February 18, 2007

We are thanking you for your prayers and support as the Lord continues to provide abundantly for this ministry! More and more people are being drawn into communion with one another through the homeless and so many blessings are being shared!


Community Awareness – Meetings and missions

• Medical mobile mission, Thursday, February 22, 2007 at With Love From Jesus from 6:30 until. The team is always in need of doctors, dentists and hygienists. There is an attending physician with the needed liability insurance. Contact Alice McGee at 772-7050, if you are interested in serving.
  
  
• A missionary has been asked to speak to a group at an area Cary church on Homelessness in Wake County.



• The 10th Annual Homeless Conference is scheduled for April 10-11 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh, NC. Sessions will include HUD, Housing Finance Agency, the Key Program, the SOAR initiative, Re-Entry Initiatives, Community Voice Mail, Carolina Homeless Information Network and the Housing First initiative.
  The NC Coalition to End Homelessness will host a dessert reception to kick off the conference on Monday, April 9, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM at Vintage 21, 209 Oberlin Road, Raleigh (Suggested donation at the door.)Legislative AfternoonWednesday, April 11, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PMThe NC Coalition to End Homelessness (NCCEH) will host an afternoon at theState Legislature. Assistance is also available in scheduling your meetings.For more information, feel free to contact, Martha Are, Homeless Policy Specialist, 919-733-4534

Prayer and Praise!

• Over a year ago a lost lamb gave his life to Christ. Shortly afterwards he was hospitalized for several months with kidney failure due to substance abuse. After a year of being substance free he accepted the offer to rededicate his life to Christ.
  
  
• The Thursday night mission was blessed with a mime skit on giving one’s heart to Christ.



• One of the lambs who is blind had a successful eye surgery on one eye. She is able to see objects depending on the light. She is anxiously waiting for the second eye to be corrected. Praise God!



• Student photojournalists are having a tough time having organizations return calls. These students want to spread the word of how people are helping the poor in the Triangle. Pray that they find people are not so overwhelmed with their jobs they can no longer return calls.



• Two former lambs are now giving back to the homeless community by serving as chaperones at a white flag shelter in Cary. Praise God!



• Please keep a lamb couple in your prayers as they are looking for work and an apartment. Praise God, they have been substances free for over a month!!!

Fishing Trip!

The February fishing trip was such a blessing for the Lord’s lambs, as well as the missionaries.


• The next trip will be March 10th leaving Hope Chapel at 1:00. The team wills be collecting bug spray, sunscreen, lip balm, poison ivy creams, first aid items, and white socks. We will be leaving Hope Chapel at 1:00. Please contact Alice Ligon at appraisalnet@nc.rr.com or Al Boyce at aboyce@nc.rr.com for more information.
  

TWO New Area White Flag Shelters!

• A second White Flag shelter is opening in Garner. Volunteers and supplies are needed! Contact Carlene at Clucas01@msn.com or 779-3654 for more information.
  


• An area Cary/Western Raleigh church is opening their facility as a homeless shelter on “White Flag Nights”. Volunteers are needed! The volunteers will be asked to:
  Drive the church vans in the morning or evenings
  Set-up and do the linen laundry, or spend the night.
  Prepare mealsThe church would provide the showers, laundry services and meals for the Lord’s lost lambs.
  Please keep this in prayer as laundry detergent and toiletry items are needed, as well as, the hands and hearts. Please contact Stephanie at 274-8120 or snarron@worshipfacilities.com, if you are interested in serving.

Missionary Testimonials

• One missionary asked the Lord to give him direction on how he was to serve. The missionary received a phone call that evening asking for assistance with picking up items for the fishing trip! God answers prayers quickly. Praise God for obedience.
  


• A non-Christian has been tagging along with a missionary as she delivers food to area camps from an area caterer. The friend asked to go to the woods Saturday. She was able to take him to several camps and meet several of the Lord’s lambs bringing them donated sweatshirts. Praise God! Please keep this friend in your prayers as he is witnessing the love of Jesus!
  


• One of the fishing teams went to the South Pointe area to give the love of Jesus and an invitation to the Cary shelter on these cold evenings. The tents were found, but no lambs. The team went looking for the lambs and found them. The team was blessed when they were able to pray with the lamb and tell him of Jesus’ love for him. Praise God!

God’s Provision – Donations of Time & Finances

• The Wednesday food pick-up team was praying for soup and baked potatoes for the white flag shelter. The area caterer didn’t have any. Missionaries received a call from an area church. They had leftovers from their Valentine Dinner, leftover baked potatoes, homemade chicken noodle soup, rolls, and individual chocolate cream pies. The missionaries were able to deliver the food still warm to the white flag shelter. Praise God!!!!
  


• Missionaries met with an area pastor this week. The pastor suggested missionaries talk on camera about serving the Lord through missions. He wants several missionaries whose lives have been changed by reaching out to the Lord’s lost. He is asking for prayer for a transitional house to serve the lambs in the Cary/Apex area. His church also has a support circle for one of the several lambs who have been baptized at the area church. He wants to talk with others to develop support circles for the others who have been baptized in the church. He also told missionaries several doctors have approached him wanting to serve the Lord’s lambs. Thank you Jesus!
  


• An area acupuncturist again donated time this week as she continues to treat the Lord’s lambs for substance abuse!
  


• A man approached missionaries telling them about a camp in the Morrisville/Cary area off Davis Dr. Please keep this camp in your prayers. Please pray that this camp can be found and the love and light of Jesus can be brought to these lambs.
  


• Thank you Jesus for all the food donated by area grocery stores, churches, and caterers!
  


• One lamb who was suffering from an infected hand and another suffering from a staph infection on his face were seen by a doctor and are doing well after receiving antibiotics! The doctor made a camp visit to see one man whose hand was severely infected.