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Someone said, “What would we do without our friends?” Recentlysomeone topped the branches from one of our trees and cleaned out the guttersof our house. He knew I had not been able to get to it, and it would be difficultfor me because of my arthritis and medical problems.
Other friends phoned to see if Dad Jespersen was okay and if they could doanything to help care for him.
Another friend heard a conference speaker say that he had a lot of books forneedy pastors. The books were free for the taking, so our friend asked for 2000copies to be shipped to Zambia pastors and the organization gave another 1000copies of the book for needy pastors in the Philippines. We received $21,000worth of books because of the contact of a concerned friend.
Another acquaintance phoned me to tell me he was gathering reference bookswhich were not being used for needy pastors from the church library.
A few days ago, someone dropped off a used sewing machineand other electrical items for a vocational training school in the Philippines.
We received a $20 gift from an older lady in a retirement home which shereceived for watching another lady’s cat. She wanted the money to be used forthe sharing of the Gospel with needy children.Another friend sent $10,000 for the ACTION ShalomChristian Birthing Home in the Philippines. Other friends donated sheets, tooth paste, and books to minister to thepoor.
As I have had surgery, friends mowed the lawn, brought meals, flowers, andballoons, helped care for Dad, and drove us to and from the hospital.
I could go on and on, but I will finish with thesequestions, “To whom can we be a friend today? To whom can we reach out? Whomcan we help with a chore that needs doing?”
Yes, what would we ever do without our friends?
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A Painful Aspect of our Work
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One of the most distressing aspects of our work with refugees, immigrants and asylees is the task of identifying a survivor of torture. However, this also opens up an opportunity for that person to receive support and the prospect of healing.
A recent report from the Florida Center for Survivors of Torture points out that one step in identifying a survivor of torture is knowing the condition of the country they are coming from. They are creating a series of country condition reports in the hope of increasing our ability to recognize and effectively work with torture survivors.
The first two of these reports, on the Democratic Republic of Congo, and on Cuba, are available at the following links:
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1103672707181-12/DRC+final+final+.pdf
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1103672707181-16/Cuba+Country+Conditions+FINAL+2.1.11.pdf
If you have questions about serving survivors of torture through your program, the New England Survivors of Trauma and Torture (NESTT) has resources for you. Contact them at:
2 Colchester Avenue, Burllington, VT, Department of Psychology - University of Vermont
Tel: 802-656-5715 - 802-565-5715
A recent report from the Florida Center for Survivors of Torture points out that one step in identifying a survivor of torture is knowing the condition of the country they are coming from. They are creating a series of country condition reports in the hope of increasing our ability to recognize and effectively work with torture survivors.
The first two of these reports, on the Democratic Republic of Congo, and on Cuba, are available at the following links:
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1103672707181-12/DRC+final+final+.pdf
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1103672707181-16/Cuba+Country+Conditions+FINAL+2.1.11.pdf
If you have questions about serving survivors of torture through your program, the New England Survivors of Trauma and Torture (NESTT) has resources for you. Contact them at:
2 Colchester Avenue, Burllington, VT, Department of Psychology - University of Vermont
Tel: 802-656-5715 - 802-565-5715
Training of Trainers March 7, 2011
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Each year, the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services offers a free Training of Trainers to our Academy Trainers, as well as others in the larger victim services community who might be interested. Below you will find a short description of the day. Please feel free to pass this along to your colleagues or anyone who might be interested.
2011 Training of Trainers
Hazen's Notch Conference Room
Summit Learning Center, State Office Complex, Osgood Building
Waterbury, Vermont
10 :00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
March 7, 2011
In this 5 ½ hour training, participants will review and analyze such training techniques as:
Creating Clear and Achievable Goals
Group Management Skills
Effective Facilitation Skills
Participants will also have the chance to practice these techniques in this interactive learning environment.
To register or for more information, contact:
RocÃo C. Mora, Training & Technical Assistance Coordinator
Vermont Network Against Domestic& Sexual Violence
(802) 223-1302 ext. 109
rocio@vtnetwork.org
The 2011 Advanced Victim Assistance
Academy: Training of Trainers is sponsored by the VT Network Against Domestic and Sexual
Violence, and the VT Center for Crime Victim Services.
Directions to the Summit Learning Center:
From I-89 (North or South):
Take Exit 10
From 89 South, turn Left onto Rt 100 South
From 89 North, merge (Right) onto Rt 100 South
Head towards Waterbury on Rt 100 South
At the Stop sign at the bottom of the hill turn Left. This is still Rt 100 South and it also becomes Main St. Follow Main St through 2 sets of lights. At the second set of lights, turn Right onto Park Row St. Continue straight through the stop sign. The State Office Complex will be on your left. Look for parking in the large parking lot on your right. After you park, the large building that you will see is Osgood and the Summit Learning Center is on the ground floor.
2011 Training of Trainers
Hazen's Notch Conference Room
Summit Learning Center, State Office Complex, Osgood Building
Waterbury, Vermont
10 :00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
March 7, 2011
In this 5 ½ hour training, participants will review and analyze such training techniques as:
Creating Clear and Achievable Goals
Group Management Skills
Effective Facilitation Skills
Participants will also have the chance to practice these techniques in this interactive learning environment.
To register or for more information, contact:
RocÃo C. Mora, Training & Technical Assistance Coordinator
Vermont Network Against Domestic& Sexual Violence
(802) 223-1302 ext. 109
rocio@vtnetwork.org
The 2011 Advanced Victim Assistance
Academy: Training of Trainers is sponsored by the VT Network Against Domestic and Sexual
Violence, and the VT Center for Crime Victim Services.
Directions to the Summit Learning Center:
From I-89 (North or South):
Take Exit 10
From 89 South, turn Left onto Rt 100 South
From 89 North, merge (Right) onto Rt 100 South
Head towards Waterbury on Rt 100 South
At the Stop sign at the bottom of the hill turn Left. This is still Rt 100 South and it also becomes Main St. Follow Main St through 2 sets of lights. At the second set of lights, turn Right onto Park Row St. Continue straight through the stop sign. The State Office Complex will be on your left. Look for parking in the large parking lot on your right. After you park, the large building that you will see is Osgood and the Summit Learning Center is on the ground floor.
New York Times: Police Chiefs Express Reluctance to act as "Immigration Enforcment"
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Police Chiefs Wary of Immigration Role
By JULIA PRESTON
Published: March 3, 2011
As many state legislatures consider laws to expand the role of local police departments in immigration control, police chiefs across the country say they are reluctant to take on these tasks and want clear lines drawn between local crime-fighting and federal immigration enforcement, according to a new report by a police research group.
Dozens of police department commanders who participated in the report recommended that local officers should be explicitly prohibited from arresting people solely because of their immigration status, and should have orders to protect victims and witnesses regardless of that status.
The report, issued on Thursday by the Police Executive Research Forum, cites worries among police chiefs that if they are pulled into immigration enforcement, a job that was limited until recently to federal agents, their ties to immigrant communities will be eroded, with the result that crimes would not be reported and witnesses would be afraid to cooperate in investigations.
While police chiefs have spoken out against efforts to increase their immigration role in cities like Phoenix and Los Angeles, which have been embroiled in debates on the issue, the report makes clear how widespread the concerns are among commanders. Top officers from Salt Lake City, Topeka, Kan., Elgin and Peoria, Ill., Framingham, Mass., and Miami were among the chiefs and sheriffs supporting the recommendations in the report.
Arizona has gone furthest among the states to authorize local police departments to participate in an immigration crackdown, with a law passed last April. It ordered officers to question anyone they stopped about immigration status based on a “reasonable suspicion” that the person was an illegal immigrant. The Obama administration sued Arizona over the statute and federal courts have suspended its central provisions.
Despite the federal challenge in Arizona, similar bills have been introduced this year in at least 19 state legislatures. They have advanced through some stage of approval in Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina and Nebraska.
The Police Executive Research Forum, based in Washington, provides policy research to the chiefs of the country’s largest law enforcement agencies. Its report started with recommendations that police chiefs initially made at a meeting in Phoenix in July 2009. The researchers then looked more closely at six cities where police chiefs became embattled because of immigration disputes in their communities.
While local police officers generally have not been authorized to enforce federal immigration law, the chiefs recommended that arrests based only on immigration status be prohibited by order. They said departments should reinforce policies that civil rights must be protected regardless of a person’s immigration status.
The chiefs called on federal immigration authorities to separate out criminal warrants from civil immigration warrants, which are not based on crimes, in law enforcement databases that police routinely use to check backgrounds of people they arrest.
“I’m trying to avoid my police officers getting into the immigration enforcement business,” J. Thomas Manger, the police chief of Montgomery County, Md., said in an interview Thursday. “It’s counter to my mission,” said Chief Manger, one of the commanders whose role in an immigration debate was highlighted in the report.
He said one of his biggest efforts was to gain the trust of immigrant communities in the county. “If folks think for one second that if I report I was assaulted, the police will deport me, there will be an increase in unreported crime and people won’t testify,” he said.
Chief Manger said he would not advocate any policy that would lessen enforcement against immigrants who committed crimes. Montgomery County “is not a sanctuary jurisdiction by any means,” he said. “If there are criminal warrants, we lock them up as quick as we find them.”U.S. Auditors to Crack Down on I-9 Compliance
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This month, the Obama administration announced that it has created an audit office to crack down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants. According to ICE, this action is a result of leads and other reports alleging the employment of unauthorized workers, payment of unfair wages or other unlawful working conditions.
Monetary penalties for knowingly hiring and continuing to employ foreign nationals who are unauthorized to work in the U.S. are in the thousands of dollars. In certain instances, there can be criminal fines in addition to the civil penalties as well as the potential for imprisonment for individuals who verify the I-9 documents.
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Garage Sale to Benefit Team Travelling to Thailand
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Attention Garage Sale Lovers!
A Bellevue Christian High School Thailand Missions Team needs your support! They will be holding two multi-family garage sales during the month of May to help raise funds for their trip to Breanna's House of Joy Orphanage in Thailand. Please go and check it out!
Lattes and delicious baked goodies will also be available for sale.
May 1 from 9am-3pm: Richey home: 1864 77th Ave. NE., Medina
May 8 from 9am-3pm: Mortier home: 8421 126th Pl. SE., Newcastle
Attention Garage Sale Lovers!
A Bellevue Christian High School Thailand Missions Team needs your support! They will be holding two multi-family garage sales during the month of May to help raise funds for their trip to Breanna's House of Joy Orphanage in Thailand. Please go and check it out!
Lattes and delicious baked goodies will also be available for sale.
May 1 from 9am-3pm: Richey home: 1864 77th Ave. NE., Medina
May 8 from 9am-3pm: Mortier home: 8421 126th Pl. SE., Newcastle
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From Stephenie:
It's that time of year again- Free Them 5K time! I would love to see you there on May 1 running, walking, or even crawling to help raise funds to put an end to modern day slavery! If you aren't able to be there then I would love to have your support as I spend the day helping to "run the show". Check out my very own fundraising page at
http://www.firstgiving.com/stephenieburke
or see details below for how to register to participate. Thank you all for your ongoing support in my mission to end human trafficking!
If you would like to join Stephenie, visit World Concern's site for more details and see below:
Three weeks until the "Free Them" 5K Fun Run/Walk. If you haven’t already signed up for the “Free Them” 5K, you stll have time! The run/walk May 1 at World Concern’s headquarters in Seattle will help protect children and prevent trafficking.
Hundreds of people will be participating, and it’s easy to set up a personal fundraising page with our new online service.
World Concern President David Eller will speak at the event to update you about how we’re caring for vulnerable women and children right now, and tell you about what’s next as we reach new communities.
The run/walk should be a lot of fun, with music, food and many like-minded people who also want to help women and children have safe futures. There will also be prizes for the top individual fundraiser and top team fundraiser.
Hope to see you there!
— The World Concern Staff
From Stephenie:
It's that time of year again- Free Them 5K time! I would love to see you there on May 1 running, walking, or even crawling to help raise funds to put an end to modern day slavery! If you aren't able to be there then I would love to have your support as I spend the day helping to "run the show". Check out my very own fundraising page at
http://www.firstgiving.com/stephenieburke
or see details below for how to register to participate. Thank you all for your ongoing support in my mission to end human trafficking!
If you would like to join Stephenie, visit World Concern's site for more details and see below:
Three weeks until the "Free Them" 5K Fun Run/Walk. If you haven’t already signed up for the “Free Them” 5K, you stll have time! The run/walk May 1 at World Concern’s headquarters in Seattle will help protect children and prevent trafficking.
Hundreds of people will be participating, and it’s easy to set up a personal fundraising page with our new online service.
World Concern President David Eller will speak at the event to update you about how we’re caring for vulnerable women and children right now, and tell you about what’s next as we reach new communities.
The run/walk should be a lot of fun, with music, food and many like-minded people who also want to help women and children have safe futures. There will also be prizes for the top individual fundraiser and top team fundraiser.
Hope to see you there!
— The World Concern Staff
Conference Opportunity
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Find Your Voice...Break the Chain
Women of Vision in South Puget Sound announces that registration is now open for a very important conference on issues of Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery. This is a day-long conference including key notepresentations, breakout sessions, and information booths. The goal of the conference is to learn about these critical issues, both in our local area and internationally, and find out what we can do to make a difference. WV partner church Chapel Hill Presbyterian in Gig Harbor has generously offered their facility and support for the planning and execution of the conference. This conference is open to all adults, college & senior high students, both men and women. Church groups with a focus on countries significantly impacted by these issues will want to attend. College groups motivated to advocate in these areas will want to take part. Groups investing in microfinance will find these discussions very meaningful, as evidence of how important their commitment is to microfinance projects. Please pray and believe with us that HUNDREDS will attend!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Conference Website / Registration / Agenda / More Information http://www.wovsps.org/
Location: Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, Gig Harbor, WA
Cost: $40, including boxed lunch
Breakout sessions will be conducted by the following: Kelli Day and Kurt Rahn, World Vision ACT:S: Creative Activism Brad Stave, Vision Fund: Microfinance and Human Trafficking Chapel Hill Cambodia Team: Report from the Field Carmen Gronewald, Peace Rehabilitation: Combatting Human Trafficking with Prayer Linda Smith, Shared Hope International: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Rani Hong, Troni Foundation: Corporate Social Responsibility Mike Hogan, International Justice Mission: Church Mobilization
Women of Vision in South Puget Sound announces that registration is now open for a very important conference on issues of Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery. This is a day-long conference including key notepresentations, breakout sessions, and information booths. The goal of the conference is to learn about these critical issues, both in our local area and internationally, and find out what we can do to make a difference. WV partner church Chapel Hill Presbyterian in Gig Harbor has generously offered their facility and support for the planning and execution of the conference. This conference is open to all adults, college & senior high students, both men and women. Church groups with a focus on countries significantly impacted by these issues will want to attend. College groups motivated to advocate in these areas will want to take part. Groups investing in microfinance will find these discussions very meaningful, as evidence of how important their commitment is to microfinance projects. Please pray and believe with us that HUNDREDS will attend!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Conference Website / Registration / Agenda / More Information http://www.wovsps.org/
Location: Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, Gig Harbor, WA
Cost: $40, including boxed lunch
Breakout sessions will be conducted by the following: Kelli Day and Kurt Rahn, World Vision ACT:S: Creative Activism Brad Stave, Vision Fund: Microfinance and Human Trafficking Chapel Hill Cambodia Team: Report from the Field Carmen Gronewald, Peace Rehabilitation: Combatting Human Trafficking with Prayer Linda Smith, Shared Hope International: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Rani Hong, Troni Foundation: Corporate Social Responsibility Mike Hogan, International Justice Mission: Church Mobilization
News From IJM
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Breaking News Update
Location: Kolkata, IndiaDate: Monday, May 3, 2010Result: Three perpetrators sentenced for trafficking young girls
After years of IJM Kolkata's relentless advocacy, two men and one woman were sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking young girls for sex, following their convictions for the crime on Friday, April 30.
The perpetrators were arrested in 2007 after attempting to sell three girls, ages 12, 14 and 16, to IJM undercover investigators. Convictions and sentences for sex trafficking have been rare in Kolkata — but because of the commitment of IJM supporters and frontline staff, and the partnership of the local government, change is coming to the city.
The three survivors abused by these perpetrators bravely took the stand during the court case and are each now healing in loving aftercare homes. "Not only does the conviction of these perpetrators bring justice to the lives of their victims but it brings protection to the many more girls they will be unable to abuse because they have faced just consequences," explains IJM Director of Operations for South Asia Blair Burns.
Thank you for joining with IJM to seek justice and combat violent oppression. This is just one example of the victories made possible by this movement of friends, advocates and supporters around the world.
Gratefully,Laurie HayesDirector of Development
P.S. Visit IJM.org to learn about other recent convictions and rescues.
All text and images © 2010 International Justice Mission.
Breaking News Update
Location: Kolkata, IndiaDate: Monday, May 3, 2010Result: Three perpetrators sentenced for trafficking young girls
After years of IJM Kolkata's relentless advocacy, two men and one woman were sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking young girls for sex, following their convictions for the crime on Friday, April 30.
The perpetrators were arrested in 2007 after attempting to sell three girls, ages 12, 14 and 16, to IJM undercover investigators. Convictions and sentences for sex trafficking have been rare in Kolkata — but because of the commitment of IJM supporters and frontline staff, and the partnership of the local government, change is coming to the city.
The three survivors abused by these perpetrators bravely took the stand during the court case and are each now healing in loving aftercare homes. "Not only does the conviction of these perpetrators bring justice to the lives of their victims but it brings protection to the many more girls they will be unable to abuse because they have faced just consequences," explains IJM Director of Operations for South Asia Blair Burns.
Thank you for joining with IJM to seek justice and combat violent oppression. This is just one example of the victories made possible by this movement of friends, advocates and supporters around the world.
Gratefully,Laurie HayesDirector of Development
P.S. Visit IJM.org to learn about other recent convictions and rescues.
All text and images © 2010 International Justice Mission.
Girls Night Out for a Purpose!
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Join us for the ultimate girls night out in downtown Bellevue! Lindeman Weddings & Events is hosting a SATC2 Premiere Party and Private Showing. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to help aid in the fight against human trafficking and forced prostitution. Ticket Price Includes:
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PURCHASING TICKETS?
Click THIS LINK and it will direct you to the ticketing page. Space is limited so act fast!
I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT AN EVENT TO BENEFIT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
THAT IS RIDICULOUSLY FUN AND VERY UNIQUE
(and playing host to a Freedom Stones Jewelry Table)
WE OFTEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND TRAINING EVENTS, BUT NOT AN EVENT THAT PAIRS A FUN
GIRLS NIGHT OUT WITH RAISING AWARENESS AND EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
Have you been trying to get your friends to an event to support Human Trafficking and failed miserably? This might be a great opportunity to get them involved.
EVENT DETAILS
SATC2: Girls Night Out for a Purpose
Downtown Bellevue
Thursday, May 27
$55 per person
Join us for the ultimate girls night out in downtown Bellevue! Lindeman Weddings & Events is hosting a SATC2 Premiere Party and Private Showing. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to help aid in the fight against human trafficking and forced prostitution. Ticket Price Includes:
- Private SATC2 Premiere Party at Pearl Bar & Dining in Bellevue
- Nibbles and 1 Drink Ticket for a Signature Cocktail
- SWAG BAG for every guest including giveaways from David Barton Gym, Nordstrom and Seven Salon to name a few!
- Photobooth will be onsite at Pearl Restaurant
- Admission to our Private Showing of SATC2 at Lincoln Square Cinemas
- Additional surprises throughout the night!
The Festivities Begin at Pearl Bar and Dining:
7:00pm
Private Showing of SATC2 @ Lincoln Square Cinemas to Follow
$55 per person (with all proceeds going to the fight against human trafficking)
There will be a raffle held at our private party where you can purchase tickets onsite. We have some incredible raffle prizes, including a pair of Manolo Blahniks that we are giving away! All raffle ticket proceeds will go to charity.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PURCHASING TICKETS?
Click THIS LINK and it will direct you to the ticketing page. Space is limited so act fast!
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Why Does ACTION Work in Crisis Relief? (updated 2/22/11)
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by Doug NicholsSomeone asked us recently “Why is ACTION involved with crisis relief? Why not just let large NGOs like World Vision handle it?”A brief answer is that we want to follow Jesus by loving our neighbors (Luke 10: 25-37). ACTION works with evangelical missions, workers, networks, evangelical churches, and local ministries who are often near the place where crises occur. These believers have a desire to reach out in compassion to those in need in the name of Jesus Christ. They know our heart is the same as theirs so we are invited to serve with them.ACTION is an evangelical mission committed to working in ministry (such as crisis relief) through local evangelical churches -- churches which minister compassionate care and the Gospel. It is true that ACTION is not a relief agency and it is not easy taking on added burdens of those in distress. However, Christ would have us do no less and we embrace His wish as our pleasure.Most relief agencies from our observation and experience are not integrated with local churches and ministries the way ACTION is. We conduct our relief and mercy projects alongside our brothers and sisters in Christ as the Lord leads. It is our privilege to contribute resources and personnel toward their initiatives or mutually envisioned relief efforts.
Doug Nichols' Ministry Responsibilities
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" . . . for a wide door for effective service has opened to [us], and there are many adversaries . . . Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men [be mature], be strong. Let all that you do be done in love" (1 Corinthians 16:9, 13-14, nasb).
A. Weekly and Regular Publications
1. Tuesday News & Views for Information, Prayer, and Action.
2. Thursday's Notes to God’s people worldwide to assist with information for life, ministry, and servant leadership.
3. Friday Info for pastors, missionaries and Christian workers.
[* Note: News & Views and Thursday’s Notes go to about 1900 weekly. Been encouraged to expand the address lists of both publications and would appreciate prayer.]
4. Key Servants and Leaders Worldwide: This special email is sent quarterly to key Christian leaders worldwide for encouragement, challenge, information, and research. This goes to pastors, NGO, and mission leaders (such as John Piper, Alistair Begg, George Verwer, Harold Sala, Stuart Briscoe, and over 214 others).
5. Notes from the Founder: These emails are for special projects, emergency relief, announcements, current events, Nichols’ Newsletter, and so forth.
B. Other Areas of Ministries and Responsibilities (for praise and prayer)
1. Speaks many weekends in churches and conferences as an advocate of missions worldwide and ACTION. I have limited ministry travel to the USA, Canada, and the Philippines because of age, health, and lack of strength.
2. Advocate for Christian Growth Ministries (CGM), Children in Crisis (CiC), Pastoral Leadership
Development (PLD), and Filipino International Network (FIN).
3. Works daily on ministry correspondence. Much is dictated while driving. These are typed by two excellent ministry assistants in the office. Two other assistants work from home.
4. Works regularly on research and needs for CGM, CiC, PLD, and FIN.
5. Writes and sends “bulk mailing” development letters weekly, such as CiC, PLD, CGM, missionary projects, etc. The main projects at present are the Life Application Study Bibles (LASBs) for the Philippines ($22,000) and the Shalom Christian Birthing Home in the Philippines ($169,000 balance of a $555,000 budget).
6. As an advocate for PLD BookShare and CGM, helps supervise 12 to 25 book publications annually for CGM/CLAIM (Christian Literature for Asians in Ministry) in the Philippines. Also writes and helps adapt books for BookShare, a ministry of PLD.
7. Helps arrange publications and book and LASB shipments for 1100 pastors attending the Purpose and Passion Pastors Conferences (PnP) yearly in the Philippines. Over 20 books are planned for this June’s PnP.
8. Advisor and member of Filipino International Network (FIN) (and International Board of Advisors, Global Diaspora Network - Lausanne Movement). There are 100 million people in the Philippines with 8 to 9 million Filipinos in other countries, such one million in Saudi Arabia.
9. Other ministries involve shipping book and relief supplies in large LBC shipping boxes to the Philippines; several boxes monthly. Last year 95 boxes (shipping cost at $60 per box) of books and supplies were sent out of the Mountlake Terrace office. This year the Founder’s Office goal is 100 boxes. As of April, 60 boxes of books, study Bibles, and ministry items have been sent at a value of $ 60,000. Praise the Lord!
A. Weekly and Regular Publications
1. Tuesday News & Views for Information, Prayer, and Action.
2. Thursday's Notes to God’s people worldwide to assist with information for life, ministry, and servant leadership.
3. Friday Info for pastors, missionaries and Christian workers.
[* Note: News & Views and Thursday’s Notes go to about 1900 weekly. Been encouraged to expand the address lists of both publications and would appreciate prayer.]
4. Key Servants and Leaders Worldwide: This special email is sent quarterly to key Christian leaders worldwide for encouragement, challenge, information, and research. This goes to pastors, NGO, and mission leaders (such as John Piper, Alistair Begg, George Verwer, Harold Sala, Stuart Briscoe, and over 214 others).
5. Notes from the Founder: These emails are for special projects, emergency relief, announcements, current events, Nichols’ Newsletter, and so forth.
B. Other Areas of Ministries and Responsibilities (for praise and prayer)
1. Speaks many weekends in churches and conferences as an advocate of missions worldwide and ACTION. I have limited ministry travel to the USA, Canada, and the Philippines because of age, health, and lack of strength.
2. Advocate for Christian Growth Ministries (CGM), Children in Crisis (CiC), Pastoral Leadership
Development (PLD), and Filipino International Network (FIN).
3. Works daily on ministry correspondence. Much is dictated while driving. These are typed by two excellent ministry assistants in the office. Two other assistants work from home.
4. Works regularly on research and needs for CGM, CiC, PLD, and FIN.
5. Writes and sends “bulk mailing” development letters weekly, such as CiC, PLD, CGM, missionary projects, etc. The main projects at present are the Life Application Study Bibles (LASBs) for the Philippines ($22,000) and the Shalom Christian Birthing Home in the Philippines ($169,000 balance of a $555,000 budget).
6. As an advocate for PLD BookShare and CGM, helps supervise 12 to 25 book publications annually for CGM/CLAIM (Christian Literature for Asians in Ministry) in the Philippines. Also writes and helps adapt books for BookShare, a ministry of PLD.
7. Helps arrange publications and book and LASB shipments for 1100 pastors attending the Purpose and Passion Pastors Conferences (PnP) yearly in the Philippines. Over 20 books are planned for this June’s PnP.
8. Advisor and member of Filipino International Network (FIN) (and International Board of Advisors, Global Diaspora Network - Lausanne Movement). There are 100 million people in the Philippines with 8 to 9 million Filipinos in other countries, such one million in Saudi Arabia.
9. Other ministries involve shipping book and relief supplies in large LBC shipping boxes to the Philippines; several boxes monthly. Last year 95 boxes (shipping cost at $60 per box) of books and supplies were sent out of the Mountlake Terrace office. This year the Founder’s Office goal is 100 boxes. As of April, 60 boxes of books, study Bibles, and ministry items have been sent at a value of $ 60,000. Praise the Lord!
Child Sponsorship (Compassion International – highly recommended!)
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by Doug Nichols
ACTION is a mission committed to evangelism, discipleship,and development to street and underprivileged children through the local churchin each of the 22 countries where we work. People ask us about various NGO’sand child sponsorship agencies worldwide. There are many very effective smallevangelical child sponsorship ministries worldwide.
The largest evangelical sponsorship ministry which werecommend is Compassion International, headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO,USA [http://www.compassion.com/about/aboutus.htm].
The reason we are highly in favor of Compassion is becauseit has a focus of the Gospel and all of the sponsorship programs (over 1million sponsored children worldwide) are through “local” evangelical churches.
In the Philippines alone, Compassion sponsors over 60,000needy children through local evangelical churches. This helps insure that each child hears theGospel and receives compassionate care from God’s people.
by Doug Nichols
ACTION is a mission committed to evangelism, discipleship,and development to street and underprivileged children through the local churchin each of the 22 countries where we work. People ask us about various NGO’sand child sponsorship agencies worldwide. There are many very effective smallevangelical child sponsorship ministries worldwide.
The largest evangelical sponsorship ministry which werecommend is Compassion International, headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO,USA [http://www.compassion.com/about/aboutus.htm].
The reason we are highly in favor of Compassion is becauseit has a focus of the Gospel and all of the sponsorship programs (over 1million sponsored children worldwide) are through “local” evangelical churches.
In the Philippines alone, Compassion sponsors over 60,000needy children through local evangelical churches. This helps insure that each child hears theGospel and receives compassionate care from God’s people.
Oh No - Cancer!
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Recently I was at a luncheon for pastors and a friend saidhe had heard of my cancer situation and asked what type. When I answered thatis was bladder cancer, he said, “Bladder cancer, oh that is terrible! My fatherdied of bladder cancer, and it was really bad. My father died a horrible death!”and on and on he went. Later while eating, another pastor next to me seemedvery sad and troubled. He then related a difficult church matter, but thenbegan to say that the Lord had brought him though a serious “bladder”situation. So, what can we learn from God’s dealings? He does as He desires forour good and for His glory! We can trust Him, for, “Gracious is the LORD, andrighteous; yes, our God is compassionate. The LORD preserves the simple; I wasbrought low, and He saved me” (Psalm 116: 5-6, nasb).
Recently I was at a luncheon for pastors and a friend saidhe had heard of my cancer situation and asked what type. When I answered thatis was bladder cancer, he said, “Bladder cancer, oh that is terrible! My fatherdied of bladder cancer, and it was really bad. My father died a horrible death!”and on and on he went. Later while eating, another pastor next to me seemedvery sad and troubled. He then related a difficult church matter, but thenbegan to say that the Lord had brought him though a serious “bladder”situation. So, what can we learn from God’s dealings? He does as He desires forour good and for His glory! We can trust Him, for, “Gracious is the LORD, andrighteous; yes, our God is compassionate. The LORD preserves the simple; I wasbrought low, and He saved me” (Psalm 116: 5-6, nasb).
How to Spend $15,000,000
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Money down the drain or used to benefit humanity.
Hollywood actor George Clooney recently (May 10) had a fundraising dinner ($40,000 per plate) at his home for his favorite presidentialcandidate raising $15 million.
People can spend their money the way they like; however, itis too bad that many who talk about concern for the poor seem to throw so muchmoney away. $15 million was raised forthe presidential candidate at this one dinner. What could George Clooney do with $15 million if he had another fundraising event for the world’s poor?
The following are just a few things:1. Help care for 200,000 street children for one month ($15each) in the Philippines = $3 million.
2. Shoes and three pieces of clothing for 300,000 orphans(of the 13 million) in Africa ($6 each) = $1.8 million.
3. Send 2300 older orphans for one year of college fulltuition and expenses ($1000 each) in Africa or Asia = $2.3 million.
4. Provide life-saving vitamins for 600,000 orphans inAfrica, Asia, and Latin America ($6 each) = $3.6 million.
5. Provide a wonderful “Christmas” (food, games, clothing,medicine) for 400,000 orphans and street children ($5 each) = $2 million.
6. Provide camps (food, clothing, medicine) for 100,000orphans in Africa (only $8 each) = $800,000.
7. Help with one month of care for 50,000 orphans in lovinghomes in Africa, Asia, and Europe ($30 each) = $1.5 million.
Total = $15 million.
We may criticize Mr. Clooney for what he spends or raisesmoney for, but what do we use our funds for? We may not have $15 million, $15,000, $5000, or even $50, but what arewe doing with the $15 we do have? Are weusing it to make a difference in the life of an orphan or street child?
Money down the drain or used to benefit humanity.
Hollywood actor George Clooney recently (May 10) had a fundraising dinner ($40,000 per plate) at his home for his favorite presidentialcandidate raising $15 million.
People can spend their money the way they like; however, itis too bad that many who talk about concern for the poor seem to throw so muchmoney away. $15 million was raised forthe presidential candidate at this one dinner. What could George Clooney do with $15 million if he had another fundraising event for the world’s poor?
The following are just a few things:1. Help care for 200,000 street children for one month ($15each) in the Philippines = $3 million.
2. Shoes and three pieces of clothing for 300,000 orphans(of the 13 million) in Africa ($6 each) = $1.8 million.
3. Send 2300 older orphans for one year of college fulltuition and expenses ($1000 each) in Africa or Asia = $2.3 million.
4. Provide life-saving vitamins for 600,000 orphans inAfrica, Asia, and Latin America ($6 each) = $3.6 million.
5. Provide a wonderful “Christmas” (food, games, clothing,medicine) for 400,000 orphans and street children ($5 each) = $2 million.
6. Provide camps (food, clothing, medicine) for 100,000orphans in Africa (only $8 each) = $800,000.
7. Help with one month of care for 50,000 orphans in lovinghomes in Africa, Asia, and Europe ($30 each) = $1.5 million.
Total = $15 million.
We may criticize Mr. Clooney for what he spends or raisesmoney for, but what do we use our funds for? We may not have $15 million, $15,000, $5000, or even $50, but what arewe doing with the $15 we do have? Are weusing it to make a difference in the life of an orphan or street child?
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