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Inside Salt Magazine Cover Story ~ Have you ever been hurt, offended, or suffered a loss?

How do you deal with it? What have you said, and what have you done to heal your heart?

Did you know we are in a spiritual war zone - and the battle is for your heart? Learn how to win the war RIGHT NOW!!!

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Are you hungry to make a change in your life right now?

Escape the unending pace of daily life by reserving a lodge for the weekend.

Do you wish you could get freedom from terrible thoughts, bitterness, or depression?

Your appointment with God's nature is set!

Retire for the night after playing paintball in the forest, swinging on the 40' high swing, and zip lining multiple times across the "Superman" 380' zip line.

Joe Slabaugh leads Fresh Start NOW so that your life can start over...

All this and more is waiting for you right now, just a few miles south of Fremont, Nebraska.

Right NOW!!!

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JOURNEY WITH AL GRECO 20+ years, 20+ albums.

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EXPERIENCE LIFE WITH KIRBY SANCHEZ Read about the ministy of CCIHOPP and see the difference they are making in the Philippines.

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was how it all began, one man, and one woman, obedient to a call, providing spiritual support to the homeless. They play riveting music and offer encouragement and prayer support everywhere they go.

Many homeless shelters are founded on Christian principles. They make a huge difference breaking the cycle of poverty, but there are still many needs left unmet due to the sheer gravity of the homeless situation.

This is where Facing Goliath shines, because Dave and Amber Paulsen help daily on the streets to meet those unseen emotional and spiritual needs.

Music, prayer, and being real friends who visit regularly are the main staples of this unique ministry.

They even hand out bibles, CDs, and other resources to leave a lasting impact.

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Compassionate, life giving, song and story.

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How did Facing Goliath begin?

I was playing music and just sharing the songs God had given, and trying to bless people. As I was working, I would walk by in the freezing cold and see someone sleeping in a bus stop, and I wondered how he could survive there. God wants those people to know how He loves them. He desires to have a relationship with them.

I was 24 when I first came to know Christ, and even since the 1990’s I felt a strong calling to help the hopeless and homeless.

I was so amazed by His love that I wanted to give away that love to the next person I came across on the streets.

On Valentines Day 2007, Amber and Dave played music at a homeless shelter for the first time, and they have never been the same since. On that fateful Valentines day, as Dave sang, the strongest and most masculine man at the shelter began to weep, his large tears forming a small puddle on the floor. He was led to show his vulnerability by the depth of Dave’s anointed music.

What is the story behind the name?

The name reminds you that there is still hope in the Lord, that God still conquers giants like he did through a small shepherd boy called David.

What are the needs met by Facing Goliath?

Spiritual needs are what we focus on. Christ said, “Man does not live by bread alone, but by the very word of God.” He also wants people to be fed, clothed, and sheltered, and so we partner with shelters. I wouldn’t feel comfortable doing what we do if their need for food, shelter, and other physical needs weren’t being met. But, as shelters do that, they also need to be shown that they have value and that they are loved, not by what any man says but by the Lord.

Through our testimonies and through the stories we share in the bible, we share that no problem is too great, no giant is too big for the Lord to overcome, and that they can overcome them with the Lord.

This music has realism, with stories that touch even the hardest of hearts.

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for this is God’s will for you in Chris Jesus What is a typical week like with your ministry?

A typical week with Facing Goliath involves visiting homeless shelters and making a difference on the streets. The ministry includes myself and Amber, volunteers, musicians, a prayer team, and financial supporters.

Three days a week, we visit various shelters and ministries in Omaha and Lincoln, according to a regular schedule. Some of the places we visit are: Sienna Francis House Open Door Mission Starfish Ministries Lydia House Mohm’s Place Concerts at The Hub Lincoln People's City Mission Last Sunday Dinner (at 14th and Farnam) InCommon Community Development Commontable

A message is also presented with the music. The remainder of the week is spent raising funds. We update our website and facebook, as well as email newsletters to share how we are reaching the homeless and being Jesus’ hands and feet.

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1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NASB) : "In everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." I use it when I do not feel thankful. The Lord is changing my heart more and more to be thankful in all things, even things I wouldn't normally feel thankful for in my own strength.

What do I really need to know?

I fell away quickly from the Lord after I came to Him the first time because I thought it would be easier to not be a Christian and live in the world. My advice is to remember that we don’t live in the world anymore but live for a greater kingdom. We should be living for eternal rewards, not for this world. I wish I would have known the power of God’s word, prayer, having a strong community of believers around you, and going to church weekly.

Stay faithful to the Lord as He leads us down a long journey, because He is faithful and never gives up on us. Remain faithful, and through our obedience, it opens the door for Him to work. Confession of sin and the power of God’s word sets people free.

For more information please visit www.facingGoliath.org.

What will take your ministry to the next level?

I work outside of the non-profit, which is a full-time endeavor in itself. Please pray for the finances of this ministry so we can concentrate more on ministering rather than fundraising.

We are so appreciative of the current donors and praise God for what He has done! Prayer itself is a major need. We are always looking for recommendations for places to serve, especially if you have a connection there somehow.

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Al Greco is a Christian musician, songwriter, performer, and evangelist. He has recorded 20 albums since 1995, under the Christian music label Incubator Records. He is passionate about performing music for the Lord and going wherever God leads.

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Al was born in Omaha, Nebraska to a Sicilian family.

It was his mother who led him to accept Jesus as his Savior at age seven.

His parents divorced when Al was eleven. Although he knew the Lord, the divorce left Al without any positive male influence. When Al’s mother remarried, they moved to Los Angeles, California.

Growing up in the 1960’s, Al was profoundly influenced by the music around him. It was not long before he got his feet wet in the LA rock and roll scene and became a musician himself.

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Feeling homesick for Omaha, he ran away at fourteen.

He lived on the streets until the police brought him home.

In response to this crisis, Al’s mother agreed to let him move back to Omaha and live with his real father.

Al told God he wanted to go home to Omaha, but he would stay in Chicago instead if God wanted—it was His choice.

Al applied to both Moody Bible College in Chicago and Grace University in Omaha.

Al served overseas in the military after high school. He The Lord soon made Al’s path clear: Moody rejected him returned to the United States and became a police officer on the technicality that he had an outdated GPA. The only himself in Chicago. Everything may have looked remedy was to start over at a junior college to reestablish one. Within the same week, alright on the however, Grace University outside, but as “I was empty. I was in debt. I was miserable.” called and accepted him.

Al explains, “I was empty, I was in debt. I was miserable.” His life was He had returned to Omaha and attended Grace for about plagued by addictions, including smoking and drinking. a year when the Lord opened the door to a full-time ministry. Initially, he focused strictly on evangelism, 16 years passed on the police force before Al hit rock bottom. but later God called him to minister through music as well.

Sitting alone in his police cruiser one night on the shore of His ministry now includes singing, song writing, and a lake, he broke down, weeping fiercely. The full moon playing the bass guitar, presenting a message in every song. was larger than he could ever remember seeing it before.

Al spends his time ministering in prisons, local missions, Suddenly, Al felt a tug on his heart to get out of his vehicle. hospitals, nursing homes, retirement centers, street He looked up into the night sky and cried out to God. This evangelism, and churches. Al attends Bellevue Christian was when Al fully dedicated his life to the Lord.

Center and plays the bass on the worship team.

“I could feel [God take] hold of me. He wrapped his arms “When the Lord called me into the ministry as an evangelist, around me, and I had never felt a feeling like that in my life!

I thought, “Well, this is it! I’m going to be preaching, I’m I thought angels were going to pick me up and fly me going to be a Billy Graham… and I [will] be this until the around the lake. What I didn’t realize was [that] it was the Lord calls me home,’ and that is not necessarily always true…

Holy Spirit coming upon me, within me. At that instant that I gave my life to Jesus…

“What I didn’t “It was like a truck was At that instant that I gave my life to Jesus... know then and lifted off of me: totally I was like a brand new person… I know now is forgiven, cleansed. I was like a brand new person… that God can

“The Lord took away my drinking, He took my smoking, He took everything away from me, right there—delivered from every vice, every addiction, every bondage, everything.”

God had called Al to preach the gospel, but he wondered “How am I going to do that? I’m a police officer…

They won’t let me preach the gospel in a uniform!”

Within three years, what God had promised came to pass.

Al was injured in the line of duty and received a disability pension for life.

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move you, and He can change your focus, your vision, your ministry—everything—and take you out of one ministry and put you in another one and head you in a totally different direction…

“One day, God just shifted gears and headed me into the music and took away the preaching… I had no idea He was going to do that. If I would’ve known that, I would have started out with the music and just stayed with that.

But, when God calls you into something, it could be forever,

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Al strives “to be caught being busy for the Kingdom… I’m most at peace when I’m doing God’s work. When I’m not doing His work, and I’m idle, I’m a miserable wretch.”

His favorite bible verse is Joshua 1:8-9, “Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.

Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” (NIV) Twenty albums later, Al is still going strong. To purchase CDs, email him at algreco1@hotmail.com.

Al’s prayer requests include finances, continuation of his music ministry, and the ability travel to the mission field with his music.

I used to think, ‘Wouldn’t it be awesome to go and tour around the country and just sing about Jesus,’ and, I got to thinking…

I don’t need to travel all over the country, all over the world, unless the Lord wants me to do that… And I’ve prayed about that with the Lord, and the Lord knows my heart… So that’s where I’m at, and I’m just having the time of my life—singing every week, just ministering through music, and if God opens the door for me to travel, we’re out of here.”

What is Camp Rivercrest?

Camp Rivercrest is a retreat center that offers a full range of facilities nestled into an expanse of 95 scenic acres in the Platte River Valley.

It is located four miles southwest of Fremont, Nebraska and provides yearround retreats for churches and other groups that are fun, challenging, and memorable.

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Camp Rivercrest offers many opportunities for people to get away to the peaceful surroundings of God's wonderful creation. This ministry seeks to glorify God through camping.

The camp has plenty of adrenaline-pumping activities, including paintball, a gut-retching 40-foot swing, a death defying 380-foot “Superman” zip line, a 3-story rock climbing wall, the giant 300foot long “Black Banana” water slide, an archery range, and a high ropes course. An observation tower attached to the climbing wall overlooks a breathtaking view at 100 feet above the Platte River.

Not enough? You can also enjoy softball fields, biking trails, a challenge course, airboat rides, the snack shack, the NBA-sized basketball court, or the swimming pool, complete with a diving board and kid’s area.

In the winter months, Camp Rivercrest offers an inner tubing hill for adventurers, with speed and tumultuous turns on the way down the hill into a valley. Impromptu snowball fights are popular as well.

In addition, campers can take time to relax, sit by a fire pit, go on a hay rack ride, or perhaps go on a walk through the woods on one of the hiking trails. Camp Rivercrest offers many opportunities to enjoy the peaceful surroundings of God's wonderful creation.

Thousands of kids attend the summer camps every year, getting a chance to enjoy God’s creation and hear the gospel presented in a riveting, relevant way.

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Then and Now

Camp Rivercrest was founded in the 1950’s, when the Christian Missionary Alliance purchased the property. Originally, the sleeping quarters and all the services were held in tents. When the chapel was first built, 95% of the labor was donated! In fact, nearly every building or construction project since then has been the result of God inspiring people to give individual donations. His hand is evident throughout the efforts of every capital campaign.

The camp has recently undergone $1.5 million in major improvements, including a newly expanded dining hall. The camp has two fully furnished lodges with bathrooms and showers, each of which accommodates 50 people to sleep, and a meeting space for many more. There are also 14 cabins that hold 10 people each. Both the cabins and lodges are even heated and air-conditioned!

Come See for Yourself To learn more or schedule an upcoming event, go to www.camprivercrest.org or call 402.628.6465.

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Healing an Orphan Heart

The Omaha-based organization Child Caring Institute House of Prayer Philippines (CCIHOPP) outlines how their ministry and sponsorship is transforming the life of a young Filipino orphan, Kirvy Sanchez.

Hello, reading audience. It is our pleasure to introduce you to Kirvy Sanchez!

This young man has experienced the heart of Jesus Christ through the ministry Child Caring Institute House of Prayer Philippines (CCIHOPP).

CCIHOPP is focused on teaching how to live a dynamic, constant lifestyle of prayer and on healing the hearts of orphans in the Philippines.

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Who is Kirvy?

Kirvy (pronounced like "Kirby") is 12 years old and lives in the town of Dau. His mother died in a car accident, and his father was never in the picture.

Kirvy lives with an aunt; however, his aunt has six children of her own to care for, and the family is very poor, so it is difficult for her to provide all that this precious boy needs.

Through the amazing love of a local church that partners with CCIHOPP, The First Baptist Church of Dau, Kirvy does NOT live like an orphan anymore!

First Baptist provides a meal for Kirvy every day, thanks to CCIHOPP's sponsorship. Church leader Robert Tiglao and his family reach out to Kirvy on a regular basis, acting as the hands and feet of Jesus. They recently took him to buy new sandals, a small thing many of us in America would take for granted. They also do things like take him out to get a snack. Even the Senior Pastor of the church, Jimmy Fundar, reaches out to Kirvy.

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Pastor Jimmy says, “At first, when CCIHOPP began to help Kirvy, he was very shy. He didn’t know who was helping him; he only knew he could go to school and eat every day now. We had to pick him up for church, and he would not talk to anyone at all. Now, he comes to church on his own, and he is bringing his cousins, his neighbors, and anyone he meets on the way to church!

"He also stays after the service and helps to clean the pews and different areas of the building. It is such a blessing to watch the Lord work though CCIHOPP.”

What’s Next for Kirvy?

CCIHOPP has successfully funded two years of "Complete Sponsorship" for Kirvy. He just entered into 2nd grade (he is 12, so he is behind overall scholastically, but catching up quickly). CCIHOPP is continuing its effort to finish fundraising for three more years. This should allow Kirvy to finish a major educational step-graduating from primary school.

After Kirvy graduates from primary school, CCIHOPP will likely assist him to transition into the workforce or provide seed money for a business that utilizes his strengths. Another option may be for Kirvy to begin secondary school or even college to study for a specific professional career.

CCIHOPP hopes to invest spiritually in Kirvy’s life over the next few years to find out where God is leading him, and what God’s life purpose and assignment is for him.

In addition to the love he receives at his new home church, First Baptist, Kirvy will eventually be introduced to key evangelistic programs of CCIHOPP. Fresh Start (see cover story on page 20), the Clifton Strength Finders, several life-purpose exercises, and personal one-on-one mentoring are some of the main tools and ministries he will experience. All of these heart-healing ministry tools, and especially the introduction to a lifestyle of prayer, are all on the near horizon for Kirvy in the Lord’s timing, when he is ready to receive more.

After Kirvy?

CCIHOPP is on fire to provide sponsorship for more orphans than just Kirvy. They have a vision to reach

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a whole generation of orphans, one soul at a time.

The immediate goal is to raise money in advance for three more years of sponsorship. Once funds are in place to provide for Kirvy, funds will be raised to sponsor other orphans as well.

Allan Pettit believes that in the Lord’s timing, CCIHOPP will plant orphanages (referred to as "child caring institutes" in the Philippines) in several key areas of the country where orphanism is prominent (See page 41 for more details on the orphan epidemic in the Philippines).

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He also believes that the capital o someday, God will even use CCIHOPP to help broker adoptions for American couples in America, and possibly other countries.

Now What?

The small staff of CCIHOPP does their best to hear the heart of God and respond. Kirvy Sanchez is this faith in action. CCIHOPP currently raises just $770 per year to provide what they call "Complete Sponsorship" for Kirvy.

Complete sponsorship includes: $50 - Annual school tuition and books, plus one uniform $720 – A daily meal for 365 days a year (about $2 per day).

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What do you spend $50 on? A tank of gas? A new outfit? For the price of little more than going out to eat at a steak house, a complete year of schooling is provided, an investment with lasting impact in the life of an orphan like Kirvy.

That is an investment that will last for eternity where no rust can destroy or moth can eat! (See Matthew 6:19-21.)

Why $2/Day? The Philippines is a Third World nation, so the American dollar goes five times* farther than in the United States. In the town of Dau, where Kirvy lives, $2 can purchase a full meal that includes a plate of rice, delicious meat, a side, and even a drink.

h is a few hours north of Manila, of the Philippines.

CCIHOPP provides only one meal daily because Kirvy lives with family that takes care of his other needs. As Kirvy grows older, he will be encouraged to work to provide for his other daily meals and transition into self-sufficiency.

The truth is, however, many of us here in Renewal America (or anywhere in the world) have orphan hearts as well, even though we have living parents.

“Our life purpose, as I see it, is to love Father God, live with Jesus, and watch Him work the Holy Spirit,” says CCIHOPP founder, Allan Pettit. “God created us to enter into relationship with Him. If we live our own lives, we forfeit that purpose and wonder why we are left feeling empty.

After I finally implemented and maintained a real lifestyle of simply talking to God without stopping, my life has never been the same."

This is a taste of what Jesus said: "The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows)."

- John 10:10 (Amplified Bible) Are you a spiritual orphan? To learn more about what it means to be a spiritual orphan, be sure to read the future issues of Salt Magazine!

*- estimated value based on 2012 conversion rates.

If orphans are sponsored in the future with a different living situation, then they may receive a different number of meals.

For more information about CCIHOPP (including how to donate), email allan@ccihopp.org.

Not Just Orphans are Orphans CCIHOPP is dedicated to healing the lives and hearts of orphans in the Philippines.

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Fresh Start ~ It's NEVER too late!

Everyone, at some point in their lives, experiences some sort of offense, hurt, or loss.

Steve Peterson, founder of Fresh Start for All Nations, met with Salt Magazine to share with us how this ministry provides people with tools to deal with those issues of our heart that affect us daily.

"We love to help men, women, and young people become free from the effects of offense, hurt, and loss. When you think about it, who hasn't been hurt?

Who hasn't been offended?

Who hasn't experienced a loss?

It might be relational, financial, environmental, in their home, family, a tsunami —any number of things. A lifestyle of forgiven and forgiving—that is what is powerful, and the resulting freedom in Jesus Christ that follows," says Steve.

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What happens at Fresh Start?

What clearly makes Fresh Start unique is that the ministry focuses on your heart rather than your circumstances or the effects of your loss changing. This is a very effective focus, because it makes it about your heart, something you CAN influence or change.

Fresh Start meets every Tuesday night at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 150th and Blondo, from 7 pm to 9 pm.

The environment is safe and caring.

The first hour is a group experience split into two expressions: the main gathering and Fresh Start NOW. The main gathering features a person's Fresh Start "story" or a unique message on some aspect of forgiveness.

The Fresh Start NOW group is focused on high school and college, young people ages 14-25. It is high energy and interactive, with group dramas, games, and also

opportunity to discover issues of offense, hurt, and loss.

The second hour of the main Fresh Start gathering is focused on the Freedom Series —more truth and perspective, examples on forgiving one another, and identifying other hindrances to relational wholeness.

"Fresh Start is a purposeful path, as well as a process," says Steve Peterson.

There are actually six parts to this purposeful path.

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How do I get a Fresh First, you identify who or what has hurt you, or offended you, or what loss you've experienced.

Secondly, you discover how you have been affected by the offense, hurt or loss.

Third, you consider how you have responded—what you have said, done, or decided.

The fourth part on this path is to pour out your heart to God. This could include really getting REAL with God, even pouring out your complaint.

Start?

You don't want to stay in the fourth part, of course. During this part of the process, you also learn how to actually give thanks, no matter what the circumstances or prospect for change.

The fifth part is, finally, when you actually FORGIVE the person who has hurt, offended, or wronged you.

Finally, in the sixth part you conclude the process by releasing that person to Jesus and choosing to pray for and bless them. You "CANCEL THE DEBT" they owe you.

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-Steve Peterson

Celebration Banquet Scott Conference Center

Omaha, NE Feb 09, 2013 5:30 - 8:30 pm Join us for a wonderful evening of appreciation, celebration, and anticipation!

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YOUR SPONSORSHIP AND PARTICIPATION in the 2013 FRESH START GOLF CLASSIC will be a strategic investment and partnership in our "for every heart" mission!

Opportunities for you to get a Fresh Start Pastor Steve acknowledges that there is always a difference between God's Character and His Design for our life and what we actually experience. He calls this chasm, "THE GAP." Through Fresh Start, you learn to recognize how your expectations and life experiences can fall short and how your attitude in response can poison your heart.

Fresh Start invites your participation through a path and process that leads to lasting freedom!

"We live in a spiritual war zone and the war is for your heart, and through Fresh Start, we love to help men, women, and young people win the war for their hearts," says Steve Peterson.

then Fresh Start is for you.

Remember, it's NEVER too late!

Monday Nights: 7pm-8:30pm.

Fremont Nazarene Church.

www.freshstartomaha.org is the website for information related to Tuesday nights at Covenant Presbyterian Church.

Tuesday Nights: 7pm-9pm.

Covenant Presbyterian Church 15002 Blondo Street

www.freshstartforallnations.org is the main website with the entire resource gallery.

“Above all else guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”

Wednesday Nights: 7pm-8:30pm Dayspring Church Thursdays: 10am-11:30am Cross Training Center Thursdays: 1pm-2:30pm Douglas County Corrections

– Proverbs 4:23 (NIV) Here are some of the opportunities to "step into the flow:"

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We at Salt Magazine ask you in closing: What's in your heart?

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Silas West - The member care catalyst

Salt Magazine was blessed with an opportunity to interview Silas West from Waypoint Church. When we conducted the interview in 2011, he was transitioning from a leadership position in the ministry Word Made Flesh into an Associate Pastor role for Waypoint Church, so we are excited to share about BOTH ministries.

Word Made Flesh is a mission organization that serves the poorest of the poor, striving to serve them and point them to Jesus while building community and reconciliation.

Waypoint Church focuses on living life “Up, In, and Out.” “Up” means loving Father God with all of your heart, mind, and soul (see Deuteronomy 6:4), receiving God’s love into your heart, and trusting Jesus to heal you from all of your sin and hurts. “In” means loving the church as the body of Christ. “Out” means loving those who do not know God, as guided by the Holy Spirit.

Tell us your story

My name is Silas West. I have a wife, Kimberly, and my four kids are ages 10, 9, 7, and 5.

My wife and I met at Asbury College in Wilmer, Kentucky (a Christian liberal arts college), and both of us have a heart for missions.

I grew up as a missionary kid in Kenya, Africa, and I thought I was going to go back and do community development work in Africa. I enjoyed the bush and the rural atmosphere.

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the poor, among street children particularly, and another funny one was that I would NEVER work in Asia. God used a circumstance in my life where I was back visiting my parents who had been relocated to the outskirts of Nairobi—a place I really didn’t want them to be—to expose me to an associate pastor who spent his days living and working in a slum nearby. I started spending some time with him and met God in a way that I had not experienced Him before.

God broke my heart for the poor around the world, but particularly, He used that time to lead me to Asia. That is how I got involved with Word Made Flesh, which was just getting started at the time and needed staff. I ended up fulfilling all those “Nevers” in the opposite way—I worked in Asia, worked among street children in a slum, and lived in a slum (not just worked in one!) from 1997 to 2008 in the inner city of Katmandu, Nepal.

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Chennai, India

Katmandu, Nepal

Calcutta, India

What is Word ade Flesh?

It comes directly from John 1:14 where the bible says, “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us”— the idea being that we are an incarnational ministry serving Jesus among the poor. Plus, when Jesus first spoke openly in public about who He was, He said, “I come to bring good news to the poor, bring sight to the blind, and make the lame walk.”

We must recognize that His kingdom is one that brings freedom to those that are living in oppression, who are marginalized, and who are outcasts.

He seeks to bring wholeness to His people by bringing those who are on the outskirts of society back into the

Chisinau, Moldova

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"I worked in Asia... and lived in a slum for 11 years from 1997 - 2008 in the inner city of Katmandu, Nepal."

...Silas West

Bangkok, Thailand

center so that we can meet their needs, and that is part of what it means to be the kingdom of God. Freetown, Sierra Leone

Lima, Peru

El Alto, Bolivia

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

That is what Word Made Flesh is all about: building communities and nurturing those communities in these places of poverty, so that those who are poor become a vital, integral part of the life of the community.

The poor are not just being served.

The truth is that we are serving AMONG the poor, not just providing service TO the poor. As their needs are being met by the community, they are also invited into mutual relationships where they can also meet the needs of those who are serving beside them.

Synopsis of WMF

The founder of Word Made Flesh, Shane Clark, spent a year traveling the world with the vice president of World Vision at the time, Dr. Samuel Kamaleson. Experts say Dr. Kamaleson had more face-to-face encounters with pastors than anyone else in the history of the church.

God used that time to really break Shane’s heart for the poor.

Shane went to Chennai, India and put together a board of directors and got Chris Heuertz, fresh out of college, to help him start the first children’s home for AIDS patients.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

This was the first care home that focused on the AIDS epidemic and how it was making orphans due to the many children who were born

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from parents who had the disease.

That children’s home was the flagship ministry of Word Made Flesh in 1991, and it continues to this day.

Tell us about yourWMF

Journey

I came back to college from the trip to Africa where I was in the slum with a pastor. I was praying in my apartment by myself when I stumbled upon a passage in a book

by Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest. It said, “We slander God by our eagerness to serve Him without knowing Him.” I felt like He was using that to speak to me. I was in college at the time, and I hadn’t yet had a lot of one-onone experiences where I heard God’s voice, but that was the first time I very clearly heard His voice saying “Go to India.”

I asked Him, “What does that mean? I don’t know you? I grew up in a church, my grandfather was a pastor, and my dad was a missionary! I went to a Christian school, a Christian missionary boarding school in Africa, and a Christian college. I spend time praying and reading my bible every day. What else can I do to know you more?”

My first reaction was revulsion; I did not want to go India. Asia was not on my to-do list, but I knew that I had to do it. I looked around campus for what mission organizations were sending people to India, and that is when I first came across Word Made Flesh.

The director, Chris, was taking students to intern at the children’s home.

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So, I went and spent 6 months in India, in that children’s home. They would send the interns up to one of Mother Theresa’s homes in Calcutta to experience working among the poor there, the destitute, and one of the homes for the dying.

I had the experience of meeting with Mother Theresa the year before she passed away. I had a couple times to just sit and talk with her. It was pretty amazing—I felt like when I was with her, I was in the presence of Christ; you could sense her dependency on His spiritual leadership. She said, “You are here to serve the poor right? So what are you doing here talking to me?

Get out there and find Jesus among the poor.” She was very humble that way, like “I really don’t have anything to say to you; just do what God called me to do—serve and encounter the face of Christ in that way.”

That was how I really got shaped and mentored in my early involvement in Word Made Flesh.

When I moved back to the United States, Word Made Flesh was not asking for people to join, but they took me anyway. I had done my internship with my best friend, Seth, from college. I didn’t know it, but God was doing the same thing in his heart as in mine.

Seth went to the Word Made Flesh office the day before I did and said he wanted to go to Calcutta, and the director, Chris, agreed that it sounded great. The next day, I showed up and asked to go to Calcutta also (and at the time, Word Made Flesh had no concept of sending people in teams yet, like we would now). They did not want to put all their effort in one place, so they asked me to go somewhere else in South Asia.

I did not even know where South Asia was, so I looked on a map and saw Calcutta, and really close to it was Katmandu, Nepal. I thought, “Oh, I like mountains!" so I

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suggested Katmandu. Chris then asked me to pray about it for a week for a confirmation. After I finished praying for that week, I was feeling even stronger to go to Katmandu. I told Chris, and he responded that he had always prayed that Word Made Flesh would someday have a presence in Katmandu—he didn’t want to mention that earlier and influence my decision to go there. So, my love for mountains was my calling. I became the regional coordinator for all of South Asia.

I came on staff in 1997 with Word Made Flesh, and at the time it just had a children’s home in southern India, and it wasn’t a sending organization like it is now. The director who had started the children’s home, Chris Heuertz, and his wife, Phileena, had moved back to the United States. They felt God opening doors of Word Made Flesh to use the way God has transformed their lives to do service among the poor. They wanted to replicate that in the lives of other young people who were looking for a similar way to launch into the calling God had on their lives.

Your role in WMF involves member care. What is member care?

In 2003, our Community Care (member care) Department first got started, and it has been growing ever since. Our department is key in the selection/candidacy stage of someone applying to join the mission, and then as they are accepted by the interview committee. It was a result of people burning out and large-scale attrition happening, and we did not want to see that happen anymore.

Our department (me and one or two others) does the training, gets them ready to go, and makes sure they have their support in (part of that is the administrative department). We also equip them with tools they need to raise their funds and to get them into the field.

We realized that some of our new staff were just sinking or swimming, so we really needed to accompany them well. We developed a new staff process for the first three years where they

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are walked through the field with a veteran staff member and accompanied really well in areas of spiritual formation as well as personal development.

Of course they are called to serve here, but what are their values and true calling? At the end of that threeyear period, they are asked to make a more long-term commitment to the community or go back to the States.

It is sad but no surprise that the leading cause of missionary attrition is that missionaries cannot get along with one another. We look at marriages, and we see the same thing in our society. Marriages within the church as well as outside the church are falling apart.

A lot of it comes down to a break down in communication.

People join Word Made Flesh because they are drawn to our value of community. There can be disillusionment for awhile because people think that the community of Word Made Flesh will be great, but community is only as great as those who are a part of it; we all come to community with our own brokenness.

Our own dysfunction can come from family dysfunction or not ever being taught how to relate to one another in a healthy, whole way. It’s not going to be a magic fix if I join a community —I am going to bring that same brokenness into it.

Some things we do that are fairly new for us are mediation of conflict, when one of our areas/fields has a conflict that has escalated to a place where it is becoming dysfunctional. I’ve had to come into the field a couple times to work through conflict resolutions skills and basic communication skills— the same kind of thing I would do for marriage counseling, but on a team scale. After those times, I would develop ways to get the information used to bring resolution out to our entire staff and also tools and resources that can equip them to better deal with conflict.

How did you transition into the staff at your church, Waypoint?

I had been with Word Made Flesh for 14 years; I loved it there and had no intention of leaving. In April of 2011, I did a one-month visit to the Asia fields. I was also invited to speak at a conference in Malaysia on member care. It was a really good time for me to reconnect with the communities I had been a part of

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when I left Asia in 2008.

I got back and met with Matthew and Josh, the Pastor and Associate Pastor of Waypoint, but I thought they just wanted to catch up on how my trip went. I caught them up on my travels, and then Matthew said, “Let’s get to what we really want to talk about.” I had a sense of immediate panic thinking, “Did one of my kids do something bad in Sunday school?” Everything happens when I am gone.

They outlined how Josh was planning to leave the following year (in 2012) because he and his wife were called to plant a church in Sicily. He had been developing this new Waypoint drive for church planting on an international basis. They needed somebody to replace him, but also somebody who had experience in caring for, sending out, and training missionaries, and that is what I do with Word Made Flesh. They also knew it would be a long shot because of my commitment to Word Made Flesh.

Originally I said, “I don’t think so…

It sounds great, but I feel really committed to Word Made Flesh, but I am taking the offer seriously, so I’ll pray about it for a few weeks.” It was a rough month, but ultimately I heard from God that Word Made Flesh could go on without me, and I had this strong desire to step into this role at the church.

What are your prayer points?

For Word Made Flesh: We have done very well over the years developing a network where we individually raise support, but when we leave the organization our supporters go with us, so people are not supporting Word Made Flesh, they are supporting the person. It is good, and I think we need to continue with that, but we need a base of people who are just giving to the mission.

We are entering a phase of development as an organization, as a mission, as a movement, where we are seeking out a new model of fundraising that does not just rely on individuals raising money, but people are giving gifts for the mission itself.

In the future, we would love to hire more minority staff, but their communities are not always able to help them raise the support they need to maintain salary.

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or churches that can support them. That is hurtful for us, because we are missing out on a huge part of the body of Christ within our own country.

We would love to see African-American or LatinAmerican missionaries sent into the world, but they both lack access to funding. If we could build a bigger support base within Word Made Flesh itself, where we have funds that are freed up, we could bring people into the mission who have a vision and a calling but do not have access to funds.

How can a person give to Word Made Flesh? The simplest and preferred way is to visit our website: www.wordmadeflesh.com. There is a link to give to Word Made Flesh. You can also call the Word Made Flesh office at 1-800-CRY4KIDS. For Waypoint: As I transitioned in, we were beginning this new phase of sending people out. We have a team in Scotland under Pastor Tom Fraley. They have been really gracious with us as we try to figure out how to send people out and to support them well in both care and infrastructure.

As we get ready to send out these next few teams to Afghanistan, Thailand, and Sicily, it is on me in this new phase to really develop the support structure that these teams and the future teams will depend on.

A big prayer request for me is that I could quickly get my head around what is already in place and all the work that Josh has done, and that I would be able to honor what he has done and then also take it to the level that it needs to be.

Overall, we are also praying into getting a piece of property so that we could have our own building and not be mobile anymore like we are now. As we look at becoming this hub of sending people out into the world, we really want a home base of operations where these missionaries and church planters that we are sending out could also have a sense of having a place to come home to.

They will be nomadic in some ways and not have a sense of home. Many will be selling their homes and becoming “homeless” when they come back to the States. We want to be the support bases for all these people, but we don’t have a home base ourselves. We are just praying that the prayer strings of heaven are loosed, so please join us!

me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me (NIV).”

I love that one, because it speaks to the unity and community of being in the Trinity and that in that moment, Christ invites us all to participate in that same form of unity with Him and the Father. Through that, the world knows that we belong to Him and that He sent us.

John 1:14: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth (NIV).”

What do you wish you knew as a

new believer?

I think that it sounds contradictory to your question, but what I would like to tell myself is, “Take in all of this new, exciting faith that you have now as a child in God, and pay attention to it. When you get older and a little more cynical, you will need that child-like faith.”

I love being a father and looking at the simple faith of my children, who know nothing else but a faithful God. They have seen His provision. They have been friends with children who have eaten out of the garbage, but they know that our home is one where needy kids and adults are welcome. They think that is what it means to be a Christian.

Their faith is simple, and they know that if they have a need, they pray to God. He may or may not meet the need, but the first place you go is to pray—not to depend on yourself.

I think that even as a 38-year-old Christian, who has been a believer for most of those years, I tend to depend on myself a lot because “I know how to do it.” Then I look at my kids and I remember, “I need to be SO dependent on God.”

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I love the idea of accompanying people who are walking the path that I have walked, and maybe in some ways they are struggling.

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Silas West

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Whether it is in their marriage or ministering the gospel in a cross-cultural setting, they are burnt out. I love the idea of caring for them and being a counselor.

I am earning my master’s degree in counseling right now because I am drawn to be a spiritual director or counselor to those people.

I would love to see a ministry center here in Omaha developed, where—maybe it would be just a home with an apartment in it—where people can come and find restoration. That is something maybe 10 or 15 years down the road.

To learn more about Waypoint Church, please visit :

www.waypointomaha.com.

At the end of my life, I would like to look back and see a life of one who took the experiences I have had, and then used them to walk with people and give them an opportunity to find restoration in the places where they are broken so that they can be restored and sent back out into the harvest field.

I have seen a lot of fathers who are pastors or missionaries sacrifice their families, their children, or even their marriages for the sake of the ministry.

I pray that my family always comes first, that whatever my kids see me doing, they see me first and foremost being a present father to them—one who is attentive, one who teaches sacrifice and that sometimes we make sacrifices for each other, for the sake of others, but never at their expense.

I want them to always know a father who cares for them and points to the true Father.

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"We're trying to transform people; we're not trying to make people go through an anger management class."

Fresh Start NOW allows young adults to have deep conversations about their hurts, offenses, or losses (in groups of all guys or all girls) and to go through the Fresh Start process. Coaching is common, but not counseling; the goal is not to provide an immediate "answer" to your situation, but rather to dig deep into how your heart was affected by your hurt or loss.

While disclosing a story from his childhood, Joe explained the swimming concept of “bobbing.”

This swimming exercise is a way of practicing holding your breath by slowly exhaling until you reach the bottom of a pool and pushing off of it to reach the surface again. It might be fun, but you never really go anywhere. Many of us are going through life this way, just surviving breath by breath, whether it is at a job, in school, with friends or parents, etc.

"I believe the youth of America are powerful, passionate, motivated, energetic, and excited, but we don't know where we're going." says Joe. Joe's goal at Fresh Start NOW is to provide that purpose and direction for this youthful generation—to help bobbers become swimmers, purposely going in a direction, using the water of their circumstances to fulfill their purpose and go somewhere in life.

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A bible verse dear to Joe's heart is Proverbs 4:23 (NIV): “Above all else guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Corresponding with this verse, Joe has come to realize that everyone, especially today’s youth, are in a deadly war for their hearts, making the concept of guarding one’s heart essential to life. Fresh Start NOW gives youth the tools necessary to experience freedom while they are young, and not wait to realize it until they are much older (i.e., in their 50’s or 60's). That's why it's called Fresh Start NOW! Joe's heart is focused on saving youth from experiencing a “mid-life crisis” due to misplaced career efforts and hard hearts they could have been freed from when they were a teenager.

Fresh Start NOW stays relevant to this generation because the leaders are authentic and have personally experienced true forgiveness for themselves. There’s no awkward hug or fake "I forgive you" statements with Fresh Start NOW; instead, they patiently work through multiple levels of forgiveness, making the transition real and permanent. This allows each participant an opportunity to experience unparalleled freedom from any hurt and become emotionally whole to reconcile, with long lasting results. You can have this too!

heart. Finally, there is an opportunity to break into small groups to discuss the message and be encouraged to live a lifestyle of forgiveness.

If hanging out with strangers isn’t your thing, every resource, lesson, and anything else Fresh Startrelated is available at www.freshstartforallnations.org.

There are sermons in audio and video format, MP3s to download, PDFs to read, and so much more in the resource section!

No matter where you are in life, no matter how bad the decisions you have made, or no matter how long you’ve been living in pain, it’s never too late for a Fresh Start.

Your Fresh Start may be only a click, a phone call, or a Tuesday night away, so don’t wait. Your Fresh Start can begin NOW!

The Fresh Start NOW meeting is from 7pm – 9pm at Covenant Presbyterian Church and opens with a fun game. It then transitions into a lesson about an issue of the

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........CCIHOPP PRAYER CHALLENGE 2013

A New Beginning with a R.E.A.L. Lifestyle of Prayer.... your CCIHOPP Challenge R- Readily...

How easy is it to pick up your cell phone and chat away for hours on end to your best friend? How much time do you spend typing status updates on facebook and

reading

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newest

"juicy" story on your friend's twitter?

Why not run to Jesus with the same fervency?

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E - Extract time to...

Many think, Prayer is too boring. I can't concentrate on it longer than 20 minutes. I am TOO BUSY!! Or even worse, I don't care if I don't pray because it won't keep me out of heaven; I'm going to go live my life the way I want to live it and pray when I am on my hospital bed for a surgery or when my car is spinning out of control when I hit a patch of black ice.

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A - Affectionately...

Why does it take a life-changing event to just talk to Jesus? We should be running to pray to God with as much excitement as the most affectionate fan of Nebraska Husker football! When Jesus listens to us, we should be overflowing with more happiness than a person who wins the powerball!!

L - Let God know everything!

At CCIHOPP, we are practical. Let's call prayer what it is: any way we communicate

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God.

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equivalent of email, facebook, twitter, cell phones in the "prayer" world may look like the following 10 forms:

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CCIHOPP PRAYER CHALLENGE HOW CAN I PRAY???

Inward Prayer Models

Outward Prayer Models Outpour Overflow of being loved by Jesus that runs through your actions to others.

Ministering to Jesus Sitting before the Lord one-on-one, just listening to HIS heart and spending time with Him. Practicing His Presence The habit of knowing Jesus is daily next to us even in the most mundane tasks, such as washing dishes.

Soaking Praying in silence for an extended period of time and reflecting on the Holy Spirit, while others pray for and with you.

Intercession Lifting up prayer requests on behalf of loved ones.

Harp & Bowl Praising Jesus as Holy using Scripture, often in a calland-response style (see Revelation 5:8).

Discernment The practice of specifically knowing God's intent for your every move, the spirit of others, and more.

Wisdom Words Words of knowledge given to you by the Lord for another believer that you have no natural ability to know.

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Visions Seeing physical or spiritual dreams with purpose and potential future personal changes and events.

Physical Reaction A physiological reaction in your body clearly indicating a correct/incorrect path.

We know we're just scratching the surface, but keep reading Salt Magazine, and in later issues, we will dig deeper into practical ways to implement the above prayer forms and give you more exact and intense descriptions of each form.

For this issue, our challenge to you is simple. Please read The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence and live it!

His book was written in the 1600's, but it is VERY applicable to our generation. (plus, it is only about 100 pages in length--great for those of us with extremely short attention spans!)

Please click on this link for a great resource:

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http://www.secretplaceministries.org/pages/ journey/soaking/presence-of-god.html We challenge you to put into practice the art of acknowledging that everywhere you go, Jesus goes with you! When you take that next phone call at work, what kind of customer service would you provide if you knew Jesus was listening to your phone call? How would you react to that person who cuts you off in rush hour if Jesus was sitting in the shotgun seat? You get the idea.

Please let us know if you have questions, or send us a testimony of how awesome your experiences are doing this at www.ccihopp.org !

Winter Key Bible Verses to Memorize:

Psalm 107:28-30 (ESV) Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.

Matthew 7:7 (ESV) Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Matthew 21:22 (ESV)

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.

Acts 9:40 (ESV)

But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.

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Ephesians 6:18 Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.

To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.

Philippians 4:6-7 (ESV) Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

James 5:14-16 (ESV) Is anyone among you sick?

Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another,that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

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Religions: Muslim - 86.7% Christian - 12.8% * Political unrest has led to increased persecution of Christians.

See detailed prayer points at: www.thesaltmag.com * source: Voice of the Martyrs

Remove Ancient Strongholds Give more time for mercy

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Thanks for protecting Jesus End the people's desire to riot

Bring peace to the peopl The new government

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Prayer Requests for the Philippines 1. May Jesus provide for the 1.9 million documented orphans.* 2. An end to poverty and homelessness.

3. Protection for this 98% Christian nation.

See detailed prayer points at: www.thesaltmag.com * source - Unicef 2011.

Feed the hungry, Lord Jesus

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Provide shelter

Clothe the naked orphan

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Prayer Requests for India 1. May Jesus reach the Hindu people.

2. An end to poverty related to/caused by the caste system.

3. Improved health care.

See detailed prayer points at: www.thesaltmag.com

Light a fire of TRUE enlightenment

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Remove ancient strongholds

Expose fal

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Jehovah Jireh - Lord Provide!!!

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54,559,615 abortions were reported in the USA alone from 1973–2011. * From 2009-2011, the annual estimated amount of abortions in the USA was 1,212,400.* An estimated 2,372 babies were aborted in Nebraska in 2011. ** The three areas of the state of Iowa with the highest number of abortions in 2007 were: Polk county(Des Moines) - 1,244; Johnson/Iowa Counties (Iowa City) - 512; Linn County (Cedar Rapids) - 438 *** For a more detailed breakdown of the abortion epidemic, see: www.thesaltmag.com *Source: Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life since 1968 website: http://www.mccl.org/us-abortion-stats.html ** Source: Nebraska 2011 Statistical Report of Abortions website: http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/Abortion%20Reports/2011%20Statistical%20Report %20of%20Abortions.pdf *** Source: Iowa Right to Life. Website: http://iowartl.org/get-the-facts/abortion/illegalabortion-statistics/

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Total murders in the USA in 2000 - 13,230 Total murders in the USA in 2009 - 13,756 Total forcible rape victims in the USA in 1990 - 102,560 Total forcible rape victims in the USA in 2009 - 81,280 Total hate crimes in the USA in 2009 - 6.604 Total number of child abuse victims in 2000 - 864,837 Total number of child abuse victims in 2009 - 762,940 Child abuse and neglect cases in 2009 for the USA - 75,512,062 (population under 18) For a complete prayer list for the USA, please visit: www.thesaltmag.com Source: US CENSUS BUREAU Website: http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/12statab/law.pdf

One Government truly under God

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