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Friend Ships
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has been a busy December here at Friend Ships, as church organizations
and relief agencies throughout the world request help in meeting the
needs of disaster victims. It is such a blessing that we are able to
respond!
CUBA
This past season, two vicious storms
caused thousands of people in Cuba to become homeless. In December, we
had the opportunity to send two shipments of heavy-duty tarp material
to churches in Havana so that they can help people with damage to
their homes. A prior shipment made earlier in the year was received
and put to great use!
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 MEXICO
Tabasco, Mexico suffered massive flooding
causing the entire region to be devastated and tens of thousands of
people left homeless. Friend Ships loaded a large flatbed truck with
rolls of heavy-duty tarping that was then shipped to a Christian
organization working there, to provide the distraught community with
shelter assistance and home repairs.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Tropical Storm Noel crossed over the
Dominican Republic causing massive flash flooding and landslides. Tens
of thousands of people were made homeless, many were killed, the water
system was contaminated, bridges collapsed, and crops and roads were
destroyed. In December, another storm caused more turmoil with
landslides. Friend Ships is working together with the Dream Center in
Los Angles to ship food, clothing, linens, mattresses, tarp material
and hygiene supplies to the Assemblies of God organization in Santa
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STOREHOUSE ONE
In December,
StoreHouse One Los Angeles
collected and distributed over 100,000 pounds of food and
StoreHouse One Lake Charles
dispersed 22,000 pounds to people in need!
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 ROATAN
The Village in Roatán hosted several
church seminars this month including one for children, with the usual
wonderful results. At one weekend’s "Encounter” for men, there was an
amazing testimony. One of the men attending was a known thief. He had
stolen large amounts of money and he stole regularly. He repented for
this and felt a huge burden lift off him. The Pastor who was leading
the service, without knowing the situation, called a specific man to
come and pray with the former thief. As it turned out, the man called
to pray was one of the men who had had a large amount of money
stolen! It was a real God-Incidence with a really great result. We
praise God for the work He is doing in lives.
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PORT MERCY
The crew continued to prepare the ships
for the Spring Mission and perform routine activities before taking a
Christmas break. RAMP (Relief Apprenticeship Missions Program)
students traveled to New Orleans to participate with a church outreach
to the community in a neighborhood that was devastated by Hurricane
Katrina. The team helped provide food and clothing to the community
and construct a playground for neighborhood youth.
The RAMP team also traveled to Baton Rouge in order to assist the Just
for Jesus ministry present a Christian concert and rally as a field
trip activity for public school students. More than 5000 youth
attended this exciting and successful ground breaking event.
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Thank you friends for your tremendous support as together we touch
the lives of people in need with the great love of our Lord Jesus! |
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP?
If you would like to be involved with
supporting Friend Ships programs,
we have ongoing needs for:
Prayer-
Join “Special Forces”, our team of
prayer warriors.
Crew-
Long and short term individuals and teams.
Finances-
To
support general operations and help purchase the Port Mercy
property.
Cargo-
See website or request a brochure on how you can pack boxes of
supplies to be shipped.
Port Mercy Campaign
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Help us
purchase PORT MERCY, you can help contribute by giving to this wonderful
home base that sends aid all over the world, bringing hope and restoring
dreams...
If you would like to help us purchase our home base, Port Mercy,
please mark your gift “Port Mercy”. We are collecting funds in
order to meet a balloon payment of $450,000.00 we have coming up in
early 2008. For about 50 cents a square foot we can permanently
own this invaluable property in Lake Charles, LA where we house our
ships and crew, have warehousing and administrative headquarters. As
of December 2007, 308 donations have been received giving a total of
$289,131.05 buying approximately 1446 squares.
Thank
you friends for your awesome support!
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The above map is of Port Mercy, and is representing
the $ 450,000.00 balloon payment needed. A gift of $200.00
will buy 400 square feet of property, filling 1 square on the map. |
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