sadness, the order of the day

so i get up this morning venture around beaver county into ellwood city to check on the toiletries donation boxes - i go to my office all excited to report and what am greeted with. . . but sad new. it appears the body found in a field near the lawrence county vo-tech was that of one of our clients of family care -- it appears the lady was beaten and her throat slit - she was found naked and bearly recogizable. this lady was a client of family care - i spoke with her about two months ago when my co-worker was off sick and i was filling in - my co-worker shared at that time this ladies background and tragic story with me -- but she also shared how she was making some headway in sharing the gospel.

and now this. . . my co-worker is upset - it's a sad state of afairs - and then there is the family -- of this lady -- if you read this - please pray that God will pock through the events to heal and save.

this is the 3rd killing in the past few weeks - last week a body of a lady was found in one of the housing projects near our old thrift store/warehouse -- that lady was a former resident at covenant house -- as we talked at staff meeting yesterday and again today - the urgency to share the good news with each we come in contact with - whether at the mission or just in our every day lives is great and we must never overlook it or waste a moment God gives us - because it just maybe the last moment's for a person to draw near to Christ.

this is a great wake up call to me and my fellow rescue mission missionaries - please pray for us - matt, joe, bobby (staff in the true life men's programs) - linda, mitch, ron, alyssa (staff and volunteers in family care) - brenda, vickie, jackie, ruth, liz, jant, and a few others i can't remember (staff at our covenant house, women's shelter) - marisue, manny, mocher, miss nettie, lenard, and a few others (staff at our sankey after school center for children and teens) - kevin, marylee, dawn, lorrie, kathy, chuck, ed, and myself (staff in the admin. areas of the mission) - please pray for us.