The Peru Gazette

Over the next 3-4 days, various groups will be arriving in Nicaragua for Mission # 71.

So, this will be very short and very sweet!

1.  Applications are due for July Mission no later than March 1st.  Can be found on our website at ncmissionofhope.org

2.  Daily info during Mission trips:  As many of you know, we will be sharing our daily briefs with you during the Mission trip, beginning late Tuesday if all goes well and we have power and/or internet in Nica.  In advance, I will thank Bonnie Black who will be tasked with compiling the bulk of our daily feedback and activities.  I will also share info and add to that log some of what Carol H and I will be involved with daily, since our tasks often take us off site for meetings, etc.

Everyone is getting very excited and a little anxious, of course.

And then, there’s me…who gets VERY anxious about flying.  So, ask me what I thought when I saw the news clip about the plane losing its engine cover this past week on its way to Honolulu?!!!

Not to mention the immense responsibility I always feel about taking 47 people on a Mission trip to a developing country.  Stay tuned and keep us in your prayers.  I’m sure we will have some wonderful and some sad experiences to share in the days ahead.

3.  Set the date aside:  Mother’s Day is Sunday, March 13th.  The Lyon Mountain K of C (here in Northern New York) will be hosting another delicious Mother’s Day Brunch with all proceeds coming to the Mission of Hope.  Details to come.

4.  AMAZON SMILE:  In the 4th quarter of 2017, we received over $110 FREE money because folks go to Amazon Smile and list us as their charity when shopping at Amazon.  Imagine how much we could make if everyone who used Amazon, took a couple minutes to list us as their charity of choice?

5.  Prayers please:  For all impacted by another senseless and violent tragedy in Parkland, Florida.  Prayers also for all who are dealing with health or addiction issues, with loss of loved ones and so much more.

Blessed John Henry Newman once said:

“God has created me to do some special service.

  God has committed some work to me which has not been committed to another.

   I have a Mission!”

Indeed, each and every one of us has a Mission.  We spend a lifetime growing into the fullness of understanding exactly what it is that is being asked of each of us.

So, as you go about your life this week and in the weeks ahead, take a moment or two and reflect on what you believe it is that is being asked of you by the Divine in your life.

And I do know one thing…we all have a mission…and we all are asked to live and be HOPE, no matter what is being asked of us.

So, live and be Hope this week!

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