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Local Ministries Room 4 Hope Room 4 Hope is a non-denominational support group made up of women within the community who are dedicated to helping women at risk from all ages and backgrounds. Room 4 Hope seeks women who are endeavoring to change their lives for the better. They offer mentoring and support specific to women’s needs in a safe environment. Requests: Continued prayers for the men and women living in the Halfway house that God’s spirit would move them and give them direction in their life. Prayers for the restoration of their families. So many of those in the halfway house are broken and sick emotionally, they need healing in all aspects: body, soul and spirit. Continued prayers for the Room 4 Hope team that God would give them wisdom and favor with the Superintendent.   Global Ministries Valerie Notess (China) Valerie is working in China, helping young girls escape poverty and the horrible options in front of them. They...

Global Valerie Notess (China) Valerie is working in China, helping young girls escape poverty and the horrible options in front of them. They are working on building relationship, loving on these girls, and leading them out of these life patterns. Her work is incredibly grass roots. Our prayer covering is incredibly important for her. Praises:  Our assistant's brother came to visit us for a week to get out of the pollution in Beijing and to see if it would help his migraines. Not only did he hardly have any problems with headaches while he was here, but he also chose to believe in JC! We are extremely encouraged and excited about this! We've been feeling like we've been spinning our wheels in the mud and not getting anywhere for a while now, but over the past couple of days, we've been getting insight into some of the issues that are causing that. We are...

Global Valerie Notess (China) Valerie is working in China, helping young girls escape poverty and the horrible options in front of them. They are working on building relationship, loving on these girls, and leading them out of these life patterns. Her work is incredibly grass roots. Our prayer covering is incredibly important for her. Praises: Our first farm day was a success and was much easier than we were worried it might have been. This is really encouraging as we look towards having more and more of this kind of event. After a couple of talks among the team about our individual communication styles and personalities, we are getting along better, and team dynamics are stealing much less of our time and energy! The weather has stayed mostly warm and pleasant for us. This may sound small and insignificant, but since much of the work we need to get done is outdoors, and...

Valerie Notess (China) Valerie is working in China, helping young girls escape poverty and the horrible options in front of them. They are working on building relationship, loving on these girls, and leading them out of these life patterns. Her work is incredibly grass roots. Our prayer covering is incredibly important for her. Things to be lifting to our Father about: Internet at the farm. We really need some way to connect that is convenient and won't cost an arm and a leg every time we connect as a lot of our job entails researching things online, and networking with people, mostly through the internet! Money for tuition. The tuition for my classes comes to about $500 a month. Everything I have needed for this venture so far has been provided, and I trust the Father that He will provide for this as well, but there's no such thing as pestering the Father too much. Stamina,...