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* Missionary alert for the Starvation in the Horn of Africa
* Missionary alert for Mission of Hope ministry in the Philippines.

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Missionary alert for the Starvation in the Horn of Africa

From: "Vernon Brewer" <email@worldhelp.net>
To: "Mr. Jim Durham" <jrd1942@juno.com>
Subject: Famine Claims the Lives of Thousands
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:01:14 +1000

Today, my heart is heavy. Reports from the field and from our Director of Humanitarian Aid have confirmed my greatest fears about the famine in the Horn of Africa. Twelve million Somalis, Kenyans, and Ethiopians are starving due to the worst drought since the 1950s.

More than 29,000 children, under the age of five, have perished in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone.

The U.N. reports that 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, with little or no relief in sight. Even the most modest of estimates say that thousands will die in the coming months if conditions remain the same.

The dusty roads to refugee camps are being called “roads of death” because of the hundreds that are unable to continue and must be left to die along the way. Mothers are being forced to abandon their weak or sick children in order to save the remaining others. To us, who rarely let our children go without a meal, this is unthinkable. Can you imagine the anguish of these parents?

As Americans, we are used to seeing television images of distressed children in need of help. It’s easy to become hardened because of the sheer magnitude of these realities. Even so, we must guard our hearts from accepting this dismal fate for the Somali people, those we are commanded to love and cherish as our neighbors and friends.

David Platt’s words of caution came to mind as I thought of the ease at which we can become blind to even the greatest of injustices:

Good intentions, regular worship, and even study of the Bible do not prevent blindness in us. Part of our sinful nature instinctively chooses to see what we want to see and to ignore what we want to ignore.

We must choose to wage battle on our collective tendency to be paralyzed by indifference, ignorance, and even the best of intentions.

Will you join me in committing to pray for the Somali people and to raise awareness of their needs? I’m also asking you to give toward the cost of shipping containers of humanitarian aid to a neighboring area in Kenya, where thousands of refugees are seeking sanctuary.

Each 40-foot container costs approximately $6,000 to ship and contains 40,000 pounds of wheat, corn, nutrition-packed soup mix, and much more that can supply 240,000 life-saving meals. Think of the impact:

$1 = 40 meals
$25 = 1,000 meals
$50 = 2,000 meals
$250 = 10,000 meals

$500 = 20,000 meals
$1,000 = 40,000 meals
$3,000 = 120,000 meals
$6,000 = 240,000 meals

I pray I never see the day when my grandchildren ask me why we did not respond to the atrocities in Somalia. We must be bold and stand up for those without a voice.

Today, we can make a difference in the face of one of the most devastating humanitarian disasters of our time. Call toll free 800-541-6691 to place a gift on your credit card, or click here to give online. You can also donate $10 by texting WORLDHELP to 85944. Please . . . whatever you can do, please do it today.

Thank you, and God bless,

Vernon Brewer
President/CEO, World Help

This email was sent to jrd1942@juno.com.

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Missionary alert for Mission of Hope ministry in the Philippines.

my commenst - johnson.c.ron@gmail.com
contact Errol Pitre - pitreerrol@hotmail.com

Christian Wilderness Press -- As supporters of Errol and Laarni Pitre for several years (beginning when Errol retired from engineering and they began drilling shallow wells on the island of Mindoro, Philippines and preaching the gospel in the poor villages), we have continued to support them on our website and in our prayers and as the Lord directs us. You can view their work from the beginning, as they struck out on their own in faith to do as the Lord continued leading them. To view their work, click on our Logo and then click on Mission of Hope.

As supporters, we received this letter from Errol, which now I present to you our visitors -

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Dear friends and family,

Laarni and I want to thank all of you for supporting us in the work God has commissioned us to do here in the Philippines. It is our pleasure to be your missionaries in bringing the Gospel to the poor on the island of Mindoro. Our labor has brought us much joy, and God continues to burden us for the thousands of souls who have never heard the Good News.

As a result of raising only 50% of our budget before coming to the field, we will run out of funds in May of this year. In order to complete our term into December, we must raise enough money for the remaining seven months. At $1500 / month, we will need a total of $10,500. You have invested in our ministry and allowed us to carry on God's work for 2 years. We are asking that you prayerfully consider in helping us complete our term.

We are not needing additional monthly support (as much) at this time, but rather so we can plan for the rest of year we need a one time love offering. If God burdens your heart to help us in this, then let us know what you have decided so we can make our plans. May God richly bless you regardless of what your decision is in this matter. Thank you for all you have done to help us spread the Gospel.

All contributions should be sent to :

Assembly of God World Missions
1445 N. Boonville Ave.
Springfield, MO. 65802-1894
Account No.-- 294456-9

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As I stated above, this ministry is truly independent and truly of faith. Assembly of God World Missions know this about the Pitres and as such recommend their ministry as truly of the Lord. Moreover, AGWM offered to handle an account for them. This does several things for the Pitres. 1) It provides a rock solid organization for people to send monies without wondering if it will go for the reason intended, and all of it goes to the Pitres. 2) Through the organization, the Pitres also can buy their personal insurance at a discount, which they could not do on their own.

As long as we have known the Pitres, their independent office-of-ministry has been operated by a friend in Louisiana. Here is the address -

Errol and Laarni Pitre
Mission of Hope
P.O. Box 5982
Thibodaux, LA. 70302

This address is where we have sent our support. If you want records for the IRS, sending to either address will work for you. Yet, Barbara and I give with the Lord knowing what we do and that is all we need.

We invite you to spend a little time in our pages for Mission of Hope and see if the Lord might want you to help the Pitres ...as onto the Lord.

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I was a junior in high school when we had a revival (typically 2 weeks of every night and twice on Sundays) at our church. The evangelist was from our southeast region of Texas where I lived and was well known. I overheard a conversation between the evangelist and a few adults about where he was going next to hold services, and it would be soon, but outside of his normal circuit. He had called his secretary to arrange for plane fare and had been informed that the fare was more than he had in the bank account. He had responded that she should look in his files for other ministries of which he thought highly and write a check(s) to those ministries such that the bank account was essentially empty. She had responded about the wisdom of that procedure, and he had said as a matter of course, "It is the only method that I know of that most likely will refurbish my bank account; because I need to fly out the middle of the week (i.e. after our own revival)"

I thought that the evangelist was demonstrating courage in faith. But I discovered over the years that this was simply his way of doing business because the next revival had been planned and people were active in visiting in their neighborhoods for that series of meetings. You see, a work, if it truly be the Lord's work, has various methods... usually different than the norm.

Dear reader, if in this time in history of America and of the world you have a surplus, then it is better to use some of it by investing in the Lord's endeavors; for you know that your surplus will likely be used up somehow or other. If you lack a surplus, or have even less than needed, it behooves you to consider this little note. You know the money is going to go. Consider the Widows Two Mites (Mark 12:42). In your case, essentially there is nothing to loose and likely more to gain. I am not speaking of "promises" or doctrines, etc. I am suggesting that you simply open your heart and see if the Lord touches it.

Sincerely, Ron.

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