November 2008
Dear Friends,
It's the week before Thanksgiving. My heart's desire
is to be thankful … so I'm looking for the silver
linings, the things hidden and still unseen, the
buried treasure in the field that is for sale. This
week has been hard to bear. It has been a week of
tragic things, ugly life altering things that
happened to people we love. One of the relatives
said to me, "This kind of thing must happen all the
time, with you". Not true, some hideous things are
still (gratefully) rare.
Because of hope for thanksgiving, I decided to pay
attention and I found myself watching my
co-laborers, those devoted people with whom I work.
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They have a child or children living with
them who are not their own. She prays all
throughout the night for her new friend who
is dying. Relentless demands don't keep her
from making one more trip to the hospital.
They preach the word faithfully. He has
forgiven his street friend who stole from
him. She imagines a world class mural with
little experience at this size of project.
He balances our books. They stock the food
bank, clean the property, discipline
teen-agers, tutor in school work, pick kids
up, teach soccer, risk loving, counsel their
peers, speak truth, cry for the other's
pain, visit prisoners, gather thousands of
Christmas gifts, research, write, fill out
forms, make bank deposits, call, speak,
pray, hope, give-up, then pray and hope some
more. I get it … I live among the saints of
God who, because of the Love that broods in
their hearts, give radiance to their Lord,
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It is enough to
stand alongside such as these. And for this I am
thankful.
We love you dear friends. We are thankful for you!
Kit
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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
Food Drives
Food Drives are coming in from churches,
groups and our friends from KUPD this month.
Hallelujah! Our food bank has food after
months of drought.
Holidays
● Thanksgiving food boxes will be
distributed this next week. It's not too
late to bring holiday food by for
distribution.
● Work teams are still needed for our famous
Christmas Fiesta, Dec. 13. Interested
groups, call Carmine @ 602-828-0980 to
volunteer to serve at this festive night
Tax Credit
We are
asking you to invite 10 of your friends to
donate through Arizona Tax Credit 321.
Following is the link to print out forms
from the AZ department of revenue site.
http://www.revenue.state.az.us/Forms/credits.asp
Finances and Prayer
We need your help as we look forward to
financial giving between now and the end of
the year. Year-end giving is very important
to our financial health. We have already
reduced operating expenses. Due to the
uncertainty in our economy, we anticipate
that some may have to change their normal
year-end pattern of giving. We are asking
for your help in making the difference this
year.
We need to raise $230,848 over and above
what we conservatively expect to be donated
through December 31, 2008. The following
table outlines one way our goal can be
achieved:
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Donation Amount |
# Of Donors |
Total $ Possible |
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$ 100 |
400 |
$ 40,000 |
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$ 250 |
200 |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 500 |
100 |
$ 50,000 |
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$ 1,000 |
40 |
$ 40,000 |
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AZ Tax Credit $400
for joint filing. |
150 |
$ 60,000 |
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Total |
890 |
$ 240,000 |
We will
keep you updated on these goals!
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Click on to Donate
button to send your tax-deductible gift now.
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