Caleb Holman at Woodstock School in India

            Caleb Holman is currently teaching at the Woodstock School in India. Currently he is expanding the Woodshop program at the school in order to offer training to more students.  In addition, he is working on training and certifying the life guards at the school.  All of this in addition to his primary role as house parent in one of the dorms.  works with approximately forty 10th and 11th grade boys.  It is important to Caleb to get to know each boy as an individual, and to have the wisdom to help them with their needs, to show Christ to them and to answer their questions.  Caleb requests prayers for God's wisdom in whatever extra work he is doing, so he is where God wants him to be, yet not over doing. 

            In the near future he has several camping/hiking trips planned with the boys: a hike next weekend (Feb. 25-27), and overnight March 18-19, and some activity during the quarter break on March 24-27.

Caleb is also looking into where and what God would have him to do next year.  Please pray for the wisdom and energy to do the things now that will prepare him for next year.  Many at Woodstock would like him to remain there, but he has also applied to Duke University’s Master of Public Policy program.  Please keep him in your prayers, that God’s will for Caleb’s life would be abundantly clear.

News from the Dominican Republic

    There are not words to describe the last eight days.  Places in my heart were opened up that I didn’t know existed.  Love grew in places where I have never had feelings.  Like a tree that springs forth out of the crags and rocks on a mountainside, hope has exploded in a desolate and barren place.  I will write a little each day to try and give you a picture, but no picture will be sufficient to explain the work that God is doing through the lives of the people in the Dominican Republic. 

     We prayed for the blind to see, we literally spit in people’s eyes and smeared mud on their faces and called down miracles.   We treated a four month old baby’s hand for severe burns, got antibiotics to a little girl who had gotten knocked over by a motor cycle, we held hands with children who followed us through the streets, wanting a taste of the Hope that we brought.  We danced and laughed and washed women’s feet.  We touched the “untouchables” with growths and tumors.  We held babies who don’t have diapers because they cost too much. 

     We taught women to use sewing machines.  We gave them lessons on how to make projects, beaded necklaces, headbands, things to sell…and gave them envelopes to save their money to buy more. We washed their feet, massaged lotion into their weary muscles.  We danced and laughed and praised God together.  They will forever be in our hearts.  I sobbed as I got on the plane yesterday and took my last glance back at the people we were leaving behind.  I didn’t want to leave them.  I have to back to see them.  I will go back.  They are forever a part of my heart.

     God is REAL….and He is big.  And he speaks and he moves and he cares deeply about the details of our lives.  Thank you for checking in.  Back in a country with consistent electricity, I will share stories.  Be in touch.            ~Jayne Spear

Serve the City...Amsterdam

Susy and Brian Newman are leading a team to Amsterdam from June 1-8 (dates are approximate) to work with Serve the City. The nucleus of this team will be from Lookout. However, folks that are not part of Lookout are welcome to join the team also.

Please think, pray, and dream about being part of this mission team. It will be a great trip; Serve the City is an amazing experience as hundreds of volunteers bless the underprivileged in Amsterdam (including refugees, Muslim immigrants, prostitutes, drug addicts, and the homeless, among others).

An information meeting will be held on Sunday, February 20th after the worship service at noon. More trip details will be available at that time. Please join us, and pass along this information to others as well.

Check out the one-minute promo produced by the good folks of Serve the City in Europe. It's amazing. Here is the link:www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrJd1YdSQaI

DR Mission Trip

A group of women and girls are traveling to La Victoria, Dominican Republic February 4-11, 2011. We plan to enter into community with the women and pray that God will show His extravagant love through us. Our hope is to present ideas and ways in which they can create something that will be income producing for them. To read the details of this mission trip go to this link for oursupport letter.

We would love to have your prayers and support. If you feel led to give financially to this mission trip, please make a payment through PayPal or send a check to Lookout Mountain Community Church, 534 Commons Drive, Golden, CO 80401 Attn: Women’s D.R. trip.

To learn more, here’s a detailed history of our relationship with La Victoria.

Heading to the Dominican Republic

         The DR team is heading out on Friday, February 4.  Their bags are full of materials which will be useful to Dominican women as our team partners with them in establishing new sustenance and income opportunities.  Please pray for safe travel, sweet times of fellowship within the team and with the women of La Victoria, and for God's hand to be in all they do.

Christ's Body Ministries

         Christ’s Body Ministries is an inner-city pipeline for people in the larger body of Christ to serve poor, homeless, and broken people of all backgrounds, ages, races, and faiths. At Christ’s Body our mission is simply to feed, clothe, and share the gospel 365 days a year with Denver’s poor and homeless.  
                    Here is just one story from Christ's Body:
       Darrell is tall and lanky and walks like he talks in a slow graceful way. He never seems rattled and always at peace. One day I asked him to share the road he traveled to get to this place of peace. With his soft southern voice he told me he was born in Mississippi in 1962. At the age of 4 his dad was killed in a car accident and his mother died of a heart attack when he was 6. He was raised by loving grandparents and his granddad was a Baptist preacher for 42 years. Darrell did HVAC work for 22 years until a pinched nerve and carpal tunnel made it impossible for him to continue. He moved to Denver and worked for Gart’s Sports until they sold out and he got laid off. Since then he’s just been able to get short term temporary work. I asked him how he keeps from getting discouraged. His answer, “I just like to sit with my back against a tree in God’s creation and journal the thoughts and blessings God gives me.”

Ever since then Darrell often stops by and shows me his journal entries for that day written in his careful precise hand. I’m always amazed and blessed by Darrell’s thoughts, but this day I was especially touched and asked him if I could copy it and share with all of you. So here unedited is Darrell’s page for that day…

The things I like about myself:

My green eyes.
Daily, I spend time in relationship with Jesus.
I am saved and redeemed.
I am creative-can mix and match fabrics.
I am an encourager.
God’s favor.
I won’t give up.
Strong roots in God.  For I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
I am unique.
I am righteous through the blood of Jesus.
God uses me to talk to others.
I am both; a miracle and a survivor.
I am a victor.  I am a conqueror.
I am an overcomer.
And I am unstressed and blessed.
Thankful each day to God, for another day.

Darrell is unemployed and homeless and still knows God’s many blessings. May all of us never forget them either.

Alternatives Pregnancy Center

Alternatives Pregnancy Center educates clients and youth in schools about abstinence before marriage and renewed abstinence.

They also enable those facing the decisions of an unintended pregnancy to make informed decisions while listening to these women's circumstances and needs.  In addition, they encourage women who have conflicted emotions about a past abortion through leading Post-Abortion Support Groups.

Pray for a pregnant client as she prepares for the arrival of her little one and for favor as she searches for a new job and for support from those around her. 

Praise the Lord for a pregnant client who has decided to carry and parent. Pray for financial provision as she seeks prenatal care without insurance. 

Pray for a client to connect with new friends and community as she searches for a church family. Pray for her relationship with the Lord to deepen and grow and for the Lord to surround her with a strong support system. 

Pray for a pregnant client as she faces many challenges with little support. Pray for healing and a renewed sense of hope. 

Pray for the Lord's healing and comfort in the life of a client. Pray for direction and guidance as she makes important decisions about her pregnancy and relationships. 

Pray for an abortion-minded client who recently found out she is pregnant. Pray for her family and boyfriend to come alongside her with love and support as she makes this difficult decision. Pray that she could make a decision that is life-giving to herself and the baby.