THANK YOU's

Thank you to Bonnie in Toms River for the donation.
Thank you Deborah for a donation thru paypal.What a pleasant surprise.
Thank you volunteer Debbie for picking up baby clothes  that were donated.

AN EMAIL

AN EMAIL WE RECIEVED THIS MORNING
Father John please thank all those who donated for me and my family. My children were so happy with everything they received.
It is nice that many people have helped you and your organization.
Lisa

SUICIDE ON PINE RIDGERESERVATION

BECAUSE PINE RIDGE IS DEAR TO OUR HEARTS. AND WE OFTEN SEND ITEMS TO PASTOR KAREN ON THE RESERVATION WHO SEES FIRST HAND THE PLIGHT OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SHARE THIS.THIS WAS COPIED OFF OF THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE WHICH WAS JUST PUT UP TODAY.


Following this dark moment in history came generations of oppression: boarding schools, substance abuse, extreme poverty, domestic abuse, the list goes on and on. According to Hutchcraft, a deep darkness still grips Pine Ridge today.

• Infant mortality is 300 times the national average.
• Nearly everyone — 97% of the Pine Ridge population — is living below the national poverty line.
• According to current USDA Rural Development documents, the Lakota have the lowest life expectancy of any group in America.
• At least 60% of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation are infested with Black Mold.

(Photo courtesy Jimmy Emerson via Flickr)

More statistics here.
This is the devastation facing Pine Ridge residents every day. Teen suicide is nothing new here: Pine Ridge’s suicide rate is 150 times the national average, but its frequency has started to grab national attention.
The laments on Facebook would “break your heart,” Hutchcraft says.
“A 13-year-old sixth grader has taken her own life. My heart is breaking already, and the day has just begun.”
“This knife feels so good against my wrist. Ain’t nobody care anyway, my life will be better gone as it is.”
“We just lost another child to suicide. Yahweh, help us!”
The U.S. Public Health Service is sending mental health counselors to talk to Pine Ridge teens.

(Image courtesy Timitzer via Wikimedia Commons)

Hutchraft says the “suicide spike” is a spiritual problem. Many of the young people who’ve attempted suicide — or are close friends of a suicide victim — “have talked about an increase in spirit activity,” he shares.
“They call them the shadow people or the dark people,” Hutchcraft says. “There are spirit beings–demonic beings–that are stalking the reservation and convincing young people that they are worth nothing…and [that have] started this ‘cloud of death’ over the reservation.”
Lyrics of the Getty hymn “O Church Arise” read in part: O Church, arise and put your armor on, Hear the call of Christ our Captain. Our call to war, to love the captive soul, But to rage against the captor. Will you answer the call?

Bringing hope to Pine Ridge

RHM is sending a team of 20 Native young people to Pine Ridge to share the hope of Christ. It’s an unplanned and early start to their annual “Summer of Hope” outreach.

(Photo courtesy On Eagles’ Wings via Facebook)

“We really need the prayer of God’s people for this, because this is not just a psychological issue: this is a spiritual battle with spiritual forces. There’s not going to be any way to win this battle on-the-ground, unless it is first won in the heavenlies,” says Hutchcraft.
Please share this story on Facebook or through e-mail with your fellow prayer warriors.
The team heading to Pine Ridge is part of RHM’s On Eagles’ Wings (OEW) ministry: a movement of Native young people that want to bring Hope to their reservations through Jesus Christ.

PEACHESS NEEDS TEEN CLOTHES

if anyone can help from Burlington co please let  Peachess know.(Since she picks up in that area,and the 2 families are in  that area. THE SIZES are 8,10,12 AND 14.FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.HER EMAIL ADDRESS IS pncchy@yahoo.com IF YOU CAN HELP PLEASE LET HER KNOW.SEEMS LIKE 2 FAMILIES HAVE THEIR CHILDREN WEARING CLOTHES THAT THEY HAVE OUT GROWN.

PEACHESS NEEDS FOOD FOR BURLINGTON CO FAMILY OF 7

THE FATHER IS A HARD WORKING MAN,BUT HAS BEEN SICK.HE JUST STARTED BACK TO WORK.BECAUSE HE HAS NO INSURANCE OR SICK PAY HE MISSED 2 WEEKS OF PAY.HIS WIFE STAYS AT HOME WITH THE CHILDREN.PEACHESS WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM SOME NON PERSISHABLE FOOD SUCH AS SPAGHETTI,SAUCE,PEANUT BUTTER,CEREALS,POTATOS ETC  FOR THE CHILDREN.THEY ARE TIRED OF EATING BEANS.IF YOU CAN HELP PLEASE EMAIL PEACHESS AT pncchy@yahoo.com   IT WOULD BE A REAL BLESSING

THANK YOU

THANK YOU TIM AND LORRIE FROM LAKEHURST FOR THE VERY MUCH NEEDED BABY ITEMS,
*PEACHESS IS TRYING TO HELP A FEW SINGLE PREGNANT MOMS AND THESE ARTICLES WILL BE SO APPRECIATIVE

Message from volunteer Dorothy about her son

George is getting better and is now walking with a walker.
(he had been hit by a car several weeks ago and was in the trauma center for 1 week)your continued prayers are appreciated!George had been hit by a car while riding his bike.

UPDATE

The young girl who had tried to commit suicide with overdose has come home today and she is feeling more hopeful.

A CANDLE WILL BE LIT

SEVERAL REQUESTS FOR FR JOHN TO PUT PEOPLE ON HIS PRAYER LIST.FR JOHN IS GOING TO LIGHT A CANDLE FOR EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM.AND PRAY THAT GOD WILL WATCH OVER THEM .

HOMELESS SITE FOR THOSE IN LAKEWOOD

http://v2.TentCityNJ.org -

FR JOHN LOVES OPENING PACKAGES WITH DONATIONS

THANK YOUS

THANK YOU TO MELODI FOR DONATING BABY CLOTHES,BABY ITEMS AND FOOD.
THANK YOU TO OUR SILENT VOLUNTEER FOR SENDING A DREAM CATCHER.WHAT A NICE SURPRISE WHEN FR JOHN OPENED UP THE PACKAGE
THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEER DEBBIE WHO HAS CONTINUED TO DO PICK UPS FOR US WHEN WE CANT.SHE HAS BEEN A REAL GOD SENT

A VIDEO RELATED TO THE HOMELESS

https://youtu.be/y9gRHPtGBl0

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT WE MUST NOW LIMIT OUR REQUESTS FOR CERTAIN ITEMS.WHERE WE LIVE OUR RETIREMENT VILLAGE HAS A NEW FIRE CODE AND WILL BE DOING PERIODICAL GARAGE INSPECTIONS.WE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO OVER CROWD OUR GARAGE.WE WILL NOW ONLY BE REQUESTING CERTAIN ITEMS THROUGH OUT THE YEAR.THE ITEMS WE WILL REQUEST ARE ITEMS THAT WE KNOW WE CAN PASS ON IN A TIMELY FASHION.WE WILL POST REQUESTS ONLY WHEN NEEDED.
BABY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED
IN THE WINTER MONTHS WE WILL BE ACCEPTING HATS,GLOVES AND SOCKS.WE WILL NO LONGER BE COLLECTING COATS.
MARCH  WE WILL NEED EASTER ITEMS SUCH AS CANDY AND BASKETS
AUGUST WE WILL ASK FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR SEPTEMBER
END OF OCTOBER WE WILL ASK FOR TURKEYS AND FOOD TO GIVE OUT FOR THANKSGIVING
NOVEMBER WE WILL ASK FOR GLOVES,HATS ,BOOKS AND NEW TOYS TO GIVE OUT FOR CHRISTMAS.
AND OF COURSE WE APPRECIATE ANY FINANCIAL DONATIONS EXSPECIALLY AROUND THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
*WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THAT THIS MIGHT CAUSE TO THOSE WHO FAITHFULLY DONATED.WE WILL NO LONGER BE TAKING ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THIS LIST.

HAPPY CHILDREN

PEACHESS GAVE OUT 20 EASTER BASKETS AND ALL THE CHILDREN WERE SMILING AND HAPPY

HAPPY EASTER

Easter^{[nb 1]} (Old English usually Ēastrun, -on, or -an; also Ēastru, -o; and Ēostre),^[1] also called Pasch (derived, through Latin: Pascha and Greek Πάσχα Paskha, from Aramaic: פסחא‎, cognate to Hebrew: פֶּסַח‎ Pesaḥ)^{[nb 2][2][3][4][5]} or Resurrection Sunday,^[6][7] is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.^[8][9] It is the culmination of the Passion of Christ, preceded by Lent (or Great Lent), a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.

April 3rd

FIRST DAY OF PASSOVER BEGAN AT SUNDOWN

BEYOND REASONS

The needs of our brothers and sisters around us are so great.Often we do not know where to start.There is a strong desire,a thirst to quench,to reach out and help others.But then we sit back and list stipulations or reasons why we shouldn't.Something could go wrong or others might think negative about us.We must remember that the Lord has asked us to feed,clothe,and aid the sick,visit the imprisoned,we are not asked to ask.We are asked to serve.
FOR I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO EAT.I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO DRINK,I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU INVITED ME IN,I NEEDED CLOTHES AND YOU CLOTHED ME,I WAS SICK AND YOU LOOKED AFTER ME,I WAS IN PRISON AND YOU CAME TO VISIT(MATTHEW 25:35-36)

EASTER FLOWERS

Since had a doctors appointment yesterday decided to buy some flowers for an elderly woman who was very sad at doctors office.I had originally bought flower for myself but when I saw her she looked like she need cheering up.

WE NEED PRAYERS

THIS REQUEST JUST CAME IN
PRAYERS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED FOR AN 18 YR OLD GIRL NAME ALEXIS WHO TRIED LAST NIGHT TO COMMMIT SUICIDE.THANK GOD THEY FOUND HER AND SHE IS NOW IN THE HOSPITOL