Conversation: NH4J Meet-Up

Thank you to Kim F. for hosting newhope4justice this evening.  Here are notes from this evening’s gathering.

The next meeting will be on Thursday, Nov. 12th, 7.00p at Cathy C.’s home.  All are welcome to join us for dinner, conversation and prayer.  Please get in touch with Kim F. for information about the reading materials.

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“Invictus” (2009)

Check out the trailer for director Clint Eastwood’s next film, “Invictus,” the story of former South African President Nelson Mandela’s dream to bring his racially-fractured nation together under the banner of sport & sportsmanship.

This film will be released in the States on December 11, 2009.

Update: NH4J Readings

It continues to be our prayer that the Lord will use NewHope4Justice, our readings and our conversations, to broaden NHF’s view of His sovereign & good will, and to give us purer & truer motives for broadcasting His mercy & majesty throughout our community.

Kim F. has done an amazing job in pulling together a variety of materials for our group to read & discuss.  All are welcome to read along with us at home (or at your own pace), and of course, to join us in person to talk & pray (and eat!) together. 

• This Thursday, October 29th, 7.00p @ Kim F.’s home
• Topic: “Rising Inequality & the Environment of Childhood Poverty”
• Readings: Rich Christians…, Chapter 1; Isaiah 1; Amos 1
• Further Readings: please contact Kim F. for relevant PDFs & summaries

Update From S. & H.: Very Sad News

Please keep this entire family in your prayers, and may we be able to praise & thank God for bringing Home to His side this precious daughter of His …

Hello Everyone,

It’s around 3:30am here … Our flight leaves in about 3 hours.  I received a call from H. about an hour ago saying that her mom had passed away. Apparently she had had a heart attack last night and it seems that she was not able to recover from it. She also mentioned that because there was a lot of glucose in her system, her blood was starting to coagulate. I wonder if this may contributed to her heart attack, but this is only a guess.

Update from S. & H.: Crisis Mode

Don’t stop praying for our brother & sister and their family …

Hello Again,

Please lift up H.’s mom. It’s around 9:20am in LA on Sunday morning,
and Heidi and her siblings are rushing over to the hospital. H.’s mom
is coughing up blood and she’s on 100% oxygen. It’s not looking very good right now. She’s been in the ICU for over a week and just when they thought she was getting better, it seems she is doing much worse. Please pray for her and for H., her siblings and her dad. Pray for God’s Strength for all of them during this time.

Thanks so much for standing with us.

Blessings,
S.

Update: D. & J. (China)

Dear prayer partners,

I was about to send exciting news of praise as well as prayer requests for recent security concerns.  However, both my praise and prayer concerns need to be put in the back burner for now.  After my time with two [local] leaders, I realized that my local brothers are engaging in intense spiritual battles at a different magnitude that need your prayers this week:

SUPER-URGENT Prayer Request: S. & H.

Here is the latest update from S. & H.  Please pray, in faith, non-stop, for our brother & sister and their family.

Hello Again,

It’s been a roller coaster ride of emotions for H., her dad and her siblings. The doctors still do not know what is causing H.’s mom’s lungs to fill up with liquid. On top of this, she has caught a
superinfection which is affecting her other organs. Her kidneys and liver are starting to fail so they’ve put on her dialysis machine. The doctors said that if it wasn’t for her strong heart, she wouldn’t have
made it this far. Today she’s stabilized a bit, but her heart rate is still quite high.