A Letter from My Uncle Rick from Convoy of Hope

Below is a great letter from my Uncle Rick who I will be working with:

At Convoy, three of our primary objectives are Pray … Go … Give!
Without the first objective, we could not do anything else because we would be doing everything in our own strength and wisdom. Too many lives hang in the balance for us to depend on our own strength, wisdom or capabilities. Recently in the country of Nicaragua I was struck again with the understanding that every decision made by us, as believers in Jesus Christ and as a ministry, directly impacts a child … a family … an eternal future. They are waiting for us … for our prayers … for our going and ministry to them … and by our giving … of our time, our energy, our passion, and our resources.
With that in mind, let us passionately pray for:
1. Our U.S. Disaster Team is responding all over the Midwest, right now, to flooding and tornadoes. Pray that they will have strength, favor and creative to meet the needs of people who have been devastated by these disasters.2. Our U.S. Outreach Team is reaching to Mountain Home, AR this weekend. Pray that their will be a great in gathering of souls.3. Our Hope Walk El Salvador is happening this next week. Business and Church leaders are convening in El Salvador to see what we are doing and find ways to partner with us to help the 6,000 children we are feeding everyday in that great but needy country.
The next Hope Walk is scheduled for October 13-17, 2008. This is a special Hope Walk especially for women. If you are a woman, contact a few friends and come with and see Convoy in action. Denise Ryan (dryan@convoyofhope.org) and Elsie Moody (EMoody@convoyofhope.org) are leading this team of national and local women leaders. Any woman can be involved. Contact them today.
4. We have 500 people going with us on summer Convoy of Hope teams to reach people with Compassion Ministry and Evangelism. We are in need of 100 white boards and 100 doors for the country of Nicaragua and the schools there. The white boards are ($45) and the doors ($100) each in Nicaragua. Pray that we could find a contact here in the States that could give us the boards and the doors. To these schools, where we are doing our feeding programs, the boards will provide a great tool for teaching for the teachers and the doors will keep the elements out and the distractions to the classrooms down.
5. Pray for Eric and Vineese, both who run our procurement department, that God would lead them to new donors and new products that can help us help others in need. With the world food prices soaring by 15-30% in the last few months, more and more people are unable to afford a nutrition for their families, here in the States and overseas. Pray that we can find more farmers willing to give a tithe of beans, rice and other grains or their seeds to help people move from poverty to a sustainability lifestyle.
6. Pray for Souls. We desire to take our Compassion Ministries, our Development Ministries and our Outreach Ministries from meeting physical needs to seeing people get the ultimate help … salvation of their souls. This summer, in the U. S. and Internationally, we will be in from of thousands of people. Pray that we will have the anointing of God to present the Gospel so people can make the decision to enter into personal relationships with Christ.
Until next time, may the Lord bless your ministry with abundance, creativity and souls.
Love and Passion,
Your Convoy of Hope Team