Roger Marcy Relief Update Jan 2009

[Roger DeRuiter]

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Happy New Year, indeed it is!!!

Happy New Year, may the God and creator of this world bless you in this New Year with His blessings…
What a wonderful New Year to go into with a lovely wife. Our honeymoon consisted of a two day stay in the local casino and then a one week car trip to Florida to celebrate with my family, it was a blessing. It is also very wonderful to know that through the last year Christian Life Center and other volunteer groups helped 92 families to get back into a normal home life after three years from the Hurricane. We currently have 215 families on the active list for assistance; out of that 215 we have 93 families that have funding to buy needed materials, but need labor on their homes. This leaves 122 families that need both labor and funds for repair materials.
The Christian life Center is continuing to receive volunteers from around the country and we have volunteers through June 2009, for right now. We are continuing to contact families and volunteers who would like to partner, in order to buy materials for damaged houses as well as include new houses to be built.
Marcy is helping in the kitchen by getting up at 530 AM to make breakfast for the construction volunteers and helps out with office work and receptionist duties while she is here at the Center.
Roger continues to work as Construction Administrator aiding the Construction Manager with phone calls, updating housing list, updating website as well as selling lighting fixtures on Ebay in order to bring in more money to aid the families on our construction list.
The Christian Life Church has continued to have around 40-60 people attend their Wednesday Night Coffee House which I am the Christian “bouncer” keeping the peace and fights down between the local youth who attend. As a test run I had made a video of the youth and asked them about the year gone and the year to come and in hopes of sharing the video with them next Coffee House. I also give at the end of the video a small message on how Christ can help each one of us attain the things we want for ourselves in the New Year. Marcy is also helping with the new program that is introducing the Bible to the kids during the coffee houses with stories and coloring and book prizes for them. She is also helping where needed and when asked to do Children’s Ministry during Sunday Service. So far she has only partaken in this ministry three times and is looking forward for more opportunities.
As Marcy and I minister here in Waveland, MS we continue to look for the opportunities that the Lord is opening up for us, whether through action, words or just listening. Local’s here continue to struggle with alcoholism and gambling as well as much broken relationships that seem to be the norm here. CLC is located in between some “projects” and a drug neighborhood so we come into contact with all kinds of people.
Mississippi continues to have high rates of obesity, illiteracy and one of the poorer states in the union. Youth here seem to have their future set towards getting a GED and working for a fast food restaurant. We continue to ask God to show us how to minister to people here
Prayer concerns:
· Marcy’s going to give birth and she is 6 weeks along. Hallelujah!!
· Marcy has to leave in April, because her visa will be expired and is expected to return the ending of May.
· Continuous residency and citizenship applications to be processed quickly for Roger in order to attain legal residence for Marcy.
· Rogers continued Administrative duties in Construction efforts.
· Financial provision as we continue to minister in Waveland, MS at CLC, immigration cost, end of term traveling expenses and for childbearing expenses as we do not have any medical insurance.
· Rogers and Marcy’s future, whether here in MS or elsewhere as of June 2009.
As we submit these concerns, in God we TRUST, for he has gone before us!
Thanksgiving
· A New Year in a new marriage.
· Financial provision since July 2008
· Serving the people of Waveland, MS.
· Blessing of a Child to come.
· A local youth coming to accepting Christ as her personal Lord and Savior.
· Seeing two locals defeating alcoholism and accepting Christ as their Lord and Savior.
· For health and strength he provides daily.

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