I really want to thank the people from Oil Creek U.M. Church, Roanoke, West Virginia. This is a small church with about 50 or 60 people. The took a vote to send a Christmas to our school, instead of doing shoe boxes this year. I want everybody to say a small prayer for these people, also don't forget the reason for the season, JESUS CHRIST. please don't take Christ out of Christmas, also pray for our mission. Thank You and may GOD BLESS all of you.  Earl, Shirley and  Gabriel

Usually when I write the newsletter, Earl always reads over it before I post it, well, he has been out of electricity since Tuesday, I have been trying to call and my calls go directly into voice mail, please be in prayer for electricity and our communication.

I am trying to gather funding for my trip to the D.R. for our family Christmas this year, each year it seems to be getting harder. I know God will supply all I need to get there and finish our adoption. C.O.N.A.N.I. says they will no longer fight us, they will give us our approval, but I need to be there to finish the paperwork, we are in the process of doing all of those wonderful papers AGAIN. We would appreciate your prayers for this last thing that is asked of us. PRAISE GOD!

The Haitian Christian Education Center is in full mode, the children came back in full force, we have had some children go back to Haiti, but we are still excited in their willingness to learn all that they can about our Lord and Savior. Our sponsor ships have dropped off, but God is the only one who can make this all work, we thank all of you who have faith in our calling for this school, your sponsor ships are greatly appreciative.

Reminder that the mission trip is set for March 19th thru 26th, 2012, if you are willing to step out into faith and join us, please email Earl or myself, and we will give details and dollar amounts you will need. Last year, we had a group of wonderful people, everyone was willing to do whatever they had to do to get the job done, April had a terrific VBS, we all had a glorious time with each other.

I have been taught many things this week in bible study, one of the studies that we are hearing about is the mess this country is in (USA), in II Chronicles 7:14-22, we are ask to call him by name, humble ourselves, pray, seek, and crave him, he will hear us, he will heal our land, we sometimes don't give up our wicked ways for him,but he is asking us too, he wants us to tell everyone in every nation about him, we need to pray always, seek always, and ask for more of him in our lives, until we change our attitudes he won't hear us, find time to sit down and spend quality time with him, pray for direction in what he wants you to do, find answers! The more we look up to him, the more he will listen to us.

I have learned so much about my own faith this past year, I wasn't even close, personal things were more important to me, today, I am happy to tell you, he is the only thing I look up too, he is the one that guides me and directs me, I had to focus more on him and everything else will fall into place. I loved everything he has ask me to do in the past few years, I am looking forward to however many more years he is willing to let me have to continue to work for him. My eyes, my heart, my mind, and my soul are praying, seeking, and craving all that I can have with him.

Earl, Gabriel, and I pray that all of you will have a wonderful Thanksgiving time with your families, don't forget to take time out to thank the most important person, Jesus Christ, for all he has done for you. See you next month. God Bless, 

                                                                       Earl,Shirley, and Gabriel

Also remember, the shoe fund for the children will be collected all summer, we would love to be able to take the children to the shoe store for another year of brand new shoes for the school program. Please send your donated amount to T.M.C.I. along with note for "SHOE FUND".

ENJOY YOUR SUMMER, GOD BLESS EACH ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS!

Hope this letter finds all happy and blessed by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Earl and Gabriel has arrived safely to the U.S. for their 3 month stay.  It is so good to have my family home, I wish you could of seen the picture on Gabriel's face when he arrived at the Buffalo Airport, he came running down the hallway screaming mommy,mommy, mommy, and jumped into my arms, that was a blessing from God for sure.

The Haitian Christian Education Center will be done for the summer break this week, the children have learned lots of new things and I was so touched by those children when I returned for our first mission trip in March, they began with a church service and sang Christian songs I'd  taught them in English, it just brought tears to my eyes. Praise God for that miracle that they still remember the words.

We will be sharing the date for the second  mission trip for next year, it will be  in next months newsletter, so If you missed the first one, this will be your chance to come and join us in the 2012..

This year we are seeking new sponsors for our children to join the others who have so generously been giving, this is a once in a life time offer to help Gods children learn more about our Savior. It is still $20.00 a month.  This summer we are also collecting for our second annual SHOE DRIVE.  We would like to be able to buy each child in the school a new pair of shoes, also maybe even give them a new white pair of socks. The cost for shoes will be $10.00 a pair, you may send your donations for shoes or sponsorships to T.M.C.I., P.O. Box 1761 Columbia, S.C. 29202, please put note and tell Judy what the donation is for.

This summer we will be willing to come to your church for a visit, we can talk about the ministry or share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with your congregation. Please e-mail us if you would like for us to come visit!

Most of you know, we are headed back in September to finally finish up Gabe's adoption, C.O.N.A.N.I., which is the government over the children in the Dominican told us there will be no more fighting over this matter, they will help us finish this up. This has been a long 6 years for us and we know with God, all things are possible, but in his time and not ours.

Updates on my family situations, my mom is doing well, she fell a couple of times this past Mothers Day and injured her foot, but thanks be to God, she is doing okay. My sister who has cancer had a biopsy yesterday and the new spot they found was growing by leaps and bounds, she had it removed this morning and test are being done on it now, pray for peace and healing, this Praise I am so grateful for, is the apartment that the Lord found for a family member who was homeless with their two small children, my nephew Chris, is back from Afghanistan, he is safe and still serving our country in Texas.  God has given me so many miracle these past few months and I know he will continue to do so, we all just need to intercede for each other. WITH THIS IN MIND, read LUKE 18: 1-8, God tells us in verse 7, "Will not God make the things that are right come to his chosen people who cry day and night to Him?" Let's all pray day and night for each other and see the miracle he has at hand be given to you.  God Bless each and everyone of you, please continue to pray for the Haitian Christian Education Center and it's children and teachers.

It's February already, hope each one of you had a wonderful Valentine's Day. Hope this newsletter finds everyone blessed and healthy.

Earl and Gabriel are under the weather, but with Gods Grace and Mercy it won't last long. Please be in prayer for their healing. The weather in the states has  been very cold, the snow has quit for a few days and they are expecting high temperatures by Friday, I'm like everyone else, WE CAN'T WAIT!!!!

As you may know, February is the month of Carnival, the Dominican Republic streets are full of evil, lot of drinking,drugs, and criminal mischief. Be in prayer for this country and the people of LaVega.

Not much going on in the school, the school is preparing for the mission team coming in March to do some construction, painting, VBS, and some great preaching. We are so excited to have our first team and we praise God for all the efforts put forth for this event.  We will be visiting several churches during the nights, sharing Gods word.  We will have sponsors on board to spend time with their sponsored children and hopefully they will be able to meet the families of these children.

Since the devastated time with the earthquake, we would love to share that Jesus is with them every single day, our lives don't have to be in turmoil, we need to leave our worries behind and find our faith in our Lord and Savior. Our plans are to show them that the earthquakes won't hold them back, "all things are possible through him that strengthens me."

We ask that you be in prayer this whole month and next for the team thats coming, we pray that their lives will be changed in more ways than imaginable. Most of these people have been here before, but never had the chance to work with the Haitian communities, There will be a husband and wife that will be here for the first time also and we wish them many miracles to see.  This trip is not  for us, it will be for their personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

I have met a lady that lives next door to my mother, her and I have a bible study on Wednesday nights, as we are studying the book, "10 Curses That Block The Blessings", by Larry Huch, as I've spoken about Carnival this month in LaVega, I want to leave you with this,  so much of what happens at Carnival is witchcraft, every word, every movement, everything that is seen is done all week long, those who attend are cursed by this event, the curse can stay with them until who knows when. Please read 1 Peter 1:18-19. 

Please be in prayer for all people who have curses, pray for them, guide them with Gods word. 

 

We pray for all of you, until next month, God Bless all of you, Earl, Shirley, and Gabriel 

I hope this newsletter finds everyone happy, healthy, and blessed. Here we are in the final month of this year, it has been a hard and very confusing year, but with the mercy and grace of our savior, we made it!

The children in the Haitian Christian Education Center began making Christmas decorations for their Christmas tree, as you will see in the pictures they sure had a good time.  As other missionaries can tell you, donations are down and our supporters are finding it hard to continue some of the support, we are asking that for the month of December, please be in prayer for the school and it's hardships along with all the other missionaries who are trying to continue Gods plan for each one of their ministries.  I pray for many blessings for those of you who can and can't  continue to support us.

The children are looking forward to those of you are willing to step out into faith and answer the call of God to help them get a Christian education.  As you may know by now, our ministry, "Gabriel's Outreach", is hosting a mission trip beginning the 18th of March 2011, it will be one week long, we are planning VBS, painting, and construction, I would also like for some of you who are musical to help out and let's teach the Haitians to praise our Savior in the English Language.  If you have talents in guitar, keyboard, drums, and love to sing, please come and join us.  We would like to have some street evangelism for those who would like to help out with that.  Go to our Blog @thefeatsents.com and see the details for that trip, or call Earl at 814-806-3007, or call me at 814-853-1319.

I will be traveling to the Dominican Republic on Monday  the 13th, to finish up Gabriel's adoption, our residency is complete, so now we are headed to the capital to meet with C.O.N.A.N.I. (persons who handles adoptions) to get this final approval.  Be in prayer for all three of us as we continue to complete this project God has graciously given us.  Of course traveling mercy also, because of the weather.

I have had a hard time these last few weeks with the attitudes of different people, it seems like the Christmas season is effecting everyone, some of the nicest people had hardened there hearts towards other people, I have seen so much evil through the mouths of the community, I have been praying and asking God to show me what I need to share with everyone, here is where he led me, James 3:1-18, this chapter tells me what dangers we can create from using our tongues the wrong way, this is the Christmas season, we should be loving one another, we should be willing to help those in need, we should also be helping the widow and the poor, we should be celebrating the birth of Jesus, what he was created for and his plan he is carrying out for his father.  If we don't share with others the love of Jesus, how would we expect them to do the same.  In verse 18, his word tells us, "those of us who plant seeds of peace will gather what is right and good". How could we not want PEACE this Christmas season, share this with someone who don't know our savior, let's start changing the lives of people around us.

Until next month, I wish and pray for peace, love, and knowledge of Jesus!  I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday season and may the next year bring more people seeking to find out who,  JESUS IS!!!!!!!!!

                                                                                      God Bless from Gabriel's Outreach,

                                                                                              Earl, Shirley and Gabriel