Message from Missionary Charles Strong - Great blessings

Message from Missionary Charles Strong

Thursday, May 8, 2013

Dear Friends,

 

For several years Operation Renewed Hope has been making shipments of Hospital equipment, supplies, and furniture to the border hospitals of Mexico. ORH has not only shipped to these hospitals, but we have conducted evangelistic medical clinics.

Our missionary contact, Charles Strong, has been our source of reaching hundreds with the gospel message and creating church opportunities for those who accept Christ. Brother Strong writes the following concerning the April 2013 53 ft. trailer shipment we sent to his ministry in Mexico.

"Dear Bro. Jan,

I’m writing to say many thanks for your great help to the Mexican people, who are in need of all the medical equipment and supplies you send to me; and I pass it all over to Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to an organization, called in English, Arranging Help for the Development of the Whole Family...., but this blessing doesn't stop here, as you know I'm a missionary here in Mexico and have been for 42 years, and we are in the process of building a new Church here in Rio Bravo, and last month we bought land to build the church on. We had 8 big trees and the city came and cut them down, dug up the roots. Also Mrs. Trevino (lady receiving donations from Brother Strong for the hospitals) and her husband own a big equipment company, and they said they would level the ground , fill in with dirt where needed at no cost to us, so you see, what you are doing, Brother Jan, I want to thank you so very much for what Operation Renewed Hope is doing for us here….May God richly bless you in all your work.”

Attached are two photos of a man who was badly burned and received help at the hospitals that receive our shipments. In one of shipments was an electric wheel chair. He was given this chair because of the terrible burns to his legs. The attachment is not pretty. If you are easily upset, please make sure you are prepared for what you will see. People need our help, and you can make it happen.

Pray for our continued ability to ship. Because of the in-country movement from North Carolina to Mexico, we had to pay for the trucking. We have more equipment and supplies, but we do not have the money to ship it at this time.

We have been given a Siemens X-ray machine in Missouri, but we cannot ship it to Brother Strong because we have exhausted our shipping funds. Pray we can move this equipment to help Brother Strong’s ministry.

If you would like to help us with the next shipment to Mexico please send a donation to Operation Renewed Hope, PO Box 43242, Fayetteville, NC 28309.

You can use a credit card by going to our web site, www.operationrenewedhope.org, and choose Network for Good.

Please pray for Operation Renewed Hope.

Jan Milton

Operation Renewed Hope
4928 Necessary Court
Blue Springs, MO 64015
910-987-5072www.operationrenewedhope.org
orhus@aol.com

"Sandy" Report Post 28

Sandy Relief

Tuesday March 5, 2013

 

Dear Friends,

 

Please pray for this dear brother and his church in the "Sandy" impact area. Please pray today.

 

"Thank you so much for helping the families of Brother Luis Igesias and Bro Mark Thomas. You and your ministry have been a tremendous blessing to myself and our church family as we continue to recover from hurricane Sandy. I have attached a picture of Luis and myself. This picture was taken about 6 months ago when he was saved and baptized.

I have also attached a picture of Bro Mark Thomas singing a special in church two weeks ago. Thank you again for being such a blessing.
 

Please pass the word to pray for a very important meeting on March 6. Our architect will be meeting with the NYC Department of Buildings in regards to obtaining our certificate of occupancy. If this meeting does not go in our favor, we could be forced by the city to spend thousands of dollars on unnecessary items (such as an elevator, etc..) Please pray for the Lord's will to be accomplished in this meeting.
 

This past Sunday, we had 3 first time visitors! 1 of them trusted Christ during the 1:00 pm service, and 1 of them trusted Christ when we followed up with her this past Monday! All three visitors came as a result of the new building.
 

Thank you so much for your prayers and support of our ministry.

Pastor Ken Baker"

Please pray for Pastor Baker and his church. His church lost their entire meeting place as a result of the hurricane. They had to move to a new building, but the city inspections and occupancy is proving a problem. We support local government, but pray that they will recognize the unusualness of the "Sandy" situation.

 

God bless,

Jan Milton

Operation Renewed Hope
4928 Necessary Court
Blue Springs, MO 64015
910-987-5072
www.operationrenewedhope.org
orhus@aol.com

"Sandy" Report Post 27

Sandy Relief

Friday March 1, 2013

Dear Friends,

 

Please read the two reports below from Pastor Baker of Victory Baptist Church in the Bronx.

 

"A brother trusted Christ last Spring and has been attending our church since then with his wife Janie. He has kept his personal life quiet, but I have recently found out that because of hurricane sandy, he wasn't able to work for 4 weeks. Consequently they have been behind in their bills. He is working now, and just needs some assistance to get caught up on some basic bills as he has been stuck with late fees recently with most of his creditors. I know that $300 would be a huge blessing to this dear couple. On a side note, (since hurricane Sandy) they have invited two of their friends to church and both have trusted Christ! Pastor Ken Baker"

A faithful man in our church. during hurricane sandy checked on a number of people in our church by physically driving to their houses. During the week of renovating the new building, Bro Mark carried countless supplies to the church in his car. Since the grand opening of our new building, he has picked up people every week for church in his car.

Bro Mark's car needs some minor repairs, but the repairs are going to cost $700.00. He used the money he had been saving to fix the brakes, shocks, struts, on replacing some damaged windows from hurricane sandy. The reason I feel so burdened to helping him is because he uses his car for God's glory. I would like to give the first $100, and I am confident that if we had an additional $400, that we could get a mechanic to do the work. Pastor Ken Baker"

With your kind contributions, Operation Renewed Hope has been able to meet both needs of these families in Pastor Baker's church, Victory Baptist in the Bronx.

Please, continue to pray for Pastors Baker, Bickel, Watkins, Recker, Rizzo, and Sager. These men have been so helpful in their communities to help those in need.

God bless,

Jan Milton

Operation Renewed Hope
4928 Necessary Court
Blue Springs, MO 64015
910-987-5072
www.operationrenewedhope.org
orhus@aol.com

Malawi Famine Update Post 1

Malawi Relief

Thursday February 21, 2013

Dear Friends,

Rejoice in the Lord always!

Eric Chapman sent this report from a Malawi brother. They are rejoicing in the first delivery of food. Continue to pray for these dear people as they serve God in a desperate place. Thank you for giving to help these people. ORH has received $1240.00 at this time to donate.

"Letter from Pastor Magada:
February 10
Brother the relief has come in good time, we have untold situation here , there is nothing people
could do in order to get food, people are diying because of hunger, women could not make it the
paved road to collect the corn becouse of weakness, their gardens are washed away they can not
have anything to cook for food like pumpkin leaves because the gardens are water logded, when I
said the help has come in good time I do really mean the people had no hope of their life how to
survive if it were not this food coming to them. 428 bags of corn has been distributed to 56 churches which means more than 856 families has been helped with 25 kgs of corn. Our pastors and people are very thankfully to you and praise the Lord for this.YOU SAVED US FROM HUNGER!"

I hope you will continue to pray.

If you would like to donate by debit or credit card, go to www.operationrenewedhope.org and choose Network for Good.

 

If you would like to donate by check, mail the check to Operation Renewed Hope, P.O. Box 43242, Fayetteville, NC 28309. Mark Checks "Foreign Relief".

 

Go to www.orhnews.blogspot.com for most current information.

Malawi Hope and "Sandy" Report Post 27

"Malawi Hope"

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Dear Friends,

This report came in after the appeal for help from Dr. Chapman concerning the famine stricken churches in Malawi. ORH wishes to thank First Baptist Church of Glen Este for their generous donation. The church and its pastor, Brent Snook, has been wonderful friend of ORH.

Others have helped, and we thank you so much. Please read the report of the blessings.

"Dear Friends,

I have been so blessed by the out pouring of love and concern for the Christian brothers and sisters in Malawi. So many of you have given to help alleviate the famine that is gripping Malawi right now. Stephanie and I have been overwhelmed with your generosity and the people there will be also.

Yesterday we wired the funds that have come in to date so that our team on the ground can start purchasing and distributing the food to the churches. Please know we have taken every precaution to assure that this food reaches those that need it most; I hope to receive some photos of the distribution and will post those in future letters. We will send another wire around the first of March with the remainder of the funds that have yet to come in. I have received emails and calls of more offerings that churches and individuals are sending."

Pray for these dear brothers and sisters in Christ. We in American cannot even imagine the horror of being without food when a famine is brought on by climatic conditions that destroy the ability to produce food. I am thankful that our hearts make up that difference.

"Sandy" Relief

This is a report from Pastor Nate Watkins of Repentance Baptist Church. Pastor Watkins has been working to help the people of Staten Island since the very first day of "Sandy". This email came in last week. I am sorry that we could not get it to you sooner.

"Hi Jan,

THANK-YOU for the funds you have sent and your notes of encouragement… God has been blessing the ministry to hurricane victims… recently, we have seen two men (one Puerto Rican and one Italian) come to know Him… the Italian's "wife" is expecting their third child (there's a fourth from a previous marriage), and because they just found out it's a girl, she wants to give her up for adoption. He texted me this morning to see if I could talk to them today, so they are coming for lunch in about 15 minutes. Please pray first of all for her salvation and for wisdom in helping them thru the many issues in their relationship.

May the Lord richly bless you as you continue to faithfully serve Him."

Please pray that these men will be able to meet the needs of the "Sandy" victims because of your help, and that many will respond to the gospel. We must touch their hearts and reach their souls.

God bless,
Jan Milton

Operation Renewed Hope
4928 Necessary Court
Blue Springs, MO 64015
910-987-5072
www.operationrenewedhope.org
orhus@aol.com

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"Sandy" Report Post 26

"Sandy" Update"

Monday February 4, 2013

Dear Friends,

Don't forget that we have a special "Sandy" DVD. If you would like to receive this, please reply to this email. The first video is free.

 

Thank you to all who have responded to these updates. Thank you all who have donated to help ORH be a help.

Below is a letter from Pastor Baker of Victory Baptist Church in the Bronx. Please read this and rejoice in God's grace and goodness.

 

“Dear Bro Jan,

This past week has been jammed with blessings from above. There is a lady in our church that attended casually until hurricane Sandy. It was through Sandy that she and her husband decided they need to be more faithful and more involved in church. Since, they have attended just about every service and she gave a testimony yesterday that she won her first soul to Christ! (it was her best friend, a lady named Patricia).

We had no special push yesterday, and yet God gave us out largest attendance in our new building yesterday. We are praising the Lord for the 4 first time visitors as well as the 1 who trusted Christ!

We are so thankful for all that Operation Renewed Hope has done for the Bronx. Thank you so much for your prayers and investment in our community and church family.

 

I just received another bill (attached) from the architect as we are taking the next step in obtaining our Certificate of Occupancy. There will be one more after this before all the steps are taken. Thank you again and have a blessed week. Pastor Ken Baker”

Please continue to pray for these men in the New York area, as they help their neighborhoods to recover from "Sandy."

If you would like to donate by debit or credit card, go to www.operationrenewedhope.org and choose Network for Good.

If you would like to donate by check, mail the check to Operation Renewed Hope, P.O. Box 43242, Fayetteville, NC 28309. Please mark the check "USA Relief."

For more information, go to www.orhnews.blogspot.com.

God bless,
Jan Milton

Operation Renewed Hope
4928 Necessary Court
Blue Springs, MO 64015
910-987-5072
www.operationrenewedhope.org
orhus@aol.com