Thank You Jesus for all Your blessings we are allowed to witness each week. Thank You also for Your faithfulness.

Prayer and Praise!
Apex and Cary

• Missionaries went house to house bringing prayer, the Love of Christ and bagged lunches. This week one missionary was so exhausted; she had asked the Lord to give her strength. The strength she received came from the families at the mission. One family told her that they didn’t need a bag this week. They had returned to church for the first time in many years! Thank you Jesus!!! Another man rededicated his life to Christ, attended church with his estranged wife and children. Praise you Jesus! A third family told missionaries they were able to see Jesus as the missionaries served their paralyzed brother. Their mother was angry with God for allowing her son to be hit by a car. She has come back to Jesus inviting her son to join her on Christ’s path. Part of this path included going home to Mexico. After much prayer, she and her son decided to accept the insurance settlement and go home to be near more extended family. It is easier for her to transport her son. She has more family to stay with him if she needs to go to the store. She also has others to stay with him when she is tired. Please keep them in your prayers as her son needs much medical attention. Pray for their continued walk with Christ. Praise God for 6 people asking Jesus back into their lives!!!! Please pray for all these people as they confess, repent, put on the new clothes of Jesus, and grow in Christ.
• So many children attended the Backyard Bible Club this week. They enjoy Bible stories, crafts, pizza and donuts. What a blessing to witness! For more information concerning the Backyard Bible Club please contact Stacy Boxell at stacy@net-by-design.com
• The veterinarian attended the mission this week and was called home. She will attend another week to give more information concerning neutering pets.
• Praise God for another opportunity for God’s children to be fed, both physically and Spiritually. Missionaries met with a church homegroup this week. Disciples are eager to serve Jesus possibly through CitW. One is checking where she works about receiving food from her grocery store. Another would like to add a mission in either Cary or Apex on a Monday and/or Tuesday. Please pray for the Lord to indicate where He would like a new mission to begin. Thank Jesus for His harvest hands.
• Please keep the Brown Bag ministry director in your prayers. She is suffering from possible kidney stones.
• The Restoring Hope Ministry is asking for prayer. The ministry has been serving Jesus through a homeless couple. A builder in the church has become interested in the couple. He is prayerfully considering donating a home in North Raleigh to the Restoring Hope ministry to be used as transitional housing for the Lord’s lambs.
• Please keep in pray the new Apex mission.
• Thank you for your prayers for the Cary/Apex missionary. She had a small intestine biopsy revealing she is positive for Celiac Spruce. With proper dietary adjustments her ferrintin anemia should be corrected within weeks. Praise God!
• The Downtown friends and Bread of Life ministries rejoiced in their praise report that many received Christ’s Salvation September 15th at Moore Square during the Hot Dog wagon feeding. Thank you Jesus!
  
  Garner
  
• A lamb’s dog died recently when it was hit by a car. Please keep him in prayer as he lost his other dog only a few months ago.
• Praise God that some of the Lord’s lambs are attending a Hispanic church regularly. One lamb who doesn’t speak much Spanish said, “I don’t understand much, but I can feel the Spirit there.”
• Please keep a lamb in prayer who has lost his job and is back on the streets.
• Praise God that a lamb is stepping up to help a woman and her 3-month-old child find a place after being thrown out by her husband. He is gathering phone numbers of resources where the woman might be placed and will let her stay at his camp until something is found. He is very frustrated at how slowly the system works even in an emergency such as this, so keep him and the woman and child in your prayers.
• Another lamb who has been meeting weekly with a missionary is frustrated at his own attempts to help a woman with three children. One obstacle is the woman has only limited phone service and cannot be easily contacted. She suffered injuries in a car accident and has been unable to work. The family may lose their apartment before she receives money from an insurance settlement. Please keep them in prayer.
• A Hispanic lamb is in jail in Wake County not knowing whether he will be returned to Florida for some old charges or whether he will be released. He would love to receive letters or cards of encouragement. If you feel called, please send them to:
  Public Safety Center
  Jamie Hernandez Sanchez
  P.O. Box 2419
  Raleigh, NC 27602
• Continue to keep a Sunday Garner missionary’s family in your prayers. His father is not improving.
  
  Missionary Testimonials
  
  A lamb who has been working a construction job has been struggling with his old addictions. Not long ago, he almost quit the job after getting drunk, using drugs and losing his company cell phone.
  
  Praise God his employer, with prayerful counseling from a missionary, took the man back and offered him a raise, showing the grace of God when things seemed hopeless.
  
  Now this employer is traveling in Europe and has given this lamb even more responsibility to manage jobs while he is away.
  
  Please pray these continued blessings open this lamb’s heart to God’s love and help him to turn completely to the Lord as the source of all his needs.
  
  Community Awareness – Meetings and missions
  
  -- CitW is being recognized by ATC and Southlight along with many other faith-based organizations that serve those with addictions September 27th.
  
  -- Project Connect is in need of Volunteers October 25th from 10 Am to 4 PM at Moore Square. This includes services for the homeless for medical, eye, and dental needs; clothing; blankets; food; transportation information; and a PRAYER TENT!!!! Praise God! Contact Alice McGee at churchinthewoods@earthlink.net if you are interested.
  
  -- CitW Medical missions will now be hosting two medical missions per month. The CitW medical mission has two new glucometers, Ascensia contour and Ascensia Breeze. Both need testing strips.
  If you are able to donate the strips, please contact Anne Willet at 461- 9737 or via email at willskai@bellsouth.net
  The third type of glucometer CitW has is a TheraSense "FreeStyle", if you have strips to donate, please contact Susan Heineman at 787-3434 or via email at susaneh@bellsouth.net
  If you, your church, pharmacy or doctor’s office would like to donate these items please contact Anne or Susan.
  Garner Medical mission will be at the Garner Methodist Church from 3 PM and 4:30PM. If you feel the Lord asking you to serve, Anne Willet is the contact person. Her phone number is 461- 9737.The dates are as following for 2007:
  October 6th
  November 3rd
  December 1st
  
  The Apex Medical Mission will be under the trees at Thriftwood Dr. in Apex from 5 PM and 7 PM. If you feel the Lord asking you to serve, Susan Heineman is the contact person. Her phone number is 787-3434.The dates are as following for 2007:
  October 7th
  November 4th
  December 2nd
  
  God’s Provision – Donations of Time & Finances
  -- Thank the Lord for the showers each week from the Garner church Thank You Jesus for serving hearts!
  -- Thank you Jesus for all the food donated by area grocery stores, churches, individuals, and caterers! Thank you Lord for all the donations of clothing, storage places, and toiletries donated this week.
  -- We thank you, Jesus, for those who have donated time showing the love of Jesus through relationships and support circles, especially as new ones are developing across Cary and Apex. Praise God!