This is an Answer to Prayer, You will be Blessed

Last Thursday, the 22nd of January, I received a call from a crisis pregnancy center. Only a few days before I had sent a note introducing myself and an idea we had to partner with them.

“…We are wondering if there is a need and interest at Options to provide short-term housing for women in your care who are pregnant or caring for a newborn. We are able to donate a portion of the rent as well as partner through our non-profit ministry to make required additional costs very small. We can also provide encouragement and emotional support.”

The director of the center had a family in mind that desperately needs help. They have been praying and rejoiced at the news of this offer.

Later that evening I spoke with “T” who has a little baby girl and is six months pregnant. She and her husband are functionally homeless. So we are providing them with a home for the next 12 months.

I look forward to sharing more about this amazing story. The director of the center ended our conversation with the statement “you will be blessed”. We are.

We will be compiling a list of items this young family needs over the next days and weeks. If you would like to support them in any way, please let me know. You will be blessed.

Murtha to Bring Gitmo to Western PA

Rep. Jack Murtha has managed to keep quiet since his "racists and redneck" statements about his district. No more. I haven't decided to laugh, cry or be angry... (the distance between the lines above represents the distance between my house and the local/state prison)

Rep. Jack Murtha, D-Pa., says he'd be willing to house prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in his congressional district if President Obama makes good on a plan to close the U.S. prison there.
As one of his first acts in office, the president circulated a draft Wednesday that would shut down Guantanamo Bay within a year.

Murtha only has a minimum security prison in his district. But he says he'd have no reservations about holding detainees there in a maximum security prison.

"Sure, I'd take 'em," said Murtha, an outspoken critic of the Iraq war. "They're no more dangerous in my district than in Guantanamo."

Murtha added that there was "no reason not to put 'em in prisons in the United States and handle them the way they would handle any other prisoners."

Merry Christmas

As we wind down the final days of Christmastide and head back to work, school and all of our 'realities'... take a look and listen to the video as a reminder of the Reality of All Seasons...