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DONATE YOUR BICYCLES, AND HELP ORPHANS AND UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN  HAVE A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR !!

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Hello, Friends! Pastor Paz, here, and I am sending out a plea to all of you who have been blessed in this life to have parents, homes, food, clothes, toys and video games, and YES, bicycles!!

You see, we currently support children who have had in part or none of those blessings, listed above.

Last year, we partnered with an orphanage in Mexico, and were able to donate 12 bicycles, by our won efforts and and resources, and we delivered an additional 3 bicycles donated by another church. It was a great time and an experience to remember.  Seeing their faces, and hearing the joy of the children, was truly an awesome privelege. It is amazing how something that so many take for granted, can be valued so highly by another. As the saying goes, "one mans junk is another mans treasure". So true is this saying. How many have bicycles sitting in garages, under carports, unridden for months and years, or outgrown and never to be used again, but not being used to be a blessing to others?? I encourage you to donate those bicycles. Put a new tube, or seat, or new brake pads on them, and find a good home for that unused bicycle. We have a great program to bless children (and the homeless) with bikes, but you don't have to go through our ministry. Do your homework, find a worthwhile ministry, and put that bike to good use. Typically I would advise against the "easy way out", by just giving it to Good will, or Salvation Army, because these organizations turn around and sell them, to people. BUT, there is a use for that ministry as well, but I am talking about people and families who dont have the $30-$50 dollars to spend on a used bike, especially if there are multiple children in that family. Plus, it puts the opportunity for you to develop a friendship and a relationship with a person or family that you would not have usually met. What a great way to "break bread", and fellowship your neighbors.

OF COURSE, SHOULD THE LORD PUT IT IN YOUR HEART TO BLESS IN ANY OTHER WAY, WE WELCOME YOUR LOVE, KINDNESS, GENEROSITY, AND SACRIFICE, ON BEHALF OF THOSE WITH ALMOST NOTHING!

LET CHRISTMAS BE A TRULY JOYOUS CELEBRATION THIS YEAR, AND INSTEAD OF TOYS AND WRAPPING PAPER LITTERING THE FLOOR OF OUR HOMES, MAYBE WE COULD SEND SOME TOYS OR A BICYCLE, OR AN X-BOX TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF X-BOX !How many of you have all three playstation systems, collecting dust...? Why not allow God to flow through your hearts and hands, and bless the children of some family, and pass along that old, outdated playstation or X-Box?   I BELIEVE THEN, HEAVEN WOULD REJOICE WITH YOU, AND THEM, FOR YOU HAVE BLESSED THE LORD, BY GIVING TO THE POOR, AND BROUGHT JOY AND HAPPINESS TO CHILDREN.


OUR HEAVENLY FATHER GAVE US HEAVEN'S BEST, WHAT ARE WE WILLING TO GIVE BACK TO THE LORD???


IF YOU, OR ANYONE YOU KNOW OF, HAS BIKES, OR TOYS, OR SHOES AND CLOTHES TO DONATE, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO REFER THEM TO US? YOU OR THEY CAN CALL ME DIRECTLY. I WELCOME YOUR CALL, AND ASK THAT THE LORD WILL BLESS YOU AS YOU OPEN YOUR HEARTS, AND YOUR HANDS.


THANK YOU,
FROM ALL OF US,
GOD BLESS YOU, AND
PLEASE CALL........