Latest Outreach in Chicago

R.A.V.E.N. Midwest Outreach Ministries
"Seeing it like He saw it....Doing it like He did it"
1121 Bay St. Elkhart, IN. 46514
(574) 262-1238 (H) (574) 612-6800 (cell)
www.BigGrace.com

Happy New Year Everyone,

We had another awesome outreach in Chicago this past Saturday. We had three vehicles loaded down with food and clothes. Along with us were Steve & Jodi Ignowski, Lance & Leigh Prathaftakis, along with their boys, four other of the youth from their church and of course we can't forget Shawn, (all of who are joining us at Mardi Gras 2006), Douglas (a neighbor of Steve & Jodi's) and Michelle Ware from NCF.

We first went to our regular location under the expressway to find that the Salvation Army had come along with the news media and several ended up being put up in hotels. One of our buddies, Too Tall Jerry, was in the hospital with severe burns. Please keep him in your prayers.

We then went to another location that was given to us from the beginning of our Chicago RAVEN'S, Madi, Melody and Antonio. We had well over 100 people come to where we set up on the street for clothes and food. We had 60 lbs. of chili, a bag full of ham & cheese sandwiches, cookies and crackers, and poem books given to us to distribute from Mid Stutsman (www.midspoint.com).Many people were given the Word of God and many were prayed for.

Our dates for January are the 14th and the 28th. If you are interested in going with us please let us know as soon as possible. In this new year please continue to hook up with us in prayer for a 15 passenger van and a cargo trailer. We want to thank Pastor Dave and Jeaneen from New Creation Fellowship for lending us their van for the day. Having our own would make the outreaches so much easier.

We plan on traveling to Detroit sometime in the near future. Steve Ignowski has a contact their that would like us to come there and show him what we do on the streets. We look forward to that trip! Pastor Troy and I were recently contacted by a Pastor in India that would like us to come there. It is exciting being in the army of the Lord!!!

Also, we will be hosting the Divine Soldiers (www.divinesoldiers.com) from Akron, Ohio on January 21-22. We will have a concert at 7:00 p.m. at the old River of Life church in Elkhart located at 214 S. Main. They will be doing a concert for the kids at Bashor Children's Home on Sunday. Please let your youth leaders know about this night of "holy hip hop". These brothers are excited about coming here and they are on fire for Jesus!!!

Please continue to pray for us and if you would like to make a contribution to the ministry you can send it to the above address or go to the website.

God Bless You,

Terry & Eileen

**Pictures of the outreach can be seen at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/igy_ctc/my_photos