Christmas!
Christmas was a great success. We helped over 500 children experience Christmas. It took many volunteers, churches collecting toys and money to make this happen and you really outdid yourselves. We are in awe of the testimonies. We had toys left on Christmas Eve so we sorted and loaded the box truck again for one last blessing. We traveled to some very poor neighborhoods and knocked on doors. We told them Jesus sent us and we have toys for the children in this house. Everyone cried that day. There were homes with no sign of Christmas anywhere. When we looked inside, we didn’t see toys or decorations. When we were walking away from one of the houses, a little girl exclaimed in awe, “We got toys!”, as if they had never had toys before. It broke our hearts to see some of the conditions that are an everyday reality for some children. We have much work to do. No child should ever wake up on Christmas and assume they had been on the naughty list because Santa skipped over their house. We are having the Christmas photos compiled into a video that will be available on our website and Facebook page by the end of the month. We are so grateful for the opportunity to be able to participate in helping so many. May God bless each of you for your generosity for this favorite part of Outreach for Christ! Every year we are improving. We remain flexible and make changes where necessary and the Lord always seems to work it all out. We will share our complete list of people helped through the various ministries next month.
We have exciting things happening
It seems like every day the Lord is opening a new door for us. Please pray for us to have wisdom in making decisions for the ministry. Please pray that we will be busy about the Father’s business and not our own. We don’t want to be distracted doing good things when God clearly has great things for us to do. Sometimes we get busy in doing good deeds that we veer away from the original intention so pray that we stay fixed on the Lord and remain in the center of His will for the ministry. We will keep you updated as things become clearer. We are excited about all the new opportunities and we want to make the best use of our time and effort. We are thankful for our faithful prayer warriors keeping us lifted up in prayer.
It is the cold season!
Please be mindful of people outside. We will be distributing coats and blessing bags throughout the winter months to our precious ones that are sleeping outside. We are always accepting donations of sweat clothes, socks, rain parkas, ready to eat food items, hats, gloves, scarves and hygiene items. Please be on the lookout for deals on these items. We are able to get most items at Dollar Tree. We then fill the blessing bags with items and keep them handy in all the vehicles. We also have several volunteers that keep them in their cars.
We never know when we will see a homeless person so it is good to be prepared. Our ten year old son gets very upset with us if we don’t have something to give away. He scolds us as ministry leaders that are not ready in season and out of season. He loves being the one to open the window and hand them a bag of goodies and tell them “It’s from Jesus”!
New Year, New Goals!
With the new year comes a time of reflection on what we will bring with us into the new year. We are reviewing every move of the last year and determining what works and what does not. We are prayerfully seeking God’s will for the next steps of the ministry. We are asking that you keep us in prayer as we make goals and plans for 2019. We are adding some programs for the men in the Discipleship Program and stretching them outside of their comfort zones. We have been diligently pouring into these guys for a while. We believe it is now time that they start pouring into others.
Mission!
We are motivated people on a mission here at Outreach. We will be incorporating more mission opportunities. We are excited to share those stories with you in some future newsletters. We will also be allowing the gentlemen in the Discipleship Program to share testimonies about their experiences at Outreach. We know that as you get to know them through these newsletters, you will become more committed in prayer for them. We will also work on posting our new schedule on our website. It is our prayer that more of you will join us in pouring into the lives of these amazing disciples.
Christmas was a great success. We helped over 500 children experience Christmas. It took many volunteers, churches collecting toys and money to make this happen and you really outdid yourselves. We are in awe of the testimonies. We had toys left on Christmas Eve so we sorted and loaded the box truck again for one last blessing. We traveled to some very poor neighborhoods and knocked on doors. We told them Jesus sent us and we have toys for the children in this house. Everyone cried that day. There were homes with no sign of Christmas anywhere. When we looked inside, we didn’t see toys or decorations. When we were walking away from one of the houses, a little girl exclaimed in awe, “We got toys!”, as if they had never had toys before. It broke our hearts to see some of the conditions that are an everyday reality for some children. We have much work to do. No child should ever wake up on Christmas and assume they had been on the naughty list because Santa skipped over their house. We are having the Christmas photos compiled into a video that will be available on our website and Facebook page by the end of the month. We are so grateful for the opportunity to be able to participate in helping so many. May God bless each of you for your generosity for this favorite part of Outreach for Christ! Every year we are improving. We remain flexible and make changes where necessary and the Lord always seems to work it all out. We will share our complete list of people helped through the various ministries next month.
We have exciting things happening
It seems like every day the Lord is opening a new door for us. Please pray for us to have wisdom in making decisions for the ministry. Please pray that we will be busy about the Father’s business and not our own. We don’t want to be distracted doing good things when God clearly has great things for us to do. Sometimes we get busy in doing good deeds that we veer away from the original intention so pray that we stay fixed on the Lord and remain in the center of His will for the ministry. We will keep you updated as things become clearer. We are excited about all the new opportunities and we want to make the best use of our time and effort. We are thankful for our faithful prayer warriors keeping us lifted up in prayer.
It is the cold season!
Please be mindful of people outside. We will be distributing coats and blessing bags throughout the winter months to our precious ones that are sleeping outside. We are always accepting donations of sweat clothes, socks, rain parkas, ready to eat food items, hats, gloves, scarves and hygiene items. Please be on the lookout for deals on these items. We are able to get most items at Dollar Tree. We then fill the blessing bags with items and keep them handy in all the vehicles. We also have several volunteers that keep them in their cars.
We never know when we will see a homeless person so it is good to be prepared. Our ten year old son gets very upset with us if we don’t have something to give away. He scolds us as ministry leaders that are not ready in season and out of season. He loves being the one to open the window and hand them a bag of goodies and tell them “It’s from Jesus”!
New Year, New Goals!
With the new year comes a time of reflection on what we will bring with us into the new year. We are reviewing every move of the last year and determining what works and what does not. We are prayerfully seeking God’s will for the next steps of the ministry. We are asking that you keep us in prayer as we make goals and plans for 2019. We are adding some programs for the men in the Discipleship Program and stretching them outside of their comfort zones. We have been diligently pouring into these guys for a while. We believe it is now time that they start pouring into others.
Mission!
We are motivated people on a mission here at Outreach. We will be incorporating more mission opportunities. We are excited to share those stories with you in some future newsletters. We will also be allowing the gentlemen in the Discipleship Program to share testimonies about their experiences at Outreach. We know that as you get to know them through these newsletters, you will become more committed in prayer for them. We will also work on posting our new schedule on our website. It is our prayer that more of you will join us in pouring into the lives of these amazing disciples.