Humility

“Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you.” 1 Peter 5:6

Prayer Requests:
~ Pray that our Agape Angels are able to ask God to increase their awareness of resentful feelings, bringing them boldly into the light of His Presence so that He can free them from the resentment in their lives that is blocking them from enjoying His peace.

~ For healing for the girls, staff, volunteers and all families; and sleep for the staff in the Home!

~ For one of our students who is having an extremely difficult time with life in general; pray that she remembers that God has a plan for her life, and that her life is worth living.

~ For the capital campaign to be blessed by God as we proceed with raising funds for the counseling center /transition home. (See more details in our newsletter coming out next week).

~ For senior students, and their families, as the senior students seek guidance for where they will go to college in the next year or so.


Praise Reports:
~ For the joy of ‘Celebrating Agape’ last Thursday evening with so many of you as we celebrated all that God is doing in this ministry, and for the number of people who were there who had never participated in an event with so much information about Agape House!

~ For the donation of tickets to attend the Macbeth performance at UW-Whitewater through their ‘Arts4All Program’.

~ For the joy of a volunteer who blessed us with her cleaning skills yesterday at a time when none of the rest of us had the time or the energy to clean up the way she did!

~ For the joy of a ‘Grace Day’ tomorrow, which is an extra day off from school for students and staff.


Items Needed:
Donations for 2 upcoming special interest school events $20 pp – this will help defray the costs for those families who are not able to afford this (if you send in a check for this, please note: ‘School Events’ in the memo line)

Electric stapler for each classroom.

One more old card table for Art class

15 Thumb (Flash) Drives so each student has her own for computer class

Bulletin Board Decorations for Thanksgiving and Christmas
Ham and Turkey lunch meat
Tubs of Margarine
String Cheese
Yogurt
Milk (1% please)
Cereal
Fresh Produce: Veggies and Fruits
Snacks, i.e., almonds, peanuts, dried fruit, granola bars, crackers
Chicken

Wish List:
Funding for a field trip wherein the girls will have time to play (see note under items needed)
Mini Van (used and in good shape) - free or very good price
Gas Cards to take the girls to various events in the van
Gift cards for the girls to be able to go to Starbucks, bowling, a movie, or Subway


Ways to Help at this time:
~ Speech teacher to help one of our girls with IEP; about 40 minutes a week.

~ Tutors for afternoons and Friday morning.

~ Volunteer to repair stained glass.

~ Sponsor a girl here; we have several girls that come from single parent families that have no money.

~ Provide finances to expand our counseling program. Our goal for 2011 is to open a Christian Biblical-based counseling center that operates on a sliding fee so no one is turned away because of finances. We are looking at renting some space close by so we can have more offices and praying for the funding for the rent and to pay the counselor’s
Bring in your Campbell’s labels and Box Tops for Education - ask family and friends to help as well.

“Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23-24