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July 2006
Prayer Update
Dear friends & family,
Here it is....mid July already. Time
is flying by and we are seeking your prayers as we draw
closer to our launch date in October. It is such a
privilege to be able to ask for prayers.
 It means that we are moving and changing
and growing.  We could just hit autopilot and cruise
till Jesus comes back, but that is definitely not what
Bridge of Hope is about. Our desire is to shake things
up, do things differently, look different to outsiders
and draw the curious in. Jesus was never on autopilot
and I hope we never are either.
Part of the process of launching is to get our name out
there and to get BOH on the lips of the community. We
are doing that in several ways. We were in the My
Waterloo Days parade with our newly painted trailer and
the youth group skating behind it (and in front
sometimes.) After that we passed out glow bracelets and
necklaces to those who were out for the fireworks. One
of our
me mbers remarked that since no one was
selling bracelets
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it was so cool to be able to look out in the
darkness and see the twelve hundred
people BOH had reached. Jesus said we should be like
him. That night, we definitely were a light in the
darkness. We have also been cleaning the Unity Center,
giving out cold bottled water in the park, washing
laundry for free and giving away kid's DVDs.
Other community impact events are scheduled too. Coming
up is a free carwash, handing out free glow necklaces,
giving away more water, and handing out free hotdogs and
sodas.
Please pray that we will have the man power to be
effective and make many people stop and wonder what
really is going on at BOH. May God use us to connect
many people with Himself.
 .jpg) A good sign that Satan isn't happy about
what is going on, specifically with our Youth group, Shattered, is that he
has been on the attack, trying to spread rumors and
gossip in order to shut it down. We strongly urge you
to pray hard for Shattered and the youth that are being
reached each week. Pray for the youth leaders, that
they would have wisdom and courage in the face of
adversity. There is no room for weak kneed people on
the front lines and that is just where our youth leaders
are. It is a good sign
that they are doing something right or Satan would not be
bothered. But we all need to cover that ministry with a
blanket of prayers of protection. It is vital that these teens be ministered to and
fed.
And lastly, we had a very exciting Sunday this week. We
worshiped together at the
 Crossroads
 Theater
for the first time this Sunday, 7-16-06. We even broke
our attendance record with 61 people present. Our
launch team did an incredible amount of work to get the
equipment ready for this trial run. We hit some snags
with the audio equipment and had to work out some big
kinks, but all in all it was a great blessing to be able
to take this step  toward
our goal of worshiping there every week, starting in
October. There was a
buzz of excitement in the air...or was that the
equipment? It was just what we needed because it really
cemented our vision for the
future of BOH. It enabled us to see our long term goals
being realized. We need our prayer warriors to hold us
up in prayer because it is an incredible amount of work
to load, haul and unload all of the equipment each week
and it is going to take every member of our launch team
doing their part to make this work. This trial run made
that very clear. You are an integral part of our team.
We cannot do this without God’s blessing, His strength
and His guidance. We cannot do this without you either.
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