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66 cents

The Featsents — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:28:53 GMT

What can you do with 66cents a day, buy a cup of coffee ? Not hardly, candy bar, NO. Ice cream, ha ha.

Well let me tell you what it can do down here in the Dominican Republic. 66 cents a day can provide schooling and a hot lunch for a Haitian child here. That comes to about 20 dollars a month, and that much will sponsor a Haitian child in our school. At this time we have about 50 children in our school ( Haitian Christian Education Center)

We have only 15 children sponsored now and our school is struggling to survive. We can NOT feed the children now like we want to. I was at the school this morning and saw about 7 children with skin problems from not getting enough proper food to and clean water to drink. If every child was sponsored we could feed them a good meal everyday!

PLEASE PRAY ABOUT SPONSORING A CHILD TODAY !!!!

Thanks and may God bless you, Earl Featsent

call on American phone 814-806-3007

What would you do?

The Featsents — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:36:04 GMT

God Bless each of you,

Sorry it's taken so long to write a newsletter, but I just returned from the Dominican Republic spending the holidays with Earl and Gabriel. What a glorious time we had, the sun was out most of the time, the time of the year was great for a friends wedding, (Earl, Gabriel and I stood up for our friends), we would like to congratulate Alberto and Pretchy Pena on their marriage, we do pray God continues to bless you all, we were able to visit some friends we haven't seen in a couple years,(Renaida Garcia), is expecting her first child, her husband and her are delighted to be having a daughter, and we worked on some of the adoption for Gabriel, of course, it's not over yet, we are still trying to get all the paperwork in order and the attorney to find time to work with us to finish this up. We are leaving it in Gods hand, please be in prayer for all of us.

I did accomplish my visits with the Haitian Christian Education Center, we are learning more and more about our Savior, they are so smart when questioned about him, they truly do love the Lord as much as he loves them, we were able to teach them a couple new songs in English, those of you who are coming on the mission trip in March, you will be able to hear them.

For those of you who didn't know, the mission trip is set for March 19th thru 26th, 2012, there will be some carpentry work, brick work, painting, visiting families, and VBS, VBS will be lead by April Gaines again this year, the kids loved them coming last year and are looking forward to them coming again. The cost is $450.00, and you buy your own airline tickets, if you sponsor a child in the school and would like to bring them something, feel free to do so.

I want to share a little story with you, when I was with Earl and Gabriel, they were telling me about these two boys, which are twins, Gabriel was telling me how mean they were to him, they would hit him in the head, chase him down the street until he reached his front gate, no matter how horrible they were to him, he was still going ? out to play with them, I told him, if they are mean to you, you just come home and leave them alone, don't fight with them, he understood what I was saying, but before I left for the states, he told me that they were being nice to him again, only God knows what had happen to make them stop being mean. Today I called to see how he was doing and he proceeded to tell me about the twins, they had an electrical fire last night and lost everything they owned, including their home. Gabriel heard what happen and he and Earl went into his closet and started picking out clothes that don't fit him anymore, he said pants, shirts, underwear, and socks, they took them to the twins. I said to him, I thought they were mean to you, but he said mom, they lost everything!

Now, I thought Gabriel wasn't listening to half the stuff Earl and I have been teaching him, God showed me otherwise, what would you have done if you were in Gabriel's shoes? Take a lesson from a 6 year old, never turn your back on someone, you will never know when God will put someone into your path for help, lets love one another, as Jesus has loved us!

Please be in prayer for Earl and Gabriel, the Haitian Christian Education Center, the children, our mission trip coming up in March, the missionaries that are coming, the supporters for the school, and of course our teacher, Wilbert Darius and his family, what a blessing he is

All for the love of Jesus, Shirley,Earl, and Gabriel

merry CHRISTmas to all

The Featsents — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:53:30 GMT

Wishing everyone a very merry CHRISTmas, and the best new year ever !! Don't forget the reason for the season, JESUS CHRIST. As for us we had one of the best Christmas's ever. We were able to bring joy to almost 100 children, with the help of our LORD and many donated items.

Please don't forget our school and the Haitian children through out the new year. We still need many new sponsor's for the children. We only have 15 children sponsored and have 31 that need sponsored. Remember it is only $20.00 a month, less than a dollar a day to get the child in school and help buy books and uniform. If we get all 46 children sponsored we can maybe start a lunch program. Please pray about this in 2012. Also talk to your friends and family about sponsoring. Don't forget about the mission trip in March, you can come and visit with your sponsored child for a week. We will have construction work, VBS, and home visits to the child's home. Dates are March 19th--26th please let us know early if you plan on coming, so we can make arrangements for room and board. The cost of trip will be $450 again and you book airline tickets to Santiago Dominican Republic. We would like to have a $200.00 dollar deposit in by Jan.31st.

HOW GOD CAN USE A SMALL CHURCH TO BLESS OUR SCHOOL

The Featsents — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:09:54 GMT

Hello all, I'm hoping you all had a blessed Thanksgiving. I just had to write and tell everybody what we received last Friday. It was our normal mail day, but this day we received 10 boxes of goodies from a small church in West Virginia. These boxes contained many items for the Haitian Christian Education Centers children. As you know this is our project in the Dominican Republic. I'm going to try and list a few items in the boxes, there are enough for every child. Tooth brushes and paste, wash cloths and soap, flip-flop sandals, many toys, candy, socks, and cloths, school supply's, and many story books.As I drove my van home I felt like Santa driving his sled !

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

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

The Featsents — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:51:11 GMT

Hello and Happy Thanksgiving everyone,

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

Matthew 13:1-9 "The parable of the sower."

The Featsents — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:47:47 GMT

Hello my brothers and sisters in Christ,

Hope this newsletter finds all well and blessed! As we begin the new Fall season, everyone is back to their ministries, we pray for all of you who are missionaries and supporters of those who are working for our Lord and Savior.

The Haitian Christian Education Center begins, there are 35 children enrolled so far this year, we ask for your prayers for support, pray that God uses all who are in agreement to complete what God has ask them to do this year. As I spoke to Earl this morning, all is fine on the home front, he and Gabriel has had some run ins with Satan, but our God is so good with his promises in each of our lives. I am asking for continue prayers for them, our adoption of Gabriel, the school, the children and teachers. We are still seeking supporters for our ministry, God has blessed us with new ones this year and we thank each and everyone of you who feel lead to walk out in faith to help us accomplish this task.

We are still praying for the Shoe Fund this year, we have collected a little over $100.00 so far, if you would like to consider buying a pair of shoes, ($10.00 per pair) please send your donations to T.M.C.I., P.O. Box 1761 Columbia, S.C. 29202, if you are interested in sponsorship's, please note your wishes to which your donations should be for, this is all tax deductable!

We are looking for our next mission trip, we have chosen March 19th-26th, 2012, we are believing that God will touch your heart to come and be blessed. If you are interested, please contact Earl or Shirley at 814-806-3007, and let us know if this week is good for you or not, we have about 5 people that would like that week, Next month, we will let you know what the cost is and the projects for that trip.

Special congratulations go out to Fred and Cherise Pringle , Clay and Rachel Triplett, on their new marriages. They both were united on September 3, 2011, Earl officiated Pringle's in Pennsylvania and I officiated Triplett's in Texas. What a joyous time for both of these couples, we ask for your prayers in their new lives together and that God will bless them and their marriages.

Special thanks go out to Robert Mitchell and his family for the invitation to come down to West Virginia and share in the Reunion of their churches this past August, it was a blessing from God to spend time with his family and the sponsors who give so generously to Gabriel's Ministry, we are so blessed to have all of you and you will always have our prayers. God Bless each one of you!

My mom, (Shirley's), is doing well, now that the cooler weather has come, it's much easier for her to breathe, My sister, Martha, is still battling Hodgkin, she is under serious Chemotherapy, lost her hair, but still holding her faith that God is the healer of all who believe. She has been strong and courageous through her battle. We thank you for all your prayers, please continue them for us all.

In Matthew 13:1-9, we have read about the parable of the sower, I am asking you to read those verses, find time to sit and be still, open your ears and hear what God is asking you to do for him. Always be a sower no matter where you are and what your doing, you may be surprised what you hear!

Keep us all in your prayers, we look forward to seeing you in March 2012. God bless each and everyone of you. All for the Love of Jesus, Earl, Shirley, and Gabriel

Just a short message

The Featsents — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:28:01 GMT

This is just a quick note to ask all of you who support our children in the Haitian Christian Education Center, please keep your support going all summer, this will enable the children to be ready to begin again in September, if you haven't made arrangements for support, please e-mail us and we can get the information to you.

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!

Summer is here now!

The Featsents — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:43:42 GMT

Hola Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

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.

REASON TO PRAISE GOD

The Featsents — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:20:00 GMT

Good morning my brothers and sisters in Christ, First of all I'm sorry this news is so late, but we have been working very hard the last two months. In March we had our first American team in to help us with the school. They worked very hard and much was done, we now have three classrooms instead of only one. We are still putting the finishing touches on the third room, but two are complete. Our team was small , but God put together a GREAT team. There were members from four different states. All members came together to work for the one true living God.
   This month we have been painting and decorating the two rooms. As I am writing this Wilbert and two Haitian men are doing cement work and painting the third room.

As you can see in the picures, the rooms are much brighter and cheerful. The children love it now. Along with the new paint we have made new chalk boards. In the up coming weeks I will be making more tables and benches. We hope to get rid of all plastic chairs, which are loaned to us from the church.
We have come a long way from the school we started in Carmeleta, but we still have some need for your prayer. Every month we have to struggle to pay the teachers ( they are lucky to get half of what they should get) We can correct this problem by getting more children sponsored. At this time we only have 15 children sponsored and we have 70 students. It is only $20.00 dollars to sponsor a child, Please speak to friends and neighbors about sponsoring a child. If we could get all children sponsored, we would have no problems.
   These children come from very poor homes and mostly only one parent. They have no running water or electric in the concrete unfinished place they call home. Most don't have a bed to sleep in at night. They just love the school and can't wait to come. It's the only chance they have for a better way of life.
   We want to open up to you a welcome to come down and see the child you sponsor and be a part of our up coming trip. We would like your input as to when we should have the next trip. In the past the trip to LaVega was always in March. We want to start planning a trip and need to get a date which is good for everybody. Please give us your input.

Thanks and may God bless you all, Earl,Shirley and Gabriel

February newsletter

The Featsents — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:53:00 GMT

God Bless each and everyone of you,

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

61 Haitian Children need your help !!!

The Featsents — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:03:00 GMT

TIME IS ALMOST HERE

We have a great trip planed and time is running out for sign up.

We would like you to call : 814-806-3007 to sign up and send payment to:

T.M.C.I. Po. box 1761
Columbia, S.C. 29202

please try to send half by Jan. 31,2011
FINAL PAYMENT BY FEB.28

We have extended the deadline

PLEASE PRAY ABOUT THIS TRIP

THERE ARE 61 CHILDREN THAT NEED YOUR HELP

LET US KNOW SOON AND PAYMENT BY Feb.28

also inclose a note that the money is for the Featsent's trip

We have the Christian camp reserved ,for food and lodging.

THERE WILL BE CONSTRUCTION AND VBS ALSO SOME PAINTING.
COME AND HAVE A GREAT TIME SERVING THE LORD

Please book your own air fare into Santiago D.R.
We will take care of all other transportation
Thank and God Bless, Earl Featsent

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

The Featsents — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:36:00 GMT

Hope your having an enjoyable evening,

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

UPDATE TO MISSION TRIP

The Featsents — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:23:00 GMT

We had some people say that our request for half the trip at Christmas,made it had to do. We have changed the payments to half on Jan. 30,2011 and final on Feb 28. We would like people to fly into Santiago Airport if possable. If not we can make trips to other airports to pick up people.
    We had a Christmas tree trimming party today at school. The children  had a ball making the decorations.
WE WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO PRINT OUR POSTOR AND HANG IT IN THERE CHURCH        Thanks and God Bless, Earl

La Vega Mission Trip

The Featsents — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:39:00 GMT

The Invasion

The Featsents — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:33:00 GMT

God Bless each one of you who reads this,

This will be our newsletter this month on sad circumstances, I have received a call from Earl and Gabe this afternoon, we were robbed in our home in the D.R., Earl and Gabriel were in church this morning when someone decided to help themselves to our things, when Earl arrived home this afternoon, he found our living room filled with lots of sunshine, he felt something was wrong, as he continued to look around he found our living room window busted out, the robbers used something very heavy to break the concrete window and pulled the bars out along with it, we now have a huge hole in the wall.

Earl and Gabriel are fine, but stirred up some, many things were stolen, robbers took our lap top computer that Earl uses for school business, Earl's camera, all the computer things like the card reader, the additions that go along with the computer, his computer bag, along with our important papers inside that allows Gabriel to come home to the states, our DVD player, my portable CD player, my portable cassette player, and many many more things, they tried to take the pazola, but for some reason they decided not too! They even had the nerve to take Gabriel's pillow case off his bed, to put some things into to climb out over the wall.

We are grateful to God that no one was hurt, Earl is beside himself tonight, we are asking for your prayers tonight and the rest of this week to get answers to this robbery. The sad thing was, Earl had to pay the police officer to come and write a police report. We are sure this robbery will never be solved, but we pray that God will punish the ones who did this.

If you would please pray that God will supply Earl with a used laptop to continue his work , that their safety will be supplied, as of this moment, his work in the D.R. will be on HOLD. There will be no pictures for those of you who read this newsletter, he worked very hard on the photos he took when he made the tables and benches, he had the children painting them, we lost all of our pictures.

Thank you for your prayers and all you do for God ministry, keep Earl and Gabriel lifted up at this time, I will be writing again when things get settled down. God Bless each and everyone of you. I will be traveling there on Sunday, October 31st, please pray for traveling mercies. All for the love of Jesus, Shirley

Fall Begins

The Featsents — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:36:00 GMT

Good evening everyone,

The first day of Fall has come and we all know what comes next, not just leaf raking, pumpkin picking, or putting all the summer things away in your yards. The weather will soon be heading for us and our bodies will be so tired of Cabin fever, "I have nothing to do", or "I'm bored", It is always easier to say things like that then to get into Gods word.

We should be in his word daily, but our lives have been so busy we never have time to do what he is asking of us. I encourage you on the first day of Fall, give God some of your time, regardless how much you have. Ask him for direction in your life, ask him to use you in whatever plan he has for you. Try to step out of your comfort zone and do something different. Use this time to become closer to him and show him your willing.

The Christian Haitian Education Center has begun, we have 69 children so far this year, there has been new subjects added, like music and art. The teacher Wilbert Darius just returned from Haiti from purchasing new school books for the students. Earl bought 100 notebooks and each child's parent will purchase one notebook, that way the child will have one for the classroom and they will have one to take home to do homework in. Shipping cost has skyrocketed and it is so hard for our supporters to ship supplies to us, we do have some supporters that have lots of things to get to us and we will try very hard to get them to the D.R.

When I spoke to Earl several times this week, Gabriel was taken to the Emergency room with high fever, he is battling a raspatory infection. I'm sure it's difficult for Earl with me here and them there, We did receive good news today, PRAISE GOD!!!!!!! Our residency is finished, Earl and our attorney will be going to Santiago on Wednesday to pick his up and then we will be returning to C.O.N.A.N.I. with our new paperwork, please be in prayer for all these things, it has been a long 5 year battle, but Jesus is the winner in all this and he will reign at the end.

I have been working around the elderly apartment where my mother lives, not am I only helping her, but there are always woman here needing help with the lawns, carrying things in, and needing prayer. I will begin a visiting time with the women here, getting to know each and everyone of them.

My mother is doing great, she is still taking an exercise program at the local hospital here, I keep her walking each day, as long as it doesn't rain, my sister Martha had her Cat Scan and will be taking another 4 weeks of chemotherapy treatments, she will have them every Wednesday morning for 3 to 4 hours each time. This has been a devastating time for her since we lost Carl, but God is working on her right now and he will help her make peace with all of it, she is attending church with me and that seems to be giving her peace of mind, please keep all of us in prayer as we continue to help each other.

We will have more details on the upcoming mission trip in March on October newsletter, thank you for your support, prayers, and all the things God gives us.
In closing I want to warn everybody that the devil can be very deceitful, you think the Lord is leading you and you fallow. Be careful to check your path with the Lords word. Thanks for all the support and prayers, God Bless all of you

Praise God

The Featsents — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:15:32 GMT

    The school is open and running fine. We have many new students and two new teachers.One teacher plays the keyboard and wants to start music classes. The big problem is we have no keyboard, If anyone has a unused keyboard and would like to donate it to the school it would be used by many students.We still need a lot of items.
1) keyboard
2) old computers in working order
3) shoes children sizes, (black leather)
4) children books and DVD's
5) MONEY to buy school supplys

    God Bless every one of you ,   Earl Featsent

   All items can be sent to :Earl Featsent C/O Agape Flights
                                        100 Airport ave.   SGO
                                         Venice ,Fl. 34285

Quick Update!!!!

The Featsents — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:25:00 GMT

This is only a quick update,

Most of you know that I have been spending time with my brother in law as his pastor, waiting for the Lord to take him home. Thursday afternoon, 1:45 pm, Carl went home to be with his savior.

Carl was a new Christian, several weeks before we got word there was nothing more they could do, he accept the Lord in his hospital room, my niece Cynitha was given the opportunity to hear the details about his testimony of faith, she is a strong Christian and she will be forever grateful to God for using her to minister also with Carl. God using each and everyone of us, I have been through many bad situations before, but God has blessed me by using me also every day Carl was alive, I was by his side day in and day out, many sleepless nights, swollen feet, and back aches, but NOTHING will replace my time with Carl and the lessons I learned from all this. He was a fighter and a dedicated one also, he fought right up to his last breathe, the smile on his face when it was over, was very rewarding to know someone loved Jesus in that little bit of time and knowing he went to live with the Lord. I WILL PRAISE GOD ALWAYS!!!!!

In James 5:15, it talks about effective prayer, take some time today and begin reading this, with effective and faithful prayer, God will lead you to help a family member accept him as Lord and Savior, let's start praying harder today. God Bless each and everyone of you, please continue to pray for my sister, Martha, Carl's wife, she is still battling cancer, she finished up 18 rounds of Radiation, she is going in soon to be tested again to see where her cancer stands, let's keep the faith of prayer going.

Thank you for all your support prayers, flowers, and phone calls during this difficult time. All for the love of Jesus, Shirley

Coming To An End

The Featsents — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:32:00 GMT

God Bless each one of you,

Well, the summer is coming to an end for most of us, we hope your summer has been a blessed one. As for us, it has been a busy and very difficult one, most of you know that I have been witnessing to my sister (Martha) and her husband (Carl), Carl was given less than a month to live on this earth, then they gave him two weeks, but yesterday was his second week and he is still with us. PRAISE GOD!!!!! We are also praising God this day, God was saved the first day in ICU, I (Shirley) have been spending lots of time with them and my family, when I enter the room, he looks over to me and puts his arms up and ask to pray with him, we are glorifying God for all he has done in Carl's life. We ask for you to continue to pray until God decides to take him home, his wife Martha, and their children and the rest of my family. Also, please pray for my mother, Alice, she has C.O.P.D., her breathing is pretty bad, but I am with her also and God is working strongly in her life, she now prays with us all.

Earl and Gabriel will be returning on the 2nd of September, I will be staying behind for awhile to take care of my family and my spiritual life, I am in desperate need of finding direction from God, when the adoption continues I will be returning for a visit, I am praying hard for the adoption to be completed this YEAR. We have gotten good news from C.O.N.A.N.I, the government of adoptions in the Dominican Republic, they are willing to help with this adoption when our residency comes through, we applied back in May before I left to come home and we should be just about done, please keep this up in prayer for us.

The leadership committee from our church, Greenville Baptist Church, in Greenville Pa., gave us a letter when we first returned home and the letter said our loan for the 2000 Toyota Van is free and clear, we are so grateful to all of you who help us get the van and be able to transport people and children around. Praise God for all the things he has given us.

As for the school, the first day will be September 5th, they will be working on registration on the 3rd as soon as Earl will get home. We are setting up a mission trip for March, if you would like to come and help out with the school for a week, please email us and let us know your intentions, we are trying to see how many would like to come and find out how many would like to do bible school, pain ting, concrete work, evangelizing, and etc. This project will be your choice, you will be able to go into the communities and witness for the glory of God, you will be able to see how the Haitians live and what their lives are like each and everyday.

We would like to have playground equipment, divide the room into 4 sections, racks for the children to put their bookbags on, and many more things.

Please pray about this, this is an opportunity for you to do something that God has called each of us to do, will you leave your comfort zone and step up and say YES LORD!!!!!!! Use me.

Please read Matthew 10: 1-15, when Jesus commissioned the twelve, he has commissioned all of us to go out and spread his word, are you willing to step up and do that? Please take a week and you won't be sorry for for what God will do in your life. God Bless each and everyone of you, we will be praying for you as you are praying for us. All for the love of Jesus, Shirley,Earl, and Gabriel

Hope you have a wonderful summer

The Featsents — Tue, 11 May 2010 23:58:19 GMT

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Good evening brothers and sisters in Christ,

This newsletter is sort of late coming out, I wanted to wait until it was close to the time for us to head to the states. I will be leaving on the 21st of this month and Earl and Gabriel will be headed out on the 8th of June. I will be visiting my son Robert and his wife in Bowie, Maryland. I have 3 beautiful grandchildren there waiting for me to play with them. I am looking forward to some bonding time with all of them. First Saturday in June, I will be headed back to Pennsylvania to witness the birth of my last grandchild, Earlene is expecting a little girl on the first of July, she has a beautiful little dark eyed boy, who loves to talk to Grandmom on the telephone. Looking forward to some quality time with our oldest daughter Tammy and her family.

We are hoping to visit some churches while were home, one of them will be at the Oil Creek United Methodist Church, in West Virginia, Pastor Robert Mitchell is a big supporter in our school. Also we will visit Linesville Baptist Church, in Pennsylvania, United Faith Fellowship in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Greenville Baptist Church, in Greenville, Pennsylvania, plus others.

Earl and I have become members of a new church here in Santiago, International Christian Church, the pastor is James White of Sharing the Vision, him and his wife Teresa, are very faithful preachers in teaching from the Bible, we have a new building and Earl felt we needed a pulpit, so when Pastor and his wife went on vacation, Earl began his handy work, it is a beautiful pulpit and we are so grateful to Earl for all his hard work.

The Haitian Christian Education Center will finish up the school year the first week of June, we have had such a great time this year, we had a group of about 20 from the Bible College of Florida, they came and had a complete BIRTHDAY BASH, for all the kids, they said each month and had the children raise their hands if their birthday was in that month, then everyone was clapping, they were each given toys, some juice, a piece of birthday cake. The joy on their faces were well worth it, this was something that I feel they may never have had, thanks to all of you who gave your time, effort and the love of Jesus to each of them.

We will begin the next school year on September 6th, Earl and I will be present for registration, I will begin teaching English in the classroom next year, it should be quite easy, since all the children will be at the same level and we won't have to pay an extra teacher. We would love to complete the divisions in the classroom this next year, we will be putting together a work team for this next year, we will be asking for volunteers to come and help with some of the work that needs done here. We will be putting the information in next months newsletter, if you would like to spend a week here and enjoy visiting the children. We have a place for accommodations and for your meals and very reasonable, Be praying for Gods direction in this adventure.

I would like to leave you with this thought, just be willing to let yourself go, step out of the boat, move away from your comfort zone, this summer do something you have always been afraid of, God will direct you, you will be amazed how God will use you.

God Bless each and everyone of you, All for the love of Jesus, Shirley,Earl, and Gabriel

PS. Just came in, customs have new regulations out !! We can NO longer receive any used clothing or sheets and towels of any kind. Also medications. We have had our shipment from April put on hold, and don't know when we will get it. We had 5 boxes in that shipment, and have no idea whats in them.
Please do not ship anything to us untill we can get more information on this. Thanks Earl