Please Pray for Hoskins Park and Blessings in the Storm
First, thanks for your continued support of Hoskins Park Ministries, which includes Blessings In The Storm! As you probably know, we have grown from 5 houses and 17 men in January, ‘06, to 16 houses (just closed on the 16th house last Friday), 42 men, 11 woman, 12 children, and 3 families (in our rented houses) today. Additionally, we may have our 17th house by the end of February, which would increase the woman and children we take in off the streets. God is at work and God is faithful!
We have also grown our staff from 3 people back in 2006 to 12 today. Our current staff includes the following dedicated and faithful servants; Johnny Allen, Rick Schmitt, Paige Vestal, Edwin Freeman, Darwin Nall, Tony Arzaga, Johnny Banks, , Loretta Caldwell, Tammy Riley, Kalisha MacNorton-Green, Desmonda Sherie Ridgell and myself.
Second, thank you for your constant responses to our request for donations! We send out an email and you respond! When you respond like that it allows us to continue to invest in the participants God sends us while concentrating on the work rather than provision for it. So thank you!
Finally, in that regard, I need your support again. We need prayer!! We are being hit fairly hard individually and collectively by the enemy better known as satan. We realize that what is over our heads is under God’s feet, but nonetheless, the attacks are real and we are feeling them. In that regard, would you consider regularly praying for us in the following areas?
1. Protection of the staff / participants from the enemies attacks. That God puts on our spiritual armor on a daily basis and shields us from the attacks that are coming to us.
2. Unity in the leadership of HPM and Blessings, around Jesus Christ. That we would not create our own obstacles. That we would be unified, understand our roles, and do our best while depending on God to do the supernatural!
3. Holiness in the leadership of HPM and Blessings (including strong conviction where we are off as a team and/or off individually). That we would live holy lives.
4. Clarity / daily direction / long term vision for HPM via the board of directors and staff. God, we want YOUR vision!
5. Provision for our financial needs (we are at nearing $50k monthly overhead, from $20k in ‘06).
6. Salvation for our participants (spiritually and physically).
7. God’s favor on the ministry and all individuals associated with the ministry. That whatever we touch would succeed!
8. Guidance on fund raising. What is our role, what is God’s role in that provision? We need help bringing the ministry to life via newsletters, brochures, the web and other vehicles that allow us to tell His story! But we need help with those areas!
9. Blessings on you for your faithfulness to His call on your life! Seriously, please pray for blessings on YOU, on our behalf.
10. Grace! That grace may abound and that God would expand His Kingdom via HPM!
Thanks everyone! We need you. We need your prayers.
To Christ Be The Glory!
-Tom Wheeler