Ministry Opportunity - Posted by Karen

Christie's Auntie Ruth made neck coolers to send to the troops in Iraq. They are filled with water absorbing crystals, and after you soak them in cold water you wear them around your neck and they help keep you cooler in the heat of the day. She has offered to make enough to send to all the orphans and staff at JCC. The cost of the neck coolers is $3.00 each. The JCC Board here in the States enthusiastically supports this idea. They said that the most meaningful part of gifts to those at JCC are personal notes to the recipients. They request that if you donate to this program that you write a note on a 4" x 5" piece of paper that will be pinned to the neck bands so that there will be personal contact between the gifts and the givers. If God lays it on your heart to contribute to this project (we need 125 to 150), please send a check for the number of neck bands you wish to send along with the 4 x 5 notes to me and I will get the money to Ruth and the Neck Bands to Iowa. My address is 9092 Hannula Road Angora, MN 55703. I need to have everything here by May 15th.

There is a Ministry Team going to Jonathan's House from Iowa May 27th. Mark, Kari and Amy will be joining this team. Mark will be working with a goat fencing project. He has researched the right kind of fencing (termites are a problem) and wire and solar generator and he will be carrying that as part of his luggage. Amy and Kari will be working with Christie in the orphanage and carrying things that Christie still needs for her 6 months so the neck coolers need to travel with the rest of the team.

Please keep the entire ministry team in your prayers as they prepare physically, mentally and spiritually to go and minister to the orphans and staff at Jonathan's house.