HAITI . . . Confirmed

We have shared w/ many folks our desire to have this year's Bolivian missions team go to Haiti. Looks like that's 100% confirmed. We just saw in the news that there's over 100,000 presumed dead in the capital after a major earthquake rocked the capital. The presidential palace is ruined, the legislative building is destroyed, the main cathedral is was also damaged and so are many hospitals & schools.

Please pray for the nature & timing of our trip - & for God's direction in the best way He could use us to help restore hope & aid those in need.

Helping Pastor Dilmar

Hey everyone, Happy New Year! Wanted to send along best wishes & Happy New Year from Pastor Dilmar and his family from Aposento Alto Church here in Santa Cruz. He & his wife Silenny have just had their 3rd child, a 10lb baby girls at birth - Valentina!

Silenny is already back finishing up her degree in Social Work, and for most of last year was doing her practicum with our 2 homes for ex-street kids. She did a great job & we are hoping to keep her on this year as well.

Dilmar is also doing well leading the church, overseeing the Compassion program at Aposento & counseling married couples, single adults & youth from church; all in addition to trying to grow & maintain the church as a beacon in the community.

We want to ask for your prayers &, for those who'd like to bless Dilmar & his family, your support. They are signing another lease on their house, that's 2 blocks from church, knowing that their church salary minus new baby expenses won't be able to cover the rent.

As some of you will recall, they lived at the Compassion center at the church for their 1st 4 years at Aposento, w/ over 400 kids right outside their door all week-long. Unhealthy, & a recipe for family disaster really, together w/ a 2007 short-term missions team, we decided to help them rent a place of their own 2 years ago & have committed to personally help them raise money for their rent last year & again this year as well.

Rent on the house is $150 a month, which is very reasonable given the area & condition of the house. We're hoping to raise this for them this year & also are praying at some point in the future to be able to buy the house as a residence for the church pastor, so any donations that come in on top of the what's needed for this year will go towards a future purchase. We're confident that A Healthy Pastor leads to a Healthy Church.

If you'd like to help Dilmar & his family out w/ a tax deductible gift, please let us know via e-mail: larrywmorehead2@yahoo.com

& we will communicate to you details on how to do that. Thanks & Happy New Year!