Thursday

“Teacher,” he asked,

“which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

Jesus answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart,

with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

This is the greatest and the most important commandment.

The second most important commandment is like it:

‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’

~Matthew 22:36-39 (TEV)~

HAITI

Steve and Marilee Flook ask you to join with them in praying for our missionaries and teams traveling to and from Jimani, Dominican Republic, and Haiti. “Ask the Lord to protect them on these very dangerous roads. We also ask you to pray for an extra measure of rest and strength. As many have experienced through a natural disaster, you go until you can’t go any more. That is where God’s supernatural power comes in, and that comes through our prayers.”

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Good News Club

Ok, me again…I just received a call from the school secretary…. Not so good.

We cannot use the gym or cafeteria….only the library. This means we cannot provide a snack. We have to cap it to the number of chairs in the library—45. They may let those other few come who were there on Friday. There have been more slips turned in today, but I was told I’ll have to call these parents and put them on a “waiting list”. I was also told that “if anything is messed up in the library, the librarian will put a stop to this.”

I tried to discuss my idea for the future in recruiting more volunteers, using about 3 or 4 classrooms, dividing the kids by grade level and having the leaders rotate into the rooms to tell the story, do games, etc. That idea was shot down right away. We are not to use any classrooms. I have a friend who does this in Carrollton. She has 130 kids who come. Several of her volunteers are teachers. They meet in classrooms. Must be an evangelical staff at that school to accommodate. I thought ours was……maybe not.

I guess I’ll  for sure stick to outreaches in my home….without a cap!

Thanks for your prayers,

Tricia

Update from Samaritan’s Purse

Dear Friend,

I have just returned from Haiti, where Samaritan’s Purse is working non-stop to help survivors of the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake. It’s almost impossible to describe the scope of the tragedy—not just the endless devastation and the lingering stench of death, but the anguished faces of women, children, and others who are desperate for food, water, and shelter.

Our teams on the ground estimate that Samaritan’s Purse has been able to help close to 100,000 people since the quake struck.

Here are some of the ways we have responded:

  • SHELTER: Everywhere we went, I saw makeshift homes covered with heavy-duty blue plastic handed out by Samaritan’s Purse. Already, we’ve distributed enough plastic for about 20,000 families. In the coming days we will begin providing thousands more with transitional housing where they can live until they are able to rebuild a permanent house.
  • MEDICAL CARE: While I was in Haiti, Samaritan’s Purse reopened a clinic at one of the largest churches in Cite Soleil. It will be staffed by doctors who are volunteering through World Medical Mission, the medical arm of Samaritan’s Purse. We are also continuing to provide doctors and support for the Baptist Haiti Mission hospital, where over 1,500 survivors have been treated; and we sent in a helicopter this week to carry medical brigades into some of the most isolated and hard-hit towns.
  • FOOD: We have handed out 250 tons of rice and other staples to thousands of families, focusing on the needs of mothers and other women. Our teams have also delivered food to over 40 orphanages where children had gone hungry since the earthquake.
  • WATER: We have set up large-scale water filtration systems at 10 locations, providing more than 20,000 people with clean drinking water. More filters have just arrived and will be installed soon.

videoThis has been the most massive relief project in the history of Samaritan’s Purse. We have chartered eight cargo flights and two trips by an ocean-going barge that delivered over a million pounds of heavy equipment and construction supplies. We thank God for providing the resources and opening the doors for us to deliver help into the crippled country.

Click on the video image here to watch my report from Haiti.

We praise God for what He is doing through Samaritan’s Purse to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the people in Haiti. Your prayers and support are making a difference. Please continue to lift up our teams on the ground. They need God’s strength and wisdom as they help and minister to those who have lost everything. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble”(Psalm 46:L1).

If you would like to know more about what Samaritan’s Purse is doing in Haiti and how you can help, go to www.samaritanspurse.org or call us at 1-800-528-1980.

Sincerely,


Franklin Graham
President, Samaritan’s Purse

Baptist Press – Superbowl

February 8, 2010

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a special bulletin from Baptist Press. The following three articles, featuring personalities and events surrounding Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, were released over the weekend. They will also appear in the regular BP HTML email this afternoon.

FLORIDA–Lauren Dungy says children supportive of ‘Coach,’ but grateful for ‘full-time dad.’http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32240

FLORIDA–Michael Vick shares first-ever testimony of his faith in God.http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32239

FLORIDA–Michael Oher talks football, ‘Blind Side.’ http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=32238

Have a great Thursday, but keep an eye on the weather conditions.

Anna Lee

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