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“Improvement begins with I.”

~ Arnold H. Glasgow

And continues with Him. . .

“And the Lord-who is the Spirit-

makes us more and more like him

as we are changed into his glorious image.”

~ 2 Corinthians 3:18

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“Don’t let your heart be troubled”

A command from Jesus

John 14:1

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Our heartfelt thanks to all of you at Whittier Area Community Church. Your overwhelming response to the Men’s Clothing Drive for the men at the Los Angeles Mission is truly a blessing to all of the men who will benefit from your generosity. Our clothing room is full for the first time in years. May the blessings you have so generously shared be returned to you.

I am attaching an inventory of all donated items. As well, I am sending pictures of some of our alumni, wearing suits at their graduation, alongside pictures of them 12 months earlier when they were admitted into our Fresh Start Program.

Thank you so much . . . . what an amazing body of believers.

Blessings,

Joe Rowe
Associate Director, Major Gifts
Los Angeles Mission
Phone: (213) 629-1227 ext.335
jrowe@lamission.net

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Dear Friends,

Greetings from Minnesota.  Today we are in my wife’s hometown of Mora.

On Sunday we had an interesting experience to visit one of Eagle Brook’s three campus locations.  This BGC church is the largest church in the five state area.  We visited the Spring Lake Park Campus.  It was a typical multi-site experience, live worship for 30 minutes followed by a 30-minute message on video.  They tape the service twice on Saturday and then pick the one they think is best and send a DVD to the other two locations.  They use three screens on stage.  The center screen never changes, it is a one camera shot of the speaker on stage.  The projection size make him about his real size.  The two side screens alternate scripture verses, quotations, and a close up of the speaker (head and body to waist).  It was amazingly easy to get into the message.

The location we were at was a church that almost closed 2 years ago.  They turned their campus over to Eagle Brook, and Eagle Brook put $1 million into rehabbing the auditorium and children’s areas.  We were there for one of the four services, and our service was full (400 seats).

God bless you friends, you are in my daily prayers many times.  Pray for Chad & Beth and the Estonia team–they leave 4:00 tomorrow morning.

Bill Ankerberg

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I just arrived back at the hotel from the hospital.  It is about 4:30 PM in Minnesota.  The end result of many test and a cardiac stress test is the belief that what I have been having since last Friday is a side effect of my blood pressure medicine.  Evidently this is one of the things that can happen with Lisinopril, and it happened to me.  It was basically a severe allergic reaction.  The Lisinopril stores up in your kidneys, and when something releases it into your body, it causes the extensive rashes and hives I have been battling.  The Cardiac stress test came out fine, so they let me go!

It feels so good just to feel normal again.  Praise God.

Thanks for your Prayers, for Arlie’s always faithful and resolute support in tough times, for Dr. Ozzie Rodriguez, Dr. Al Shon, and Dr. Hector Gonzalez for their expertise.

Thanks most of all to God, the love of my life.

Bill Ankerberg

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This morning I was eating some pancakes at McDonalds.  I heard KNX tell of the terrible first quarter of the year in housing, I read a Warren Buffet interview and he said it isn’t over yet.  I watched a Grandmother with a painful limp walking to the truck with a young child, and I felt the pain of the world.  I prayed for that Grandma trying to keep up with that child, I asked God to give her the strength.  I prayed for the people who are losing their homes, who feel so hopeless in this terrible economy.  And I prayed for you.  My empathy is a joy when I am with people enjoying blessings and joy.  But the past week has been deep with pain.  At the bedside of a dying friend, moving my parents into assisted living, a pastor friend who was just fired, and another friend who can’t seem to find a job.

God. . .help my friends in pain today.  Help the hurting, comfort the sorrowful, bless those who grieve, and reach deep into my hope deprived friends.  I am so very sorry. . . .

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View Whittier Daily News Article HERE.

Had our first building meeting on April 23.

View pictures HERE.

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Please Pray

A compilation blog with updates for those who are interested.

Click here for Coral Kenagy’s Blog 

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“Nothing worthwhile in life is ever accomplished
without the will to begin,
the enthusiasm to continue,
and the persistence to complete.”

Gunnar Kronholm

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