- Disaster Response Team: I will be in contact with the Alabama Baptist Assoc. this week to schedule the training for the team. We will be responding to natural disasters in our immediate area as well as going out to other locations that may get hit hard and need extra help. If we go out a good distance not everyone will want to go, and I realize that, but the opportunity will be there if you want to go. I haven't talked to anyone pertaining to equipment or in depth details yet on what will be expected, but I will tell you that if you are willing, we will be able. This is not limited to our class so if you know of anyone that might be interested please give them this email address and have them put their contact information in the email and I will contact them with details, vvdrt@comcast.net. There is plenty to do in a disaster situation, so anyone who is willing to give their time to help those affected can be used, ex. passing out water, food, light debris cleanup and also the heavy stuff, use of chain saws, climbing ladders to roofs, etc. If you have any questions please call me or just post a comment on this and I'll get in touch with you.
- Angel Food Ministries: Angel Food Ministries is a non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to providing food relief and financial support to communities throughout the United States. The program began in 1994 with 34 families in Monroe, Georgia (between Atlanta and Athens), and has grown to serve hundreds of thousands of families every month across 45 states. Angel Food Ministries crosses denominational lines and has spread the good news of the gospel of Christ through salvation tracts that are placed in each food order. By buying food from first rate suppliers at substantial volume discounts, Angel Food Ministries is able to provide families with approximately $65 worth of quality nutritious food for $30. Angel Food Ministries does not use out-of-date food or inferior products. This is information from their website www.angelfoodministries.com, if we are willing as a class we can collect money once every other month and team up with a church in our area and purchase food that can be given to those that may not be able to afford it for themselves. Check out their website and post some comments here so we can decide if this is something we want to do as a class.
- Yoshi Owasaki: This is from an email and also the blog post that Josh Bridges had sent a couple of days ago: My brother Todd Bridges has a friend who is a pastor in Tokyo named Yoshi Owasaki. Todd has been to Japan with him and met him when he went to Christ For The Nations. A couple of the ABS classes are planning to help with a monetary gift and he asked me if I would share it with our class. Yoshi's congregation is eager to reach out to those who are suffering all around them from the Tsunami/earthquake. In Japan there is a lot of idol worship and this is a great time for the people to come to know the one true God Jesus Christ. By providing a monetary gift, Yoshi and his congegation can get supplies and meet the needs of the people who have lost so much!More importantly they can share the love of Jesus with the people. I am pretty sure they will be collecting money through the Sunday of April 10th. If you want to write a check be sure to make the check out to Valley View Baptist. As far as I know we won't be at church Sunday morning but Todd is in the ABS class that meets right after us. You can give the money to him or his wife Jess. It is not an obligation but if you feel the Lord leading you to give, know the money would go directly to meet the needs of hurting people. Thanks! If you have any questions or would like to help those in Japan out then either send me an email or Josh or call either one of us and we'll get you the answers you're looking for.
- Project Blessings: ProjectBlessings.org is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help local low-income and underprivileged homeowners repair their homes to achieve a better quality of living. They rely on volunteers to make their projects happen. Here is their website, www.projectblessings.org check it out and again leave me some feed back on what we are thinking as a group. This particular opportunity will require more than just a couple of hours and is not something we have to do every month but I think it would be awesome to help them out maybe twice a year. If we want more information I can set up a time for them to do a presentation for our class, that way all questions will be answered and we can move from there.
When we put things together for missions, I would like to have as much feed back from the class as possible so I know what direction you would like to go, remember majority rules so if there is no input then that leaves me and Wes as the Majority and we will make the decisions on what to do for missions projects. We both would like as much involvement as possible so please let us know what your thinking. Thanks for taking the time to read all this information and visit the websites, hope you all have a great week and I look forward to reading your comments on all these opportunities we have.
In His Love,
Chris
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