'Let your LIGHT SHINE so that people would see your good works, and glorify your Father in Heaven'... "Jesus" (paraphrase from St. Matthew 5:16)

'LIGHTSHINE' was created to give YOU an opportunity to help children with great needs and no voice... orphans.

Lightshine is actually two 'sister' organizations. The first Lightshine is a non-profit entity approved by the IRS under Section 501(c)(3), allowing donors to claim a deduction for charitable gifts and donations. The primary focus of Lightshine is to provide a means to assist the truly helpless and needy: orphans in areas of poverty such as Latin America. In past years Lightshine has provided relief to orphans in Romania, Nicaragua and, most recently, Peru.

The second entity, Lightshine Adoption Agency, is also a Washington non-profit corporation, with the primary purpose of finding healthy homes for placement of orphaned children. Lightshine Adoption Agency is licensed by the State of Washington as a Child Placement Agency. Lightshine's founder, Paul Eklund, has facilitated adoptions (as an attorney) for children from Romania, China, and Russia. He has also represented parents requesting adoptions from Peru.

Lightshine (the foundation) and Lightshine Adoption Agency are separate entities, but working together to provide relief for orphans and other needy children in Latin America, primarily Peru and Nicaragua. The Congress of Peru has given Lightshine an official invitation to work with the state-run orphanages (Aldeas Infantiles). Lightshine also works with church-sponsored orphanages in Peru. Initially basic relief such as food, vitamins and clothing is provided to children lacking these essentials. Lightshine has also provided education, sending personnel to teach reading (in Spanish), and training the children in life skills and Christian values. Lightshine has also facilitated health care, for the medical and dental needs of impoverished and orphaned children. This relief has come in the form of funds to pay for surgeries and dental work, and also by facilitating visits by health care professionals from North America to Latin America.

CALL, E-MAIL OR WRITE PAUL EKLUND

ORPHANAGE MINISTRY:

Lightshine (charity)
P.O. Box 1227
Winthrop, Washington 98862

509-996-3698

E-mail: lightshine@methow.com

ADOPTIONS:

Lightshine Adoption Agency, Inc
P.O. Box 1227
Winthrop, Washington 98862

509 996-3698

E-mail: lightshinenews@g-mail.com (adoption inquiries, only)