August At A Glance

Hi Everyone

This is going to be a short post. We had a good steering committee meeting this month. Two people Abby Pawelek and Tresha Smoot volunteered to recruit help to distribute flyers during Cowboy Homecoming. This is a big celebration and parade in Pleasanton during August. Since I will be out of town until Sunday the 26th I will not know how things went with that until some time after that.

We did not get the yellow house; so we are back to square one on property.

Thanks to FBC Splendora ladies group we will have the bottles for the baby bottle boomerang (fundraiser). I also purchased the large bottles that can be distributed at businesses.

We have several new volunteer applications. I am encouraged that people are starting to be aware of the new ministry endeavor.

I have been blessed by a friend and supporter, Bud Leavel, who worked on my car several days this week and last, while I was in Arlington on business. In addition he insisted I use his car to get around while he worked on it. What a blessing!

Continue to pray for:
· Financial support
· Volunteers
· My personal finances and family situation.

God Bless you all!

In Him
ColleneMyers
The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Care Center
830-569-5883
TheRefugeAtascosa@yahoo.com
http://www.therefugeinatascosa.blogspot.com/

July News

There were six of us present at this month’s meeting. To start off we spent time in prayer and were able to discuss several important topics.


I reported on my trip to Ft. Worth and my meeting with Paula Odem, my trainer.



I let the committee know that the yellow house might actually be back on the table. However, when I met with the board of the other non profit organization that owns the house on the 26th; they decided once again to withdraw the offer. What a roller coaster ride!


I was able to do some community presentations this month and we got a little publicity in the Pleasanton Paper. We need to raise public awareness; so every little bit of publicity helps.


We are still working on having a baby bottle fund raiser and a fund raising banquet. We will discuss all these items further next meeting. I found that the cost of the bottles is really fairly reasonable. I am still awaiting scheduling information on the banquet.


I have still been having many problems with my car, but am thankful that it is running. A very kind friend of my son’s, Bud Leavell, worked very hard replacing my fuel pump and then two weeks later got my air conditioning running. It is imperative that I have a car that I can depend on due to the many appointments and meetings that I have all over the county. There are still many repairs that need to be done, but I am getting around, thanks to the Lord.


Our precious cargo arrived on June 29th.
Her name is Cadence Grace, and she weighed 6 pounds and 11 ounces.
My daughter had some difficulties. What should have been a normal delivery turned into a c-section which then developed an infection; so I have been extremely busy trying to keep up with my work ,and taking care of my daughter’s needs in addition to three babies at home. I think we are finally turning a corner. My daughter is getting better now and can do more for herself and her children.



Prayer requests:
· Please continue to pray for a new car for me.
· For the two planed fund raisers.
· For the 501C3 (non-profit papers) to be completed.
· For funds to start coming in for the Pregnancy Center

In Him,
ColleneMyers
The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Center
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)


If you or anyone you know would like to make a contribution it can be sent to:
The Refuge,
PO Box 509,
Pleasanton TX, 78064
Please make checks payable to FBC Splendora TX, or Cowboy Fellowship, Pleasanton TX. and Write in memo line of check "for The Refuge".

June Update

Once again our steering committee meeting was a little short on attendance, but we spent time in prayer and were able to discuss several important topics.
I let the committee know that the house that was originally offered, if we could remove it from the property it was on to another location, had been withdrawn. However, it is possible that we may have the use of another smaller house without having to move it, at least temporarily. I am to meet in July with the board of the other non profit that owns the house.
We discussed having a baby bottle fund raiser and a fund raising banquet. We will discuss all these items further next meeting. I am checking into the cost of the bottles and the banquet.

I have been having many problems with my car and recently had to have repairs on it that only fixed part of the problem. It seems there are so many problems that it would be better to start over with another car. The repairs that it needed would have cost almost twice what I paid for it to begin with. It is imperative that I have a car that I can depend on due to the many appointments and meetings that I have all over the county. I will need to find a new car soon since only a small portion of what needed to be repaired was actually done.

I visited with my trainer in Ft. Worth this week, and got some valuable info and literature for the pregnancy center.

My daughter that lives with me is having a baby probably some time next week. Scheduling may get difficult. So please keep us in your prayers.

Prayer requests:

• Please pray for a new car for me.
  
• For the two planed fund raisers
  
• For the 501C3 (non-profit papers) to be completed
  
• For funds to start coming in for the pregnancy center
• For the new baby on the way and all the wonderful joys of scheduling that comes with it

In Him,

Collene Myers

May News Letter

Hi Everyone!

It has been a while since I did a news letter, because I have a blog site now and you can see my regular entries there. I don't think everyone has gotten the word about it, because it doesn't appear the site has been visited very much. In case you don’t already have the site address it is http://www.therefugeinatascosa.blogspot.com/. From now on I will only be sending news letters occationally, but you will be able to get more frequent updates at the above address.

We just had our sixth steering committee meeting on Thursday, May 10th. It was apparently a bad day for everyone, because there were only 3 of us there. We now have 8 members, including myself. We also have some friends of the committee that attend fairly regularly. Hopefully next month will be better.

We are still in phase one of the plan, but things are starting to move along. People are starting to find out about the ministry and I am beginning to compile a list of people who want to volunteer.

Actually I guess you could say we have a foot in phase two, because although we still have not received any monetary contributions, we have had the offer of a house to move to another property. I had a contractor look at it with me. It could be moved, but he thinks it would be pretty expensive to move, because it has had parts added on. I am in the process of getting a quote from a house moving company. We also need a piece of property to put it on. Once we have all the facts, we will have to make a decision.

We are also working on some other fund raisers. We have a place to have a fund raising banquet and one of our committee members is helping me work on details for that at present. We are also collecting baby bottles to hand out for people to collect extra change cash or checks and place in the bottles.

We are still working on our application for non profit status. I now have a desk, a bookshelf, a FAX machine and some chairs donated by FBC Poteet and by Paul and Suzy Hull. Stan and Gayle Zettner helped me move them from the two locations to my house. I guess you could say that other than the steering committee they were my first volunteers.

Prayer Requests

• Pray for me and the entire committee, because I have really felt the efforts of Satan trying to hinder us from accomplishing the task God has given us.
• Pray for future volunteers to be prepared, to hear the call, and to step forward.
• Pray for individuals, churches and organizations to hear God’s prompting to contribute funds and obey the call.
• Pray for wisdom concerning the choosing of a building and property. We want God’s best and perfect will in the entire process.
  
  If you or anyone you know would like to make a contribution it can be sent to:

The Refuge,

PO Box 509,

Pleasanton TX, 78064

Please make checks payable to FBC Splendora TX, or Cowboy Fellowship, Pleasanton TX. and
Write in memo line of check "for The Refuge".

In Him
ColleneMyers
The Refuge
Atascosa Pregnancy Center
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)

April Steering Committee Meeting

At the fith monthly steering committee meeting we voted on a new logo. It is completely different from the other one, but I think you will like it. I would like to recognize and thank Jeremy Cooke for all his hard work on the logo. I think he did an excellent job!

Things have been moving a little more rapidly this month. We now have a place to receive donations. In fact we now have two places to receive donations. The first to offer us this service is FBC of Splendora Texas, and the second is Cowboy Fellowship in Pleasanton Texas. Now if some funds will start coming in we will be set!


I had several appointments with pastors and prospective volunteers this month and shared the good news with the committee.

In addition I shared with them that I was offered the opportunity to hand out flyers at the Poteet Strawberry Festival, which I did last weekend.



We have added one more steering committee member. Her name is Abby Pawelek. Abby is the wife of Pete Pawelek, the pastor of Cowboy Fellowship in Pleasanton. She makes our seventh member.



Please be in prayer as we visit pastors and churches, that we will begin to recruit volunteers for the center and will start to receive donations that are essential to opening the center.




If you or anyone you know would like to make a contribution it can be sent to:
The Refuge
PO Box 509
Pleasanton TX, 78064

1. Please make checks payable to either FBC Splendora TX or Cowboy Fellowship, Pleasanton TX. and
2. write in memo line of check "for The Refuge".

In Him,

Collene Myers

Fourth Steering Committee Meeting

Hi Everyone,

The steering committee had it's fourth meeting on Monday, March, 12th. We have two new members, Paul and Suzy Hull.

We are looking at a new logo. One of the friends of the steering committee, Janet Jackson, put a lot of time and effort into developing it. Tell me what you think. I would like to have input.

I presented a proposed budget to the committee for review.

We prayed for progress in getting all done that we need to get done. Please be in prayer with us.

In Him
Collene Myers

February Meeting

Hi Everyone!

Our third monthly steering committee meeting was held on February 12th, 2007. There were six people in attendance although only three of us were actual steering committee members. We do have 3-4 possible new members. At present we have five steering committee members.

Old business was discussed.

We discussed some possibilities for a logo for The Refuge. One rough draft has already been submitted.

We prayed for everyone's health, because some of us have been sick. We also prayed for new members and for help with time management; so we can get the things done that need to be done. We specifically asked for a lawyer and some business people to help with specific tasks.

I told everyone I have started a blog site. As soon as we have a logo I will replace my picture on the blog with the logo.

God bless you all until next time.

In Him,

Collene Myers