Tuesday, March 1, 2011

• Hi everyone!
  
  Boy have we been busy! The new building is coming along nicely. We are still trying to get small jobs completed and some painting finished, but it is our plan to start moving in on Thursday 3-3-11. We have to move everything from the old address and some furniture from storage and then start decorating and putting things together. We must then be re-opened at our new address on Monday March 14th.
  
• Thursday March 10- Volunteer planning meeting for those interested in helping with the "Love For Life Banquet."
• Chamber of Commerce will hold a Ribbon Cutting on Thursday March 17 at 11 AM.
• Our 4th annual “Love for Life” Banquet is April 29, 2011 at 7 PM preceded by a Silent Auction at 6:00 PM
• New Volunteer Training will be on Saturday 4-30-11 and Sunday 5-1-11
• The Refuge will host an Open House on Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to 4:00 PM on May 22, 2011.
  
  We continue to grow. We now have 128 clients, not counting the parenting or anger management classes.
  Each client that enters The Refuge is presented the gospel. We have had some accept the Lord as their savior and others that have left interested in the gospel of Jesus.
  We may never know how many babies have been saved, but I don’t have personal knowledge of any abortions that have occurred among the girls who have visited The Refuge. We need your constant prayers as do the women who are our clients.
  
  
  Immediate needs are:
  • Helpers to help clean and move,
  • Still need some minor remodeling inside,
  • Groups to adopt a room to decorate.
  
  
  Here is a picture of our new building!

At 2432 sq. feet with 9 rooms it has more than twice the space we have now.


And here are some of the volunteers as they were working.

Once again our new address is 506 West Adams Street, Pleasanton, Texas, one block from Pleasanton High school. We are so excited! As you might imagine, though, if we needed volunteers before, we really need them now! We barely have enough volunteers to get by at present; so we will definitely need more before we can open a new center. If you are interested, please contact me, Collene Myers at:

The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center,
Po Box 509,
Pleasanton, TX, 78064
Or call 830-569-0030 for more information.

As a reminder, Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center offers pregnancy testing and practical assistance through our free programs listed below:

Free Programs are:
Confidential pregnancy testing and proof of pregnancy documents
Lay counseling, and spiritual counseling
Teaching on healthy relationships, sexuality/abstinence, and STDs
Prenatal, Parenting, and Anger Management Classes
Abortion recovery classes for those who have already experienced it,
Connect Wednesday (Bible Study)
Maternity clothes
Baby clothes, diapers, furniture and many other items


If you would like to help The Refuge in some way other than counseling or volunteering at the center, you might want to organize a baby shower through your civic group or Sunday school class or ask your organization to have us come to speak about The Refuge.
For more information contact Collene Myers at 830-569-0030.


In Him
Collene Myers
The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center
830-569-0030
TheRefugeAtascosa@yahoo.com

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