Thursday, May 31, 2018

FBR Report: "Displaced in Kachin State: A New Father’s Perspective"

The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) is a multi-ethnic humanitarian service movement. They bring help, hope and love to people in the war zones of Burma (Myanmar) and the Middle East. Groups send teams to be trained, supplied and sent into the areas under attack to provide emergency assistance and human rights documentation. Together with other groups, the teams work to serve people in need.



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Displaced in Kachin State: A New Father’s Perspective

This is a report from one of FBR’s leaders, Jesse Cusic, who is our Chief of Operations. His main focus is on our Burma operations but he also helps with missions in Iraq, Syria, and Sudan. In addition to being a key part of the team, he is a friend, climbing and skydiving partner, and now a fellow dad. We thank God for how Jesse, his wife, Benita, and their son, Finan, have made FBR better and helped us to grow closer to God and each other ...

CLICK HERE to read the rest of this FBR Report ...

CLICK HERE to learn how YOU can get involved in FBR and its mission ...



Free Burma Ranger, the film ...

This film, currently in production, chronicles the journey of an American family bringing aid to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people caught in Burma's war zones, a bloody conflict that is one of the longest-running civil war's in the world.

Learn more about the film, and hour YOUR donation can help complete its production ...

In the News ... "Ripples of kindness "

• It began with one Blessing Box

BSH Photo by Amber Mansfield
Amber Mansfield, Reporter
Big Spring Herald


BIG SPRING, TEXAS - We've all known how one rotten apple can spoil a barrel full of apples, but can one person acting with a heart for giving, spread goodness in the world? Most would like to think that goodness can be catching and spread to others by doing these acts of giving and showing them that all you have to do it take action of it to start spreading ...

Read the rest of this BSH preview ...

In the News ... "Free summer meals to be offered at some EPISD campuses"

EPT Photo by  Ruben R. Ramirez
• Begins June 11 and runs through June 28

Sarah Sanchez, Reporter
El Paso Times


EL PASO, TEXAS - School's out for the summer, but some campuses in the El Paso Independent School District will be open and offering free breakfast and lunch through the end of June.

Forty-three EPISD schools — 18 elementary, 14 middle and 11 high school campuses — will be serving free meals through the Summer Food Service Program for all children ages 1 to 18, regardless of whether or not they attend school in the district ...

Read the rest of this EPT report ...

More about the 'Summer Food Service Program' ...

In the News ... "Robles takes leadership role"

OA Photo by Mark Rogers
• Lubbock native emphasizes joy, overcoming trials

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
Odessa American


ODESSA, TEXAS - New Sherwood Church of Christ Minister Taylor Robles says there is a great deal more commonality among people than they are often able to see, and he wants them to understand that the answer to all their difficulties is in obedience to Jesus Christ and his teaching ...

read the rest of this OA report ...

Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook


The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

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Today in the Mission Yearbook: May 31, 2018

STEWARDSHIP FOLLOWING WILDFIRES - Stewardship season was in full swing at Healdsburg (California) Community Church last fall when tragedy struck. Raging wildfires in Sonoma County wiped out vast residential areas within 20 miles of the church. Every church member — even those whose own homes were safe — knew people affected by the fires ...

CLICK HERE to read more.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

WAW Wednesday ... "5/30/18 -- Prayer, laughter, sweat and tears"


"The Word at Work is a ministry that mobilizes churches and individuals to answer God's call to minister to those in need," writes Rev. Tim Tam, Director of the Amarillo, Texas-based ministry. "Through our relationships, God reveals needs and opportunities for service. As we come along side the poor, new friendships develop and doors for ministry open. As we serve, God provides the resources to supply for the needs he reveals."


WAW Wednesday: "5/30/18 -- Prayer, laughter, sweat and tears"

"Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity."
1 Timothy 4:12

Friends,


There's something incredibly meaningful about being brought into the presence of the Lord through the praise and worship of young believers. Our group from Discovery Church, made up largely of college-age students, teamed up with Exodus and First Stone churches last week - and while they are young, their deep faith and devotion to God's word are inspiring.

Throughout the week, the group prayed, played, and worked hard together under the HOT Belizean sun. Our time together centered around renewing and deepening relationships. The exchange was beautiful. Discovery was able to encourage their sister church by joining them in prayer for the Western Paradise community - going door-to-door, offering hope and friendship; they worked on the Community Center under Kenny Logan's leadership; and ended the week together with a prayer service where the heavens were literally "roaring the praise of God's glory" through a spectacular thunderstorm.

Since Exodus and First Stone are meeting together, the Belize City church members are brought to First Stone by bus. The First Stone building is still under construction, meaning that chairs, sound system, fans -- everything needed for worship and Sunday school -- must be brought out of secure storage each Sunday morning and put away at the conclusion of the service. It's not an easy thing to accommodate 75+ worshipers this way. The Discovery team was moved deeply by their brothers and sisters and their hunger to worship - regardless of the heat, the work, and the inconvenience. This lesson of humility and dedication was important for each of us to learn.


Thanks to several churches and individual donors who have come alongside Exodus and First Stone in this investment, the roof for this multi-purpose building in Western Paradise is nearing completion and will soon be ready for zinc. Kenny & Chepito spend as much time as they can with members from the local church on this project. Please pray with us for resources and teams to complete the building in time for Christmas!

Servant-style Senior Trip


Students from San Jacinto Christian Academy spent time in Valley of Peace last week. Thanks to Beth Garner for leading the team and helping these youth discover the world outside Amarillo, TX.

The team painted the interior of the preschool that previous classes helped build and poured concrete floors for two families. Chepito was impressed by the hearts of these young people and their hearts of service!

"Sure, we can fit those in, too!"


It's amazing just how much one of these 80 foot sea containers will hold! We're super excited to send a container full of donated resources to Belize from Amarillo! We're full of thanksgiving for every person who has donated, sorted, stacked and loaded greatly needed items for our partners in Belize.


Here's a special shout out to the guys from Daniel's Heating & Air who not only helped us load on the Memorial Holiday, but also donated pallets of A/C units that will bless many of our friends. Board Member Ron Allen was a great help; Tim Hagen dropped in to join in the fun, too! Kent Sappenfield always manages to get behind the camera -- thanks Kent for running the forklift and loading that container like a boss!

We're also incredibly grateful to our friends at Western Builders who provide warehouse space for our Redemptive Recycling Program. Right before this photo was taken we prayed over the driver who would haul the load to the port - and over all of the donations - that they would be used for God's purposes.

There will be stories to tell when these items arrive and find their new homes so stay tuned!

We continue to gather items to send - one particular need we've been made aware of is crates for dogs - if you're in the Amarillo area and have one to donate, please contact our office: 806.342.3600.



Excited to report that Tim Tam is back in Belize - he's leading a team from Westminster Presbyterian Church, Amarillo this week. Sunday, another team arrives to serve with Belize Hospice & Palliative Care Foundation - Susie Mauldin will lead this group for us. We've got teams lined up from now through August! Please keep our partners, teams, donors, board members, volunteers, and staff in prayer.Excited to report that Tim Tam is back in Belize - he's leading a team from Westminster Presbyterian Church, Amarillo this week. Sunday, another team arrives to serve with Belize Hospice & Palliative Care Foundation - Susie Mauldin will lead this group for us. We've got teams lined up from now through August! Please keep our partners, teams, donors, board members, volunteers, and staff in prayer.

Thank you for joining us in the Work -

Mollie
#wearethewordatwork





EDITOR'S NOTE: Speaking from my own first-hand experience - working side-by-side with Tim, Kenny and our brothers and sisters in Belize - won't you give thoughtful, prayerful consideration to supporting the efforts of Tim, the Word At Work staff and their partners? Please please fill out this Commitment Card and return it to their office!

Also, remember that you can follow The Word At Work on their Facebook page!


In the News ... "Got VBS?"

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• Let the OA help spread the news

Staff Report
Odessa American


WEST TEXAS - Churches: Please submit your Vacation Bible School dates and times to the Odessa American at oalife@oaoa.com ...

This summer's listings ... check back for updates ...

In the News ... "Midland students raising money for clean water wells in South Sudan"

Water Is Basic photo
• Inspired by book about children's struggle for healthy water

By Kirsten Geddes, Multimedia Journalist
KWES-TV

MIDLAND, TEXAS - Midland’s South Elementary School fifth grade class has made an impact on the world this school year after reading a book which touched their hearts ...

 • read the rest of this KWES report ...

 • contribute to South Elementary's fundraiser ...

In the News ... "Food bank trailer provides food, disaster relief"

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• Trailer acquired with help of Occidental Petroleum

Paul Wedding, Reporter
Odessa American


ODESSA/MIDLAND, TEXAS - The West Texas Food Bank recently unveiled a new trailer that will help them to provide disaster relief and food to afflicted areas.

West Texas Food Bank Executive Director Libby Campbell said the trailer would be able to be used during situations such as hurricanes or fires to help distribute supplies and food to first responders and volunteers.

When it isn’t responding to disasters, Campbell said the trailer would be used in the community, going out to the 19 counties supported by West Texas Food Bank to provide food to the community as a mobile pantry unit ...

Read the rest of this OA report ...


Invitation to Prayer from Faces of Children ... TODAY


Faces of Children is an ecumenical prayer ministry under the auspices of First Presbyterian Church of Midland, Texas. Their mission is to initiate ministries of prayer for children in churches, communities, and neighborhoods. In doing so, they seek to provide an opportunity for people of God to join together, learn about children and their needs throughout the world, and celebrate Christ's love (especially as it relates to children).

Invitation to Prayer ... TODAY

Hi Friends,

We will be meeting this Wednesday - TODAY - at 11:30 a.m., in the gym conference room at First Presbyterian Church of Midland, Texas. I hope you can join us to pray together for children in our community and around the world!

REMINDER: We have moved our meeting time back to 11:30! Hope that enables some of you to rejoin us!

Warmly,

Carrie



Dear Intercessors,

So often we pray and don't get to see or know the answers. I'm so excited to share a wonderful story with you this weekend about my Memorial Day weekend. We celebrated a dear friend's high school graduation, but the story of how we got to today is a miracle-filled journey that testifies to God's goodness. It starts in a small orphanage in China over 10 years ago and ended on top of the world in Dallas this weekend... but truthfully, I think the good part is just getting started.

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It's a little long for this email, so I thought I'd just link it here. I hope you'll take some time to read the whole story and look at the pictures. I think it will uplift and encourage you as much as it has me!

This week, I'd like to invite you to join me in praying for our VBS and Adventures with Christ, which both happen next week! We'll be kicking off our summertime project to help fund the rebuilding of a school in Syria!

I'd also like to invite you to join me in praying for the following matters. Both of these stories are so complex and fraught with controversy that I hesitate to offer any commentary. So I'm only going to ask that you join me in prayerfully considering how God would have us respond, first in prayer, and then perhaps in tangible actions:

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NATIONAL // The group least likely to think the U.S. has a responsibility to accept refugees? Evangelicals.

"Pew's new research includes a fascinating detail: No group agrees less with the idea that the United States has a responsibility to accept refugees than white evangelical Protestants."
Read the full article here in the Washington Post ...

Photo by Hans-Maximo Musielik/AP
NATIONAL // The U.S. lost track of 1,475 immigrant children last year. Here's why people are outraged now.

"Did the United States really lose track of 1,475 immigrant kids? In short, yes. During a Senate committee hearing late last month, Steven Wagner, an official with the Department of Health and Human Services, testified that the federal agency had lost track of 1,475 children who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border on their own (that is, unaccompanied by adults) and subsequently were placed with adult sponsors in the United States. As the Associated Press reported, the number was based on a survey of more than 7,000 children:

From October to December 2017, HHS called 7,635 children the agency had placed with sponsors, and found 6,075 of the children were still living with their sponsors, 28 had run away, five had been deported and 52 were living with someone else. The rest were missing, said Steven Wagner, acting assistant secretary at HHS.

Health and Human Services officials have argued it is not the department's legal responsibility to find those children after they are released from the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which falls under HHS's Administration for Children and Families. And some have pointed out that adult sponsors are sometimes relatives who already were living in the United States and who intentionally may not be responding to contact attempts by HHS. However, neither of those arguments has done much to quell outrage surrounding the testimony by Wagner, a principal deputy at HHS who oversees the Administration for Children and Families."
Read the full article in the Washington Post ...



If you have prayer requests about children, those who care for them, those who have authority over them, or those who harm them (the really hard prayers to say sometimes), please send them to info@facesofchildren.net

Praying with you,

Carrie

Carrie J. McKean
Faces of Children Director
First Presbyterian Church of Midland, Texas
(432) 684-7821 x153

Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook


The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

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Today in the Mission Yearbook: May 30, 2018

PRESBYTERIAN GIVING CATALOG - Every March, goats hold a place of honor at Sherrill’s Ford Presbyterian Church.

Inspired by the Presbyterian Giving Catalog, the North Carolina congregation highlights how goats improve people’s lives in the developing world. Then members are invited to give toward the congregation’s collective purchase of goats through the catalog ...

CLICK HERE to read more.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Partners Blog: "What is the best thing about your job?"

Steve and Oddny Gumaer started Partners Relief and Development in response to the needs of refugees and displaced people from Burma, and now in the Middle East, as well. Their mission is to demonstrate, through holistic action, God’s love to children and communities made vulnerable by war in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other conflict zones.

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What is the best thing about your job?

What is the best thing about your job?

This is a question we get asked annually at year-end-reviews, along with pinpointing our problem areas and ways to improve the organization. What about your job? Is it the type of work that you enjoy, flexible hours, or a good salary?

Every year when I get asked this question, the overwhelming answer is ...

read the rest of this post ...




Partners Relief and Development is a registered charity in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. "We’re a small, grassroots nonprofit passionate about making a big impact in communities affected by conflict and oppression, demonstrating God’s love to children and giving them the opportunity to live free, full lives." For more information aboput Partners, visit their website at partners.ngo/

In the News ... Big Brothers/Big Sisters continues to raise funds for expansion

KOSA Photo
• Also, learn about volunteer opportunities

Staff Report
KOSA-TV


ODESSA/MIDLAND, TEXAS - Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Midland is working to bring the mentoring program to Odessa, but organizers say they need your help.

The non-profit is in the middle of a $103,000 fundraising campaign, to grow the program into Odessa. Organizers say they are just $20,000 short of the goal ...

read/watch the rest of this KOSA report 


In the News ... "Women of Duck Dynasty will speak at Midland Country Club lunch"

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• Event will help Rock the Desert event

Staff Report
Odessa American


ODESSA, TEXAS - Duck Dynasty fans can help support Rock the Desert Ministries by attending a July lunch in Midland featuring the women of Duck Dynasty.

In August, Rock the Desert Ministries will present its 19th annual festival but this year organizers have added a new event July 31 at Midland Country Club ...

read the rest of this OA report ...

Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook


The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

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Today in the Mission Yearbook: May 29, 2018

2019 PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH TRIENNIUM - Presbyterian Youth Triennium (PYT) director Gina Yeager-Buckley loves the juxtaposition of the recently unveiled “Here’s my Heart” 2019 PYT theme ...

CLICK HERE to read more.

Monday, May 28, 2018

From @chinaaid : "Pastor prevented from teaching on false orders"

The China Aid Association is a non-profit Christian organization - based in Midland, Texas - with a mission to uncover and reveal the truth about religious persecution in China, focusing especially on the unofficial church. They do this, they explain in their website, by exposing the abuses, encouraging the abused and equipping the saints to advance the kingdom of God throughout China.

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Pastor prevented from teaching on false orders
Distributed by ChinaAid, April, 2018 ...

WENZHOU, ZHEJIANG – A pastor in China’s coastal Zhejiang province was ordered not to preach on April 9, but when he called authorities to ask why, he was told the order never happened ...

more on this story from China Aid


In the News ... “Big Bend Sector Border Patrol to host blood drive"

KWES Photo
• Special opportunity for Big Bend residents

By Victor Blanco, Multimedia Journalist
KWES-TV

MARFA, TEXAS - The Big Bend Sector of U.S. Border Patrol, along with United Blood Services, will be hosting a blood drive in the conference room of the Big Bend Sector Headquarters, Marfa, Texas from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Thursday, May 31 ...

 • read the rest of this KWES report ...

Someone Else's 2¢ ... Thoughts, prayers, and challenges for Memorial Day

Photo by Jeff McDonald
So much going through my head at this time ... how to express it? ... I offered my 2¢ worth, earlier today ... how about someone else's 2¢, said with words much better than anything I could compose?

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this."

"But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

President Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
November 19, 1863

In the News ... "First Baptist Church Big Spring to host Memorial Day Block Party"

KWES Photo
• Free, and open to the entire family

By Kirsten Geddes, Multimedia Journalist
KWES-TV

BIG SPRING, TEXAS - The Children’s Ministry at First Baptist Church - Big Spring is hosting a Memorial Day Block Party from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on May 28.

This event is free and open to the entire family, and will feature food, games and bounce houses.

The festivities will take place in the Family Life Center within the church

My 2¢ ... A world where Memorial Day only comes once a year

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It's been more than forty years since I made my last, final and permanent move out into the civilian world ... leaving behind the life of a military brat, which had been mine since the day I was born ... and making a new life 'out there' ...

Life is different off-base ... and, so are the people ... not better, not worse ... just different ...

Out here, Memorial Day only comes once a year. On base, not a day went by that there wasn't some reminder of the sacrifices - not just in dying, but also in living - that are expected of the men and women who answer our nation's call to glory, and enter service with the United States Armed Forces ...

We weren't more morbid ... just more mindful ... everyone who lived on our block was the family of an NCO. Most of our dads were career men ... a few old-timers who had served in World War II, a ton of Korean War vets, and plenty of Vietnam War vets. Many of those last had multiple tours ... it was explained to me, once, that you could have way too many lieutenants in a war, but you could never have enough sergeants.

And we were mindful of the loss ... on-base, we had more neighbors killed or wounded in action, just on our block, than you had in whole cities on the outside, in the civilian world ... true, it was simply a matter of demographics - more soldiers, more casualties - but it shaped our minds and our memories, nonetheless.

More loss, and more apprehension ... that day, for example, when none of our dads came home, all unexpected, because President Kennedy had issued an ultimatum to the Soviet Union over missiles being placed in Cuba ... Kennedy (himself a combat vet) was backing-up his words with actions, and the Marines were headed for Little Creek ...

And more history ... one of the advantages to being posted someplace like Quantico, Virginia, was the close proximity of Washington, D.C. That meant Evening Parade at The Barracks at 8th and I streets ... music, drill, the pomp and ceremony, the tradition ... and the stories! My father, meeting with other old sergeants, the sleeves of their dress blues resembling a colorful washboard with the hashmarks that noted their years of service ... "Well, let me tell you about Chesty Puller, son!" ...

It's easy to forget that history, off-base, provided you ever knew it to begin with ... 'Chesty Puller? ... 'First Marines?' ... 'Chosin?' ... What the hey? There's an old saying about learning from history. I remember, a few years back, when a Midland elementary school announced they were dropping "Raiders" as their mascot. Okay, that's fine ... your school, your mascot, go for it. But what got to me was, they couldn't let it just go at that ... they had to go on and on about the negative connotations of the word, "Raiders," and how it just wasn't appropriate for a school that prided itself on being exceptionally patriotic ... and they relied upon faulty history to justify their beliefs in what the word represented.

I was mindful of my Uncle Fred, a Marine in the Pacific Theater during World War II, who was briefly attached to Colonel Carlson's Raider Battalion, and fought in some of the most desperate combat of the war. True, 99% of the civilian world has never heard of the Marine Raiders, which was a small, elite unit, in a remote corner of a world war. But you'd think a lot of people would have heard of  Dolittle's Raiders, and their 'thirty seconds over Tokyo' ... it was part of a major Hollywood film in 2001, for crying out loud!

And so, today, I have marked Memorial Day ... as I will tomorrow, and the next day, and next week, and next month ... the sacrifice of America's war dead, what Lincoln called "the last full measure of their devotion," won't end tonight as the clock strikes midnight ... why should our gratitude?

Semper Fidelis

In the News ... "Abilene college grads moving on with ministry in mind"

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“I’ve been pretty committed to what I’m doing now.”

By Loretta Fulton, Reporter
Abilene Reporter-News

ABILENE, TEXAS - One originally wanted to be a civil engineer in the Navy, or maybe a lawyer.

Another will return home to Haiti to run an orphanage and perhaps someday run for president.

Another will move to Richardson to be a youth pastor.

All three earned some type of ministry or religion degree May 12 from one of Abilene’s three church-affiliated universities. All felt a calling strong enough for ministry to pass up other possible careers ...

read the rest of this ARN report ...

Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook


The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

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Today in the Mission Yearbook: May 28, 2018

MEMORIAL DAY - The battle had begun just over a month before, on Feb. 19, 1945. In the intervening 29 days, combat had raged 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In one particularly bloody battle, the Meat Grinder, 850 Marines had lost their lives. On March 21, the time had come to commemorate the more than 6,800 who had given their lives on the American side ...

CLICK HERE to read more.

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Equal Exchange Blog ... "The Fierce Women CONACADO"

Equal Exchange's mission is to build long-term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound, to foster mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers and to demonstrate, through our success, the contribution of worker co-operatives and Fair Trade to a more equitable, democratic and sustainable world.


The Fierce Women CONACADO

I came away from a recent visit to our cacao partner CONACADO with a feeling of tremendous appreciation for the way that co-operative has promoted women in roles that traditionally are assigned to men. I have even more appreciation for the strong women who have taken opportunities for leadership and have excelled, despite the challenges. According to the organization Farming First, “female farmers receive only 5% of all agricultural extension services from 97 countries, [and] only 15% of the world’s extension agents are women” ...

CLICK HERE to read the rest of this post

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In the News ... "FOLLOW-UP: Haitian teen gets life-changing eye surgery at Midland Memorial"

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• Result of contact during mission trip

By Dana Morris, Multimedia Journalist
KWES-TV

MIDLAND, TEXAS - Micah Jean-Marie had her second and final surgery to repair detached lenses on May 25.

Doctors say the operation was successful and expect Micah to have 20/20 vision once her eyes fully heal ...

 • read/watch the rest of this KWES report ...

Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook


The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Peace Covenant Church of the Brethren
Today in the Mission Yearbook: May 27, 2018

INTERCULTURAL CHURCH SUNDAY - Leaders from across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) representing intercultural congregations, and the Presbyterian Intercultural Network, gathered at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky, last fall to talk about their call, passion and best practices for intercultural ministries. Ideas for possible initiatives were shared on how the Presbyterian Church may become an intercultural church that is truly welcoming and inclusive, and that genuinely appreciates each other’s distinctiveness and values differences ...

CLICK HERE to read more.

Saturday, May 26, 2018

In the News ... "The Isaacs take 'Journey of Faith' tour to Snyder"

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• Their musical style has been influenced by various genres

By Loretta Fulton, Reporter
Abilene Reporter-News

ABILENE, TEXAS - The Isaacs, a family of musicians who own multiple awards for inspirational Christian country and bluegrass music, will bring its Journey of Faith tour to Snyder for a 7 p.m. performance June 2.

The concert will be at Calvary Baptist Church. Tickets are available online and range from $15 to $25 or $35 for VIP seats ...

read the rest of this ARN report ...

In the News ... "San Angelo Faith Briefs"


• Today, and in the days ahead

Matthew McDaniel,, Reporter
San Angelo Standard Times


SAN ANGELO, TEXAS - From the Standard-Times, news of special events and programs from Concho Valley houses of faith ...

read the rest of this SAST report