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)