May 2008 Chugiak Crier Newsletter
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UMYF Update
By the time you’re reading this our Garage Sale (April 26th) and Cinco de Mayo Dinner and Silent Auction (May 3rd) will have come and gone. We thank you for your continued support and prayers as we prepare for our trip to Mexico.
To prepare ourselves, the Youth participated in one of two retreats this winter. We read what Jesus said in Matthew 5:13 “You are like salt for everyone on earth.” (CEV) We explored what salt was used for and what Jesus might have meant then and now. We see ourselves as the flavor and preservative of life. We want to be that flavor and preservative in the lives of those we meet next month. We looked at two other scriptures: 1 Sam 17:41-54 where David meets and slays Goliath. And Luke 21: 1-4 in which the widow puts all she has into the offering. We are both the young boy who no one expects to be able to take on the giant, but who through God’s power can do anything, and the widow who gave more by giving all she had. We hope to live up to these two characters and bring life and hope to two families.
We don’t know (as of this writing) whether we are building two “standard” houses or one “double” house. We do know that Amor Ministries has work for us to do, and we are ready to do it.
We ask for your continued prayers as we gather our gear and hopes and head south.
Grace and Peace, Sandra