With each new year comes new beginnings, a fresh start, and an opportunity to begin again...and that is exactly how 2012 has started.
In January we had the opportunity to share the vision and work of Girls with Attitude! and Hazel’s House of Hope with the Plain City Women’s Aglow. It was an amazing night as we shared the story like it had never been told before. Out of that evening God was able to touch women, and draw them into HIS will and purpose for their life. Out of that meeting there were several who have donated food and assisted with the kids group on Saturday morning. It is a blessing to see God draw people into their destiny.
The leadership team at Hazel’s House is continuing with their training with Millie McCarty and Compassionate Care Ministries. Three of the leadership team are scheduled to graduate in May, as we are becoming better equipped to minister to the needs of those who are hurting.
The highlight of the month was taking the children from the block to church for their baptism. You see several children from the block ride the bus to church on Sunday morning. As they shared with us on Saturday that they were being baptized the next day we asked for the church information so we could go and support them. Sunday morning at 8 am we had a knock on the door at Hazel’s House. The children wanted to make sure that we were up and dressed and ready to catch the bus. We shared with them that we would not be riding the bus, but we assured them that we would not miss this life changing event. Over the next hour we had several visitors as the children became distressed over the fact that the bus had not shown up. You see the day before we had a winter storm, and the side roads were slick & icy. Knowing that we have an ever present enemy, who would want nothing more than to discourage these children in their faith, we took matters into our own hands as we loaded the kids on the block into 3 cars and drove them to church that morning. Our hearts swelled with pride as we watched 4 of “our kids” publicly profess their faith in Christ.
The groups at Hazel’s House continue to grow. Teen boy’s group is learning the power of prayer, while the teen girls are realizing that they are a princess, and what it means to be the “Daughter of the King”.
Keep us in your prayers, as the spiritual dynamics on the block are shifting. Families are moving off the block, people are coming and going, but as someone put it Hazel’s House of Hope is the “rock on the block”. May we fill that position as we are built on the Rock.
HAZEL’S HOUSE OF HOPE, PO BOX 7576, COLUMBUS OH 43207
614-205-5473 www.1gwa.org
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