Prayers For David Hames (written by Teressia Ward-Zack)

In the last 12 days I have learned to keep my prayers open. They are always there! Prayer isn't something I'm thinking about, it
is something I'm feeling with every part of my being. I am praying with
belief and trusting in GOD’s PLAN. I am praying GOD’s will be done. I am praying with hope
and THANKSGIVING for David and for his family! I am praying with LOVE for David because so many still need his trainings, and his LOVE on Earth. {David, I'm handing you over to GOD’s will. With LOVE and with all the POWER of His name. Amen.}

Latest on the Search For My Friend in Haiti

PLEASE PRAY!!! (this was posted about an hor ago)

Melanie Dobson Thanks to Dan Woolley's pictures and description, the rescue workers on the ground know exactly where David Hames was last seen. We were told this morning that workers hear tapping in the location of Dan’s photos. The workers are finding large pockets of open area within the rubble, and we continue to pray that David is in one of these pockets. We do not know how long it will take to remove the walls where David was last seen, but we are praying for silence at the Hotel this afternoon, that workers can clearly hear the location of the person tapping. And we pray that David is there along with multiple other people waiting to be rescued. Thank you Dan!!!!!!

RECIPE TO HELP HAITI (From Compassion International Blog)

Recipe to Help Haiti Posted: 19 Jan 2010 10:51 AM PST I know so many of us are riveted to the news, to our emails, to Facebook, or wherever else we can scrap together some information about the Haiti earthquake. Many of us are wishing there was something more we could do to help, some way to respond to the unimaginable things we are seeing. There is one vital action that is always open to us: Prayer. “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.” – Ephesians 6:18 (NIV) If you’re trying to find someway to respond, consider calling together a prayer group. Spend the night praying for Haiti and make one of the most traditional Haitian dishes, Soup Joumou, which they use to celebrate the new year. Things to Pray: For the safety and rescue of David Hames and for peace and encouragement for his family For those still trapped in the rubble For those working to rescue people That roads would be passable to get in water, food, medicine, and other aid For our staff, church partners, and children That reliable communication channels can be established For efficient and strategic responses to the crisis For God’s will to be done For God to get all the glory Ask your friends to each bring $5 or $10 to help pay for the soup and give the rest of the money to relief or rebuilding efforts. You can cook the soup together and use it as a time to build relationships, share prayer requests, and support one another. Soup Joumou (Pumpkin Soup) 4 cloves garlic 1 t thyme ¼ t black pepper 1 t salt 1 c sliced green onions 1 pound of stew meat 3 quarts water 1 whole scotch bonnet or habanero pepper 1 pound pumpkin (or winter squash such as butternut), peeled and chopped 2 carrots, peeled and sliced 2 stalks celery, chopped 1 large onion, chopped 2 medium turnips, cubed 4 potatoes, cubed 1 pound cabbage, finely chopped 4 ounces vermicelli pasta (or any thin pasta), broken in half 2 limes, juiced salt and pepper Combine the first five ingredients in a large plastic bag. Add the stew meat and shake to coat the meat. Leave in the bag for an hour. Bring the water to a boil in a large pot, and add the meat and chili pepper. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 2 hours. Remove the meat and set aside. Remove the pepper and discard. Add the pumpkin and carrots, and cook covered until very tender, about 20 minutes. Puree the pumpkin and carrots in the broth, using an immersion blender. Or puree in a standard blender and pour back into the pot. (You may need to do this in several batches.) Add the meat back to the pot. Add the celery, onion, turnips, and potato to the soup, bring to a boil, and then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Thin the broth with as much water as needed—it should not be too thick. Add cabbage and cook 15 more minutes. Add the vermicelli and cook until it is tender. Thin again with water as needed. Stir in the lime juice. Season with salt and pepper. Recipe reprinted from Passport to Prayer: A Journey of Compassion by Michael and Amber Van Schooneveld with permission from the publisher.

Unique Opportunity To Help The People Of Haiti

Send me a message if you want to participate in Hugs 2 Haiti and dont live in Colorado Springs :)

HUGS 2 HAITI

NEEDS KNIT OR CROCHET SQUARES

The squares will be joined together to make afghans for the people of Haiti to lie on
and/or to use as a cover.

Please consider using any remnants that you might have left over from holiday gift making

The following is preferred
Size
9 in x 9 in

Yarn Type
Any Washable Yarn

BUT since we are asking people to work from their remnants we will take whatever size squares you make in whatever yarn you have from your stash.

Completed squares will be collected at

KNITTERS KOVE
1817 N Union Blvd
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
During regular business hours


Please contact Kelly at the information below to get  her surface address as Knitters Kove is not prepared to take packages for H2H

Point of Contact
Kelly DeBardelaben
786-427-5674/kdizne@gmail.com

Prayers For Haiti

I have to just list the link to this wonderful blog entry that my new friend Keely Marie Scott posted on her blog. She has wonderful pictures on this blog that I could not get transfered over to this blog...and without those pictures this blog is not nearly as powerful...

so enjoy and remember to say PRAYERS FOR HAITI

WOAH! :)

 

Yes the apple really is that big! :)

It is a honey crisp and when I saw I knew that I had to buy it for several reasons...

1. had to document the size :)

2. I have never had a honey crisp apple so I thought it would be fun to try.

Probably not going to eat it tonight so I will post another blog when I do eat it to tell you how it tasted :D

KD <>< :)

Wounded Vets to Participate in First Warrior Games

By Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2010 – Some 200 wounded active duty members and military veterans will compete in the inaugural Warrior Games May 10-14 in Colorado Springs, Colo., Defense Department officials announced today.
The U.S. Olympic Committee will host the games, and events will include shooting, swimming, archery, track, discus, shot put, cycling, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball, Army Brig. Gen. Gary Cheek, commander of the U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command, said at a Pentagon news conference.

Athletes will be recruited from each of the military services, including the Coast Guard, through an independent selection processes. Many already participate in some kind of training with Paralympics coordinators, but the competitors also will train with Olympic and Paralympics coaches at the Olympic training facilities in Colorado for about a month before the actual competitions, Cheek said.

The competition is open to military members and veterans with bodily injuries as well as mental wounds of war, such as post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury.

The Army will be represented by 100 soldiers chosen out of a pool of almost 9,000 wounded warriors. The Marine Corps will send 50 competitors,the Air Force will send 25, and the Coast Guard and Navy will combine to send 25 more, Cheeks said.

“The value of sports and athletic competition and the fact that you can get great satisfaction from what you do is really what we're after,” he said. “And we're really looking for this opportunity to germinate this program in May and have it get bigger and stronger.”

The goal isn’t necessarily to determine the best athletes, but rather to maximize wounded veterans’ abilities, and to show them their true potential through competitive sports, he explained.

“While we've made enormous progress in all the military services in our warrior care, … it's not enough,” the general said. “And what we have to do with our servicemembers is inspire them to reach for and achieve a rich and productive future -- to defeat their illness or injury to maximize their abilities and know that they can have a rich and fulfilling life beyond what has happened to them in service to their nation.”

The general added that an Olympic-style event will challenge those servicemembers to prove to themselves that they have abilities within them that they can carry over into everyday life.

“Our hope is that, by doing this every year, we can extend that down into all of our warrior care programs … of increasing adaptive sports and physical activity and defeating these wounds,” he said. “From that, it becomes part of the life of that servicemember, and it will expand into their everyday life and all the things that they do.”

Adaptive sports rehabilitation has proven time and again to have a positive, long-lasting effect on wounded warriors, said Charlie Huebner, Paralympics chief for the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Huebner noted that adaptive sports have positive effects on wounded veterans in their continued education, family life and in the work force, though that’s not the Paralympics’ goal.

“The outcomes that we see every day utilizing physical activity as part of the rehab process -- higher self-esteem, lower stress levels, lower secondary medical conditions … young men and women pursuing higher education at a higher level, young men and women being employed at a higher level -- those are outcomes we see every day with the population we serve,” he said.

Since 2003, the Paralympics have worked in partnership with the Veterans Affairs Department, providing adaptive sports therapy to veterans. And through the annual Warrior Games, Huebner said, he hopes to expand their standing commitment to veterans and servicemembers.

“Our armed forces are the best in the world,” he said. “And our athletes want to be the best in the world at the Olympic and Paralympics games. That is a core part of what we do at the U.S. Olympic Committee.”

Related Sites:
U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command
U.S. Paralympics Committee