HIV Care Link Benefit Concert April 29

HIV CARE LINK MiSSION:

HIV Care Link is an outreach of Christian compassion and hope committed to preventing the spread of HIV, empowering and supporting those affected by HIV/AIDS and equipping the church to minister effectively to people living with HIV.

HIV CARE LINK MINISTRY:

HIV Care Link is an interdenominational HIV/AIDS ministry that believes in the value of every person, and is committed to obeying Jesus' command to love all people: actively, tangibly and self-sacrificially.

BENEFIT CONCERT:

Austin Collins in Concert

Friday, April 29, 7:00-8:30 PM

At the “D Note,”

7519 Grandview Ave.

Arvada, CO

All ages are welcome

$10 suggested donation at the door

Join us for an evening of great music and support HIV Care Link

Street's Hope Research Survey

Street's Hope has been working on a comprehensive survey for women who are or who have ever been been involved in the sex trade industry. We now have the survey complete and are at the stage of getting women to participate in the survey. We are hoping to get 100-120 women to participate and share their voices and their experiences with us. We need you to pray.

This research will help organizations who work with these women better understand the complexities of the issues the women bring with them. In addition, sharing the results of the survey with the general population will help dispel the myths that blind the general population from seeing the hearts of the women we serve. Too often it seems as if this population is categorized rather than seen. Seeing their stories through this research will most certainly open the eyes of the general population to the realities of their lives. My hope is that in seeing they will be moved with compassion.

We have run into some difficulty in getting cooperation from some larger organizations in gaining access to the women they serve in order to take the survey. Please pray with me that God will remove any obstacles between this survey and the women whose voices need to be heard. Thank you in advance for faithfully lifting up this project.

Cadence International Armed Forces Ministries

Update/prayer request from Paul Bradley: I am heading into Burma with the Free Burma Rangers for the week to teach leadership classes for relief teams as well as seeker bible studies at night and then will be home only a couple of days then off to Cambodia to put on a medical clinic and Bible classes at a special forces unit. Lots of travel for me running on all cylinders which leaves the family without dad. I am still recovering with back issues and the time in Burma will be very physically demanding (think boot camp). Pray for physical strength for me and protection over my family. Pray for open hearts as I share the gospel with Buddhist resistance forces at the training.

Crutches for Africa...update!

From Dave Talbot: We have been warmly received (ha ha, over 95 degrees here) by many Rotary Clubs We will be in Lagos, a western state of Nigeria, tomorrow hosted by a church. We have met many top players and have given away a few of the devices that we brought as luggage. A full container is going to come here mid summer from our efforts in New England. We have been carefully transported and protected by hosts here and are looking forward to a bit more freedom of movement in the west. Our bronchitis is finally subsiding. Thanks for your prayers.

     Please pray for safe travel!!!

Crutches for Africa...in Africa!

            Dave and Candice Talbot are currently in Nigeria…following a LONG, but uneventful flight.  They are in a strongly Christian part of the country and are staying with a Christian family as they make contacts for distributing their next container of mobility devices to Africa.  God has gone before them, arranging contacts with many Rotary Club leaders in Nigeria.  Please keep Dave, Candice, and their Nigerian contacts in your prayers as they establish a growing distribution network. 

Street's Hope

Providing an escape for women in the sex for sale industry

Not everyone in the sex trade industry wants to stay there. Who is listening to them? Where do they turn? Street’s Hope works with women who want to leave the sex trade industry. It offers them a safe place to live in a healthy environment where they receive support and counseling and have opportunities to pursue training and education – to choose a different way of life and become a thriving member of their community.

            Street’s Hope is a faith-based non-profit organization created to assist women desiring to leave sexually oriented businesses. Our clients include women working in prostitution, escorting, exotic dancing, and pornography. The goal of Street’s Hope is to encourage each woman to become balanced (physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually), to be self-supporting apart from the sex for sale industry, and to become an active part of a healthy community.

Meeting Diverse Needs

The women who come to Street’s Hope suffer from a variety of issues. Whether sexual, physical or emotional abuse, substance abuse and addiction, inability to hold down a ‘real’ job…these women come into Street’s Hope with a goal of transforming their lives.

Reflecting Christ

As Christ calls us to serve “the least of these,” the mandate of Street’s Hope is to offer hope to women who feel they have had no choice but to sell their bodies to survive. By offering them safety, support and a future, Street’s Hope strives to demonstrate to the community that by serving “the least of these” they are ministering to Jesus himself.

Prayer Requests

•    Funding: Please continue to pray for funding for SH.  Funding for general operating expenses is always a need.  All our hopes to expand and improve services depend on additional funding.  Please also lift up our staff and their support needs.  Please pray specifically for our house director whose support is inadequate at this time.

•    Research Project: Please to pray for the research project that SH will be involved in over the next few months.  This involves a survey to discover available services and avoid duplicating what is already available.

•    Programming: Street's Hope is working to enhance our programming so that what we do can be duplicated and so that our staff and volunteers have the best tools possible for what they do.  Please pray that SH will be able to develop effective program while retaining our focus on God and our sensitivity to His Spirit.

•     Perseverance: Please pray that our clients and staff will find the perseverance they so desperately need each day. 

HIV Carelink

HIV CARE LINK MiSSION:

HIV Care Link is an outreach of Christian compassion and hope committed to preventing the spread of HIV, empowering and supporting those affected by HIV/AIDS and equipping the church to minister effectively to people living with HIV.

HIV CARELINK MINISTRY:

HIV Care Link is an interdenominational HIV/AIDS ministry that believes in the value of every person, and is committed to obeying Jesus' command to love all people: actively, tangibly and self-sacrificially.  They are primarily funded by the tax deductible contributions of individuals and churches.

HOW CAN YOU HELP:

Get the word out!!  Do you know anyone who might be interested in supporting this outreach?  Let them know!  Share with your church, Bible Study, College ministry, and your neighbor next door!  And please pray for supernatural connections!