be a part of a live discussion on how our government can improve the situation in darfur!!!
http://www.savedarfur.org/pages/ask-us
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
MM NOV. 09
Much Ministries. Inc Nov. 2009
Thank you so much for your recent contribution to Much Ministries.
MUCH is happening here and your kind and generous gift are a big part of it!
Much of what we are about here at the MUCH ministries is investing in the Brantley County Community.
Our barometer for success is the impact on this community.
COMING SOON: Much Ministries DBA Brantley County Risk Reduction Program:.
• A DUI School.
• Anger Management Class
• Parenting Seminar for anyone going through the court systems with issues that involve children.
It is our goal that the tools given through these courses will help break unhealthy cycles and help establish new patterns for living. We are SO EXCITED about this development. We are presently renovating former garage space into classroom space.
Parenting Classes began this September and are having an impact on the families in our community. Our Curriculum, Becoming A Love and Logic Parent, emphasizes creating responsibility in kids by allowing them to make choices, make mistakes and let consequences do the teaching. Every class is filled with “A’ ha! Moments”. Classes meet Monday mornings 8:30 am and Wed. evenings 6:30 pm.
Pottery Classes are up and running. Judi Marshall is teaching every Tuesday at 10 am, 4 pm and 7 pm. Our biggest impact class is the after school 4 pm class. It is a dream come true watching these kids from our community come in here and create!
Thursday Family Night is another time of sharing core values with our community. We are exploring COMMUNICATION skills. Our relationships are our most valuable resource…Learning brave, honest, honoring forms of communication helps us keep relationships strong.
Norwich St. Outreach: More of our staff here are getting involved with the Norwich St. Mission in the Brunswick Urban Core. They are volunteering time counseling and meeting physical needs of the men and women working their way out of addiction, abuse and fear. Bill Thomas, the director of Norwich St. Baptist Mission, is a good friend to Much Ministries and it is an honor for us to partner with him.
Natasha Taylor: we are presently exploring the possibility of Natasha moving into a house in the Core, a block off of Norwich St to begin to live and create community in that neighborhood. Natasha has already established friendships and has a heart for the urban neighborhood. We are looking for roommates for her that share her heart and vision. Donations to help support Natasha can be made through Much Ministries. All gifts are tax deductable and will be deposited into her account. Read her blog http://t-raehaiti.blogspot.com/
MUCH Love Community continues to host recovery groups here at the Market Place weekly. These groups are essential to our community. The leadership is strong and has tremendous zeal for seeing others get totally free of addictions.
Casey Nichols our missionary at large is in New Hampshire working on her Master’s degree in Dance Therapy. Casey is preparing now for the hundreds of children and adults that need restoration of body soul and spirit. You can still support Casey through Much Ministries. check out her blog at caseystories.blogspot.com
Emory and Mary Wilson are changing the WORLD! In the midst of extreme environment, HOPE is springing up! Every day over 150 children are fed and now a school has started right in Jubilee Blanc. The Families are seeing real tangible ways the Love God has for them. What an honor it is to partner with Emory and Mary and catch glimpses of this transformation in the works.
Dorothy Pearce continues to see healing and transformation in the many children that God brings to her. Please check out her blog dorothypearcehaiti.blogspot.com. She is an AMAZING woman doing a beautiful work with the beautiful people of Haiti.
Sherrie Fausey is up and running in the new school buildings. They continue to use every square foot of space. Brilliant. These students are remarkable...working in English, French and Creole. The kids in her orphanage continue to thrive physically, socially, spiritually and scholastically. It is a blast to spend time with them.
Rose and Pastor Genada have managed to rebuild the bakery, the house, and the church building since the terrible floods of last year. They are reaching hundreds of Haitians through the seminary, feeding of children, medical clinics, church gatherings, English classes and more. If you’d like to get on their email list please email Pastor Genada jgenada@yahoo.com. You can donate $ to him through us here at MUCH ministries.inc.
Mission Trips : We continue to lead teams to Haiti to work with these amazing missionaries and the Haitian people. A team of 12 went in September, with 8 of the 12 team members on their first Haiti experience. Many already planning their return trips! We have 3 trips on the books for next spring. Let us know if you are interested in going or helping to sponsor part of a trip!
Your financial gift helps MUCH!
We take handling your financial gifts very seriously. We pray over each check that comes in and Ask God to show us how to make absolute best use of every dime. We ask God to bless you in the ways that matter most to you.
Blessings,
Beaver and Kathy Brooks
Rt.2 725 Hwy. 82 ● Waynesville, GA 31566
Phone 912-778-5575 , cell 912-270-2465 ● Fax 912-778-5575
admin@muchministries.org ● www.muchministries.org
Thank you so much for your recent contribution to Much Ministries.
MUCH is happening here and your kind and generous gift are a big part of it!
Much of what we are about here at the MUCH ministries is investing in the Brantley County Community.
Our barometer for success is the impact on this community.
COMING SOON: Much Ministries DBA Brantley County Risk Reduction Program:.
• A DUI School.
• Anger Management Class
• Parenting Seminar for anyone going through the court systems with issues that involve children.
It is our goal that the tools given through these courses will help break unhealthy cycles and help establish new patterns for living. We are SO EXCITED about this development. We are presently renovating former garage space into classroom space.
Parenting Classes began this September and are having an impact on the families in our community. Our Curriculum, Becoming A Love and Logic Parent, emphasizes creating responsibility in kids by allowing them to make choices, make mistakes and let consequences do the teaching. Every class is filled with “A’ ha! Moments”. Classes meet Monday mornings 8:30 am and Wed. evenings 6:30 pm.
Pottery Classes are up and running. Judi Marshall is teaching every Tuesday at 10 am, 4 pm and 7 pm. Our biggest impact class is the after school 4 pm class. It is a dream come true watching these kids from our community come in here and create!
Thursday Family Night is another time of sharing core values with our community. We are exploring COMMUNICATION skills. Our relationships are our most valuable resource…Learning brave, honest, honoring forms of communication helps us keep relationships strong.
Norwich St. Outreach: More of our staff here are getting involved with the Norwich St. Mission in the Brunswick Urban Core. They are volunteering time counseling and meeting physical needs of the men and women working their way out of addiction, abuse and fear. Bill Thomas, the director of Norwich St. Baptist Mission, is a good friend to Much Ministries and it is an honor for us to partner with him.
Natasha Taylor: we are presently exploring the possibility of Natasha moving into a house in the Core, a block off of Norwich St to begin to live and create community in that neighborhood. Natasha has already established friendships and has a heart for the urban neighborhood. We are looking for roommates for her that share her heart and vision. Donations to help support Natasha can be made through Much Ministries. All gifts are tax deductable and will be deposited into her account. Read her blog http://t-raehaiti.blogspot.com/
MUCH Love Community continues to host recovery groups here at the Market Place weekly. These groups are essential to our community. The leadership is strong and has tremendous zeal for seeing others get totally free of addictions.
Casey Nichols our missionary at large is in New Hampshire working on her Master’s degree in Dance Therapy. Casey is preparing now for the hundreds of children and adults that need restoration of body soul and spirit. You can still support Casey through Much Ministries. check out her blog at caseystories.blogspot.com
Emory and Mary Wilson are changing the WORLD! In the midst of extreme environment, HOPE is springing up! Every day over 150 children are fed and now a school has started right in Jubilee Blanc. The Families are seeing real tangible ways the Love God has for them. What an honor it is to partner with Emory and Mary and catch glimpses of this transformation in the works.
Dorothy Pearce continues to see healing and transformation in the many children that God brings to her. Please check out her blog dorothypearcehaiti.blogspot.com. She is an AMAZING woman doing a beautiful work with the beautiful people of Haiti.
Sherrie Fausey is up and running in the new school buildings. They continue to use every square foot of space. Brilliant. These students are remarkable...working in English, French and Creole. The kids in her orphanage continue to thrive physically, socially, spiritually and scholastically. It is a blast to spend time with them.
Rose and Pastor Genada have managed to rebuild the bakery, the house, and the church building since the terrible floods of last year. They are reaching hundreds of Haitians through the seminary, feeding of children, medical clinics, church gatherings, English classes and more. If you’d like to get on their email list please email Pastor Genada jgenada@yahoo.com. You can donate $ to him through us here at MUCH ministries.inc.
Mission Trips : We continue to lead teams to Haiti to work with these amazing missionaries and the Haitian people. A team of 12 went in September, with 8 of the 12 team members on their first Haiti experience. Many already planning their return trips! We have 3 trips on the books for next spring. Let us know if you are interested in going or helping to sponsor part of a trip!
Your financial gift helps MUCH!
We take handling your financial gifts very seriously. We pray over each check that comes in and Ask God to show us how to make absolute best use of every dime. We ask God to bless you in the ways that matter most to you.
Blessings,
Beaver and Kathy Brooks
Rt.2 725 Hwy. 82 ● Waynesville, GA 31566
Phone 912-778-5575 , cell 912-270-2465 ● Fax 912-778-5575
admin@muchministries.org ● www.muchministries.org
MM updates november
today i updated the website with the update that mama kati made this past week...MUCH as always is going on...
check it out
check it out
MEND & MM!
i'm going to try in the next few weeks to write a letter to Invisible children i think it would be amazing if the market place could carry their new brand of bags in our gift shop...check it out here
TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS
TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS...
the universal day TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS is this friday and i feel that this event to bring about awareness is in alignment with the my own hear, with Much Ministries and with God's heart...therefore i wanted to bring some PR to the event...hope you will join us and thousands of people around the world making an effort to bring restoration, healing, redemption and life into action...
WRITE LOVE ON YOUR ARMS....CHANGE THE WORLD!!!!
the universal day TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS is this friday and i feel that this event to bring about awareness is in alignment with the my own hear, with Much Ministries and with God's heart...therefore i wanted to bring some PR to the event...hope you will join us and thousands of people around the world making an effort to bring restoration, healing, redemption and life into action...
WRITE LOVE ON YOUR ARMS....CHANGE THE WORLD!!!!
Saturday, November 7, 2009
pics from the fashion show...
it did happen and everyone says it went wonderfully...so here are some photos!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
dorothys update 10/09
October 23 2009
Dr. Pierre-Louis, our Haitian pediatrician, has been busy. He is expensive, at US$350 per month but has really earned his pay. We are still praying for a sponsor to pay his salary so we can keep him.
9/25, before his contract started, he treated Herode for pneumonia.
10/1, the first day of his contract, we called him about 2 week old Marcus having a fever
10/1 he made a house visit and saw Marcus, Marvens, Leika
10/2 put Marcus in the hospital
10/3 hospital visit
10/5 hospital visit
10/9 house call, saw Leika, Claudine, Marcus, Poutchino, Myson
10/12 phone call, Johnny
10/15 phone call, Marcus
10/16 surgery on Marcus to remove infected 6th finger
Office visit, Leika
10/23 house call, Rosa, Claudine, Poutchino, Mackenzie, Marcus, Tree
Leika is a baby girl who came to live with us on October 1st. Her mother died when she was born, on September 23rd. She is a beautiful baby girl!
Myson does not have tuberculosis (sputum cultures were negative) but is being treated for it anyway because something shows on his chest xray. His immune system is low – CD4 9.5% in July – but they are trying to wait until he is 2 before giving AIDS medicines. Pray for him!
Richardson has a school sponsor and a home sponsor! Praise God!! The home sponsor contributes towards his living expenses but, more importantly, prays for him regularly and sends occasional small things to let him know someone out there cares just for him. 14 of our children do not have sponsors.
Emmanuella improves daily. She actually smiled at a nanny and reached out to touch her face. Aron is growing normally. Gerdeline is now strong enough to turn over and to lift herself on her elbows. Poutchino routinely stands alone now. Kervens, who never had French in school before, is getting A’s! Rosa has settled into our routine and is overcoming her fear of men. Tree’s weight is in the normal range for his age and build. He will go home soon. Herode is in good health again and walking everywhere. We see God's miracles every day. What a blessing!
October has been a blessed month. We got new inverter batteries, paid our rent, paid our staff, etc. The car is still a concern: the front left wheel is wobbling now, I don’t know why. The mechanic is due back in town Monday. The owner of our house will sell the house to us for $210,000. Only a miracle of God can supply that much money but HE is able! We wait on his decision.
I thank God for all of you and for your prayers. Blessings on your households!
Dorothy Pearce
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." I Cor. 13:13
Faith-Hope-Love Infant Rescue
http://dorothypearcehaiti.blogspot..com
Donations:
Christian Light Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 23881
Jacksonville FL 32241-3881
Memo: For D. Pearce, Haiti
Dr. Pierre-Louis, our Haitian pediatrician, has been busy. He is expensive, at US$350 per month but has really earned his pay. We are still praying for a sponsor to pay his salary so we can keep him.
9/25, before his contract started, he treated Herode for pneumonia.
10/1, the first day of his contract, we called him about 2 week old Marcus having a fever
10/1 he made a house visit and saw Marcus, Marvens, Leika
10/2 put Marcus in the hospital
10/3 hospital visit
10/5 hospital visit
10/9 house call, saw Leika, Claudine, Marcus, Poutchino, Myson
10/12 phone call, Johnny
10/15 phone call, Marcus
10/16 surgery on Marcus to remove infected 6th finger
Office visit, Leika
10/23 house call, Rosa, Claudine, Poutchino, Mackenzie, Marcus, Tree
Leika is a baby girl who came to live with us on October 1st. Her mother died when she was born, on September 23rd. She is a beautiful baby girl!
Myson does not have tuberculosis (sputum cultures were negative) but is being treated for it anyway because something shows on his chest xray. His immune system is low – CD4 9.5% in July – but they are trying to wait until he is 2 before giving AIDS medicines. Pray for him!
Richardson has a school sponsor and a home sponsor! Praise God!! The home sponsor contributes towards his living expenses but, more importantly, prays for him regularly and sends occasional small things to let him know someone out there cares just for him. 14 of our children do not have sponsors.
Emmanuella improves daily. She actually smiled at a nanny and reached out to touch her face. Aron is growing normally. Gerdeline is now strong enough to turn over and to lift herself on her elbows. Poutchino routinely stands alone now. Kervens, who never had French in school before, is getting A’s! Rosa has settled into our routine and is overcoming her fear of men. Tree’s weight is in the normal range for his age and build. He will go home soon. Herode is in good health again and walking everywhere. We see God's miracles every day. What a blessing!
October has been a blessed month. We got new inverter batteries, paid our rent, paid our staff, etc. The car is still a concern: the front left wheel is wobbling now, I don’t know why. The mechanic is due back in town Monday. The owner of our house will sell the house to us for $210,000. Only a miracle of God can supply that much money but HE is able! We wait on his decision.
I thank God for all of you and for your prayers. Blessings on your households!
Dorothy Pearce
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." I Cor. 13:13
Faith-Hope-Love Infant Rescue
http://dorothypearcehaiti.blogspot..com
Donations:
Christian Light Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 23881
Jacksonville FL 32241-3881
Memo: For D. Pearce, Haiti
Thursday, October 22, 2009
forgive me
i have been a large slacker in terms of updating my blog over the past several weeks...i always get to this place...where i feel overwhelmed with how much has happened and how little i have written on here. i think....where do i even start to write about all that is going on. so i hope you can give me a bit of grace as i try to summarize some of the things that have been going on around here.
my parents visited...which was a blessing. so good for them to see the life i am living here and meet the wonderful community God has placed me in here. I think my dad was happy to know that i will be here for awhile too...he wont have to move me for a long while! ;) then after they left my sister came to visit! it was lovely to have here here too!
however the week in between their visits and the weeks after MUCH has happened. Mama Kati and i met with a woman who is a Market Place customer and she has bought a couple houses in the Norwich Corridor (the urban core of brunswick- 30min away from Waynesville) anyway...she has the heart of God and really wants to be apart of what we are doing. so we have had a couple meetings with her and are praying about one of her houses!
we have envisioned a place of restoration...an oasis in the desert, a safe haven...not a half-way house...a hOME...a place that has the atmosphere of heaven. we dont know what will happen but we are praying about me being the BIG MAMA in the house. there is MUCH to be discussed and processed...pray for discernment as we go through this...i will try to post more about it later.
then Bo Mann, a friend of the Brooks' and someone who has the heart of God...he loves the marketplace and what much ministires is about. he is opening a coffee shope today actually...called WAKE UP! its all about getting people to think about where they buy there products from and how it effects the world. he is going to carry books to get people thinking...all his gifts, bags, jewelry etc. are fair trade products. All his coffee is fair trade or direct trade..its really amazing...and very much things i too am passionate about.
when i think about extending MUCH ministries to KCMO i see this being something i could definitely do...a coffee shop like this! so we have decided that i will spend 10-20 hours a week working with Bo Mann @ WAKE UP! i wont be an employee, but all the funds i would get to work there will go to much ministries! its very exciting. i'm not a coffee drinker and to be honest i never planned on being one...but this opening and purpose of this shop makes me think i might have to expand my world to coffee...
so in my world right now...mama kati has somewhat released me from being @ the Market Place so much. I am spending more time in brunswick working with the baptist ministry in the Norwich Corridor and more time on the island helping bo mann at the coffee shop. More investing in relationships and loving on people...not that i dont do that @ the MP, but its really good!
i have connected with a young hispanic girl...she is 15-year old and has a 2 month old baby...her father is gone and her mother doesn't have a job...they are in a tight spot...i am picking her up every wednesday to come with me to the BMC (baptist ministry center) so she can help translate if we need it. she is a beautiful girl and i am so excited to get to know her, invest in her and her family! this is one example of several moving forward right now, by being in the neighborhood more.
With the house we arent moving forward until january...even then we do not know...it is in its infancy...brainstorming...processing...discerning...praying...we'll see where it goes...
also...i am honored to have one of the best presents ever...for christmas my parents are purchasing my ticket to go to haiti with the team...so i actually got it today...i am going a week early to see my babies at Dorothy's and then off to bercy Cabaret for the mission trip there. i am so excited!!!!
ok...hope that was a descent wrap up of whats been going on here...please ask questions...feel free to comment...I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE DO!
thank you for everything...for reading...for praying...for embracing and being a part of this journey...
my parents visited...which was a blessing. so good for them to see the life i am living here and meet the wonderful community God has placed me in here. I think my dad was happy to know that i will be here for awhile too...he wont have to move me for a long while! ;) then after they left my sister came to visit! it was lovely to have here here too!
however the week in between their visits and the weeks after MUCH has happened. Mama Kati and i met with a woman who is a Market Place customer and she has bought a couple houses in the Norwich Corridor (the urban core of brunswick- 30min away from Waynesville) anyway...she has the heart of God and really wants to be apart of what we are doing. so we have had a couple meetings with her and are praying about one of her houses!
we have envisioned a place of restoration...an oasis in the desert, a safe haven...not a half-way house...a hOME...a place that has the atmosphere of heaven. we dont know what will happen but we are praying about me being the BIG MAMA in the house. there is MUCH to be discussed and processed...pray for discernment as we go through this...i will try to post more about it later.
then Bo Mann, a friend of the Brooks' and someone who has the heart of God...he loves the marketplace and what much ministires is about. he is opening a coffee shope today actually...called WAKE UP! its all about getting people to think about where they buy there products from and how it effects the world. he is going to carry books to get people thinking...all his gifts, bags, jewelry etc. are fair trade products. All his coffee is fair trade or direct trade..its really amazing...and very much things i too am passionate about.
when i think about extending MUCH ministries to KCMO i see this being something i could definitely do...a coffee shop like this! so we have decided that i will spend 10-20 hours a week working with Bo Mann @ WAKE UP! i wont be an employee, but all the funds i would get to work there will go to much ministries! its very exciting. i'm not a coffee drinker and to be honest i never planned on being one...but this opening and purpose of this shop makes me think i might have to expand my world to coffee...
so in my world right now...mama kati has somewhat released me from being @ the Market Place so much. I am spending more time in brunswick working with the baptist ministry in the Norwich Corridor and more time on the island helping bo mann at the coffee shop. More investing in relationships and loving on people...not that i dont do that @ the MP, but its really good!
i have connected with a young hispanic girl...she is 15-year old and has a 2 month old baby...her father is gone and her mother doesn't have a job...they are in a tight spot...i am picking her up every wednesday to come with me to the BMC (baptist ministry center) so she can help translate if we need it. she is a beautiful girl and i am so excited to get to know her, invest in her and her family! this is one example of several moving forward right now, by being in the neighborhood more.
With the house we arent moving forward until january...even then we do not know...it is in its infancy...brainstorming...processing...discerning...praying...we'll see where it goes...
also...i am honored to have one of the best presents ever...for christmas my parents are purchasing my ticket to go to haiti with the team...so i actually got it today...i am going a week early to see my babies at Dorothy's and then off to bercy Cabaret for the mission trip there. i am so excited!!!!
ok...hope that was a descent wrap up of whats been going on here...please ask questions...feel free to comment...I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE DO!
thank you for everything...for reading...for praying...for embracing and being a part of this journey...
Friday, October 16, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
October 24th!
I just found out today that the marketplace is having a tea party and fashion show!!! Mama Kathy is putting me in charge of the fashion show part. i am VERY excited. the best part is that everything must come out of the cool stuff store (our thrift store) and that leaves SO much room for creativity, i cant wait. i am going to work on looking at outfits and getting my models this coming week and then hopefully have a meeting with them all before the day so we can make sure things run smoothly.
its fun because most of my life the bulk of my clothing has come from thrift stores and hammy downs so i have learned how easy it is to make things into something beautiful, even if at first glance there are definite doubts! i cannot say i am amazing at it, but its definitely something i enjoy. the beauty of finding something and knowing you are recycling, reusing and that there is a story there even if you dont know it...i really love it. the possibilities are endless and the treasures are there to be embraced. plus its more affordable...its just lovely! this job for this month fits me well! how fun to get to go to haiti for a month...love on babies i had missed so much...then come back and get to create outfits out of old treasures! i am SO blessed!
i never know what is in store and its such an adventure! i hope i always live & love like i mean it all the while.
i will take lots of pictures! to be posted later!
<3 <3 <3
its fun because most of my life the bulk of my clothing has come from thrift stores and hammy downs so i have learned how easy it is to make things into something beautiful, even if at first glance there are definite doubts! i cannot say i am amazing at it, but its definitely something i enjoy. the beauty of finding something and knowing you are recycling, reusing and that there is a story there even if you dont know it...i really love it. the possibilities are endless and the treasures are there to be embraced. plus its more affordable...its just lovely! this job for this month fits me well! how fun to get to go to haiti for a month...love on babies i had missed so much...then come back and get to create outfits out of old treasures! i am SO blessed!
i never know what is in store and its such an adventure! i hope i always live & love like i mean it all the while.
i will take lots of pictures! to be posted later!
<3 <3 <3
Monday, September 28, 2009
waynesville!
my parents left this morning after a 3 day stay here in rural south georgia....it was a good time...i sorta felt like i was back in college again as they helped me hang things, buy things and feel really settled in my new home. its kind of a tradition as my dad has put my decor on the walls every place i have lived...which has been a lot! however i am hoping that this time he wont have to do it again for a long time...i'm officially committed. it was a blessing to have them here, for them to see this beautiful space and these wonderful people. i am beyond blessed to have them as family, supporting me and joining me in the things the Lord calls me to! now if only i can increase support to stay here...its a stuggle, but my plan today is to write another support letter. i know i am suppose to be here so i know God will work it out...even if our economy is in a rough spot and it seems impossible....all things are possible with Him!!!
all in all...HAITI WAS AMAZING...I AM SO BLESSED! Kansas City was a GREAT time...so good to see all those lovely people!
and its WONDERFUL to be back in Waynesville...
all in all...HAITI WAS AMAZING...I AM SO BLESSED! Kansas City was a GREAT time...so good to see all those lovely people!
and its WONDERFUL to be back in Waynesville...
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- The Lord has placed Haiti on my heart for many years and I am so blessed to have served there for 10 months. This sadly as come to an end recently, but I was blessed beyond belief to have been there. I am in awe of what possiblities lay ahead, but have a peace that Haiti will always be a part of that journey in some sort of way. This blog is my experience in Haiti, my ramblings and life from here to there. As always there is a season for everything and who knows what the Lord is preparing me for....so here it goes...
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