet for That!
As LHM continues its ongoing process of reviewing booklets in the Project Connect library, it’s also adding new ones and updating existing titles.
Our latest booklet is Volume 2 of 35 Character-Building Prayers for My Grandchild. Whereas Volume 1 considered character traits ranging from A to H, Volume 2 runs from I to Z. Readers will find prayers on important personal attributes like optimism, purpose, resilience, self-control, and more for young ones to be mindful of and express in their day-to-day interactions and faith walk. Who wouldn’t want their grandchildren to be more independent and responsible as they face life’s challenges? How important and enriching it is—for oneself and others—to be joyful and loving and kind in this world.
Award-winning author Dr. Mary Manz Simon once again displays her insight and personal experience (three children, five grandchildren) in the heartfelt words of this handy booklet. Easy to read and right on point, she petitions God for things we might not think to ask, as in this prayer on persevering: “May my grandchild build stamina through repeated attempts and personal effort. When he/she feels a task is too difficult or appears endless, encourage positive self-talk and focused attention.” A Scripture verse heads each prayer with another to build understanding. Space is provided for notes, too. An audio version, read by the author, is also available.
Addressing breast cancer is the revised and updated booklet, Hope and Healing: Surviving Breast Cancer. It’s by Dr. Foluso Bisi Ademuyiwa, a board-certified medical oncologist who’s published more than 85 research articles on breast cancer and its treatment. With expertise and empathy, she travels with the reader through the feelings and emotions of a cancer diagnosis. Throughout this journey she acknowledges God’s sovereignty over this situation and His power to bring peace and comfort to patients and family. What God offers us is greater than our cancer, she says. “The wonderful news for every one of us is this: [Jesus said,] ‘I am with you always [remaining with you perpetually—regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], even to the end of the age’” (Matthew 28:20b, AMP).
These and many other booklets are available at lhm.org/projectconnect, where you can order printed copies, download PDF versions, and listen to many booklets as an MP3 audio file. There you will also find booklets in Spanish along with instructive kids’ booklets full of rhymes and engaging illustrations.