Archive: February, 2010

Summer Mission Plans

I have not had a chance to officially post this yet, but we recently found out that we will for sure not be able to go on our family mission trip to Haiti this July. The country has been completely turned upside down by the massive earthquake this past January. The need right now in Haiti is for skilled relief work and we are not capable in  helping out in that way. We hope to reschedule our trip in the future but that could be as much as a few years from now.

Now that we are unable to got to Haiti we our going to try to visit an organization called Frontera de Cristo that operates on the US/Mexican border in Douglas, Arizona. They helped start a business for Mexican Nationals to grow and roast coffee and sell it to individuals and churches in the USA. The business is called Café Justo. Our family has been buying the coffee and they ship direct to our house. In addition to the coffee business they have other main ministries.

Frontera de Cristo seeks to put flesh on the good news of Jesus Christ through six areas of ministry: Church Development, Health Ministry, Family Ministry, the New Hope Community Center, Mission Education and the Just Trade Center.

We will keep you posted as to what develops with this Arizona/Mexico trip.

As always your would be appreciated as we plan and prepare for this family trip in July.

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Local Volunteer Opportunity

The Wayne/Westland Salvation Army has some great volunteer opportunities.

Do you like to talk to people?
Do you like to cook?
Do you like to be around others?
Do you like to help others?
Do you have a desire to help your community?

If you answered YES to any ONE of the above questions, we have something just for you.

We have openings with the following programs:

Community Feeding Program – Tasks include re-heating the week’s left-over food, serving the meal, washing dishes in a mechanical dishwasher and clean-up afterwards.
Members of the community come to eat at 5:00pm and the youth in our After School Tutoring Program eat at 5:30.  Openings for this are on Friday afternoon/early evening from 4:00pm-6:30pm

General Office/Reception – Tasks include answering the phone and directing the calls as needed, making copies, sending faxes and greeting clients when they enter the building.  We have openings Monday-Friday in the morning and afternoon for a few hours per day.

Child ID Program – Help at one of the stations that include Registration, DNA Teeth Imprinting and entering the child’s information into a computer to create a CD to give to the parent/guardian.  This is a one-time event that will take place on March 13, 2020

After School Tutoring Program – Help children of all grade levels with homework and study sheets, organized recreation, arts and crafts and our new media center where children can learn the basics of computers and enjoy ‘surfing the Internet’.  This is available Monday through Friday from 3:30 pm – 6:45 pm.

Volunteering with us is a great, rewarding experience.
Sign-up on-line or give me a call.

Sandy Kollinger
Administrative Assistant
Volunteer Coordinator
Wayne/Westland Corps
2300 S. Venoy Road
Westland, MI 48186

www.waynewestlandsa.org

Phone:  734-722-3660
Fax:  734-722-5115

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What Do I Know of Holy – Addison Road

heard this for the first time yesterday and I absolutely love it!

My Honor Girls

Both of my girls made their school honor roll this past semester, and now I have some new stickers to put on the back of my car. Way to go Emily and Samantha! :-)

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Upcoming Book Reviews

It has been a while since I have done some formal book reviews here but I just got word today that I will be soon receiving some new releases from the good people at Jossy Bass/Wiley. I have also put in a request to also review a new book by Scott Sabin who is the Director/Founder of Floresta/Plant With A Purpose. Below are the covers of the upcoming books.

ISBN: 0470529458

ISBN: 0470486724

ISBN: 0817015728

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Sweet Deal

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by Neil Cole
Read by Marc Cashman
MP3 or WMA format

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Coupon Code: 72ORGANIC

72 hours only > Noon Feb 6th – Noon Feb 8th (PST)

Our Cheerleader

This past Tuesday night Samantha and her teammates from the Westland Stars performed at the Wayne High School basketball half-time. Sam and friends did a great job. Below are some pictures from the event.

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Special Guests

It is Catholic Schools/Spirit Week at Our Lady of Good Counsel where I work.

Yesterday we had some special visitors in the lunch room from the Star Wars movie.

Below is a picture of me getting worked over by Darth Vader. :-)

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Haiti Benefit Concert

Life Church in Canton is putting on a Haiti benefit concert on 2/12/10

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