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alentine's Day is not just to be celebrated by romantically involved couples. The festival is celebrated to express love to anyone we are close to. We can therefore celebrate Valentine's Day with friends, siblings, parents, grandparents, teachers or anyone who makes a difference in our lives with their affection and support. We can take the opportunity of Valentine's Day to express our love and gratitude to all persons we love. And what better way to do so than by saying it with a gift of roses, chocolates, beautiful cards or the best and cheapest way- by saying with a smile “Happy Valentine’s Day!” Legend behind Valentine's Day Roses There is an interesting story behind the legend of the Valentine's Day Rose. It is said that once a beautiful maiden by the name of Rodanthe was pursued by a number of impassioned suitors. In their desperate pursuit the lovers broke the doors of Rodanthe's house. This enraged goddess Diana. She turned Ro-
During the freezing cold weather in January, the Homeless Voice's volunteers and staff went out to do Emergency Cold Weather Outreach in Broward County. “We went out to bring in the ones who were still on the streets into one of our shelters,” said Ron Gauthier. “Some of them wanted to remain in their make-shift camp sites... and for those individuals we gave them plenty of blankets, sweat shirts and hot coffee.” To see the story go to www.HomelessVoice.tv
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selves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your used to be a resident of Florida for 8 light will rise in the darkness, and your years. While there, I used to surprise night will become like the noonday." your vendors with the minimum of a Isaiah 58:10 twenty-dollar bill, a heart-felt smile and a The picture in your paper of Jeword of God’s love. I surprised many of sus saying, “Will work for loaves and them with more when I could! I enjoyed fishes” captured my heart and inspired the the look on their faces and I loved reading attached poem, which focuses on homethe paper and miss it. God bless you and lessness not being a crime from a Divine your work. I just read your letter to the perspective but that thoughtlessness is. churches explaining the mission of the I’d like to know who the artist is so I may Homeless Voice and that your organizagain permission to use it for an upcoming tion is legitimate despite what varied and book. numbered critics say. Thank you for You’ve never met me but teaching men to fish inyour paper changed my life stead of feeding them for a Money in a grand and profound day. I had to chuckle at the scripture the pastor wrote (or the lack thereof) is the way. I stopped at an intersection to buy a paper. down unknowingly about root of all evil This man I wasted too himself over what things many years of my life with the Lord hates not knowing nearly foamed at the mouth in protest of who you were or where he was when he giving one red cent let alone a twenty. sought your aid while he was lying about Those memorable, UGLY veins were you to your own face! Such bittersweet sticking out of the sides of his forehead irony can only be ordained by the Lord (like they did when he balanced the Himself! checkbook over a ten cent difference) and Let us not forget that over 2000 he started spewing that such people deyears ago, a teacher sat among prostitutes, serve their fates and other false, filthy thieves and murderers. He came to save lucre. What was amazing to me is this the unsaved. May God bless you in your ministry no matter what the naysayers and man was worth dozens of millions! I spreaders of lies may state. Your rewards knew in that very moment we were done. D-O-N-E, done. Such prevailing mentaland crowns certainly await you in heaven. ity goes against everything I treasure. Empathy’s congruence with caring for Needless to say, in defiance, I dug deeper others are independent yet mutually supinto my wallet and gave your vendor two portive fruits from God while bearing (Continued on page 4) false witness isn’t. "If you spend your-
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2009 Presidential Outlook Analysis In January 2009, President Obama will have many tasks at the forefront. Terrorism, Health Care, Energy, and Economic issues are some of the top public worries. As he forms his cabinet and gets ready to take the power seat, he must consider what if analysis. As a fellow political science undergraduate major, he should be good at analysis. The question remains are all the problems too many to rectify in one term? It took more than one term for FDR, so does this mean an automatic re-bid for President without any strong opponents on either side? These questions will be answered in the future, but first things are first. I believe that prioritizing is the best way to solve these issues. Also, how will the less fortunate be affected during a new transition period when more people are needy? First, the economy must be addressed because crime is on the rise due to the lack of opportunity. For the past year, armored truck robbery and murder have been a regular occurrence in South Florida. This seems to be a reaction to the poor economic conditions. Therefore, fixing the jobs outlook will help everything else to get solved. For instance, health care is a huge issue, but it can be helped if people have jobs to pay (Continued on page 5)