Bridget and I are setting a goal to raise $500 by the year’s end. You can make a donation through our fund raising page. Thank you in advance for your help and considering making a donation to this cause.

Your support serves the mission of ServLife to restore hope to children and the global poor through:

• Training Indigenous Leaders to share Christ and start churches
• Rescuing and Caring for Children at Risk through orphanages and sponsorships
• Starting Small businesses among the poor

Lean more at: www.servlife.org

WHERE:
Gene B. Glick Junior Achievement Center
7435 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis IN 46240

WHEN:
April 17, 2009
7-9 pm

There will be images for sale from Asia and Africa, from various photographers. Read about the last ServLife Photo Exhibit.

Where: Trinity Church
6151 Central Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46220 (On the canal near Broad Ripple)
Friday, December 19: 7-9 pm

(Download Flyer for additional event info.)

So, if you don’t have anything going on, we hope to see you there!

• Joel Vestal- ServLife President and founder. Joel is my boss and he is the founder of ServLife, which he began 15 years ago while a student at Baylor. He has since traveled to over 70 countries, has helped start ministries all over the world, he’s a big reader and always has interesting and challenging things to share, he preaches all over the U.S., has written a book published by NavPress, Dangerous Faith, and always has posts documenting his travels.

• Steven and Amy Nicholson – The Nicholsons are based in South Africa and also have ongoing ministries in Zimbabwe, Uganda, and Sudan. They recently have adopted a new son! Really sharp couple that have been in South Africa now for 3 years. This is a very good blog and Steven has some great content. Be sure to read about his travels to Zimbabwe.

• Mark and Jenn Storm – Another sharp couple, living in Asia. Mark and Jenn have been with ServLife for over two years and have a beautiful son, Solomon, who was born right around the time Ethan was.  Another really great blog with tales of adventure, from tomato strikes, to motorcycle rides in rural Nepal, to monkey sightings, and more..

Hey all. Some dear friends of ours, Andrew, Besty and Noura Timbie, will be moving to Burundi in August for 6 months and they are in need of some financial support. The president of Burundi has asked a team of people from Hope Africa University to start a new radio stations that will:

• play music that is modern
• bring the Gospel to his people
• help heal the divisions created from the civil war

Andrew will be working on this team there to start this new radio station and help oversee the birth of Burundi’s first Christian radio station in over 14 years!

They are seeking one-time gifts in any amount that you would be lead to give. They are still in need of approx. $5,000. Check out the Voice of Hope Web site for more information.

Donation Information:

Please send all checks to:

Friends of Hope Africa University Inc.

PO Box 580
Spring Arbor, MI 49283
Memo line: Voice of Hope Radio

*Please email the Timbies at: andrewtimbie@yahoo.com, when check has been sent in so they can track your donation.

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He’s an amazing panoramic photographer, mostly shooting landscape images. He is from Australia, but has since moved to the United States and has shot all over the country. I was first introduced to his photography by my friend Mike, when I went to visit him in Australia while he was studying there in 2001. I got an opportunity to visit Peter’s original gallery in Cairnes, in North East Australia, and Bridget and I went to his gallery in Maui in May of 2007. He has other galleries in Hawaii, Las Vegas, California, Colorado, Florida, one in New York soon to come,..So, if you get an opportunity to see his prints in person, it’s quite the experience. His work is pretty pricey, but you can get posters, calendars, postcards, coffee table books, etc.. relatively inexpensive. Check out the store on his Web site or elsewhere on the Internet. I included a few pics I found of his online and a promo video Peter has out on YouTube, enjoy!

Praying for the Nations and Dreaming for Justice!

DREAM is a gathering on March 19th to allow the body of Christ to gather to pray, to celebrate, to worship, to mourn, to reflect, and to learn. If you live in the Indianapolis, IN area or region, please join us for DREAM: a night of prayer and worship, March 19th, 2008, 7:00-8:30 pm at Common Ground Christian Church.

Musical guest: Ashworth

Reflections By: Jeff Krajewski

Host: Joel Vestal

Come experience short films, photography, and poetry and listen and learn what God is doing in these regions through live phone conversations from workers on the ground:

Iraq
Afghanistan
Darfur region in Sudan

Dream of Justice, Dream of Peace, Dream of Hope in the World!

~ reflect ~ become ~ engage ~ give ~ participate ~

“Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) provides vital aviation and radio communications services to national churches, the Flying Doctor Service, Christian missions, and non-government organizations (NGOs) ministering in Lesotho. They will live in the capital city, Maseru, and fly 5 days/week into the mountains to serve the Basotho people, in addition to being on-call Saturday and Sunday for emergency medical flights. They will be gone for 3.5 years before returning to the states for a 6 month furlough. When they first arrive, Jason will begin getting checked out at the difficult mountain “runways” and they will both start learning the Sesotho language. ”

• Thiemann Home Page
• Thiemann MAF Page
• Download Latest Thiemann Newsletter (The Thiemann Trails)

Some Sobering Lesotho Facts:

• Lesotho is a mountainous country, similar in size to Maryland, made up of tiny, often inaccessible villages.
• Nearly half of all the native Basotho people are unemployed.
• 26% of the population is currently malnourished.
• Less than 10 % of the land is arable (suitable for growing crops).
• As much as 32% of Lesotho’s population is infected with the HIV/AIDS virus.
• 100,000 HIV/AIDS orphans live in mountain villages with little or no access to medical services.

Read More about their ministry

Here’s what they need financially to reach their monthly support target goals, they hope to have their funding in full by April 1st (They are currently at 83 % of their monthly target goal):

• 4 donors @ $10/month
• 8 donors @ $25/month
• 5 donors @ $50/month
• 4 donors @ $100/month
• 2 donors @ $200/month
  = $1290/month

Click here to go directly to their giving options page

Summary of the video from their site: ”From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.