Tuesday, September 30, 2008

What's New This Month!

What’s New With The Refuge?

We have new churches and individuals coming along side to support the refuge. Thanks so much to all you volunteers and those who support The Refuge through your gifts. Without you, The Refuge would not be poising itself to open soon!

We still need more volunteers soon for our training. Volunteers can help with various jobs. You are not all expected to counsel. We need volunteers to help with reception, to organize the office and donations that will be coming in. We need someone to help us set up our blessing room. We rented a storage unit because donations of baby items and furniture have been coming in and we had no place to put them. My house was running over. Praise the Lord! That’s a good problem.
For information on being a volunteer or making a contribution please call Collene Myers at 830-569-5883

We are still looking for property!

We have an office space on Reed Street, but we will not be serving women from this location. It will give us a good place to get organized and to meet with business people, pastors and others from the community. However, what we really need is a piece of property on which to place a building or better yet, a property with a building already on it. We have also been looking at places for lease, but haven’t been successful in finding what we need.
The South Texas Regional Health Fair went well. Many people came by our booth and received information. We made new contacts and met possible new clients as well.

Up coming events:
Please come and join us for these events.

· October 4th and 5th we will have a booth at the Atascosa County Fair.
· October 28th there will be an all gospel Cowboy Jamboree to benefit The Refuge.
Admission is only $4.00 + one baby item (This can be anything from diapers to wipes to baby clothes to a baby toy. There is no minimum or maximum cost for these items. Bring what you can afford.)
· November?- Volunteer Training


Pray about These Needs of The Refuge

· A property in which to open (rental or purchase)
· More volunteers to turn in their applications
· Male volunteers or strong women to help pick up donations and put them in the storage unit
· Shelves for storage and display
· Educational supplies- TV/DVD Player, DVDs, Books, Pamphlets, Bible studies, and etc. You can contribute toward a bundle of these items.
· Office equipment and supplies
· That we will have good attendance at the fund raisers.

Personal Prayer Request

· Please pray for my grandson Neill. He is having another MRI to determine what the problem is with the function of his eyes. They are not sure if it is a muscle problem or neurological, but he can’t look straight at an object. He looks from the side. He is also having a little bit of a balance problem only occasionally. He had one, but it didn’t turn out. He will have to be sedated for this next one.
· His mother Crystal is having lots of kidney problems, stones and infections, and was in the hospital four times during the month of September.
· I also have been having quite a few health issues of my own.
The RefugeAtascosa Pregnancy Care Center
830-569-5883
http://www.therefugeinatascosa.blogspot.com
"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's
womb." (Ps. 139:13 NIV)

Thursday, September 4, 2008

The Refuge Showing It's Presense At Cowboy Homecoming In Pleasanton


The Refuge Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center made its presence known at the Cowboy Homecoming Fair in Pleasanton City Park over the weekend (August 15-16). They sold ice cold lemonade and water to hot and weary visitors. They also sold homemade baked goods and glazed and spiced nuts baked by precious volunteers. Thanks so much to all you volunteers and those who support The Refuge through your gifts. Without you The Refuge would not be poising itself to open very soon!

Left to right three of our volunteers Crystal Koonce, Laurie Miller, and Robin Porter are pictured in our booth ( Ignore the date. My camera was acting up).

We need volunteers very soon for our training. For information on being a volunteer or making a contribution please call Collene Myers at 830-569-5883.

We were a little disappointed. Our deal on the house fell through, but I know that if God closed this door, he has something even better for us.

We have a new office space on Reed Street. We will not be serving women from this location, but it will give us a great place to get organized and to meet with business people, pastors and others from the community. We are looking at some places for lease.

We rented a storage unit because donations of baby items and furniture have been coming in and we had no place to put them. My house was running over. Praise the Lord! That’s a good problem.


Up coming events:

· September 25th we will have a booth at South Texas Regional Health Fair.
· October?- Volunteer Training
· October 4th and 5th we will have a booth at the Atascosa County Fair.
· October 28th there will be an all gospel Cowboy Jamboree to benefit The Refuge.

Pray about These Needs of The Refuge


· A building to open in (rental or purchase)
· More volunteers to turn in their applications- we need this immediately in order to have people trained before opening.
· Male volunteers or strong women to help pick up donations and put them in the storage unit
· Shelves for storage and display
· Educational supplies- TV/DVD Player, DVDs, Books, Pamphlets, Bible studies, and etc. You can contribute toward a bundle of these items.


In HimColleneMyers

The Refuge

Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center

830-569-5883

TheRefugeAtascosa@yahoo.com

http://www.therefugeinatascosa.blogspot.com

"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb." (Ps. 139:13 NIV)