I. Benevolence
· We worked with HBF to help a lady pay her rent on 5-29.
· We helped a lady move on 6-3, and got her drier installed a couple of weeks later.
· We helped a lady with emergency housing on 6-21, and then got her into permanent housing on 6-29! This lady has been coming to meetings and church and got baptized on 7-14 - see pic
· We worked with HBF to help a man pay for his rent on 7-8.
· We donated 2 big boxes of food to a lady with 6 kids on 7-10 to help as she goes through some family issues.
II. Jail update
· Pat Lee led Chuck R. to Christ over the phone in prison on 5-13-24!
· One of our ladies wrote to a lady inmate on 6-10.
· One of the men I wrote to last month wrote me back, so I sent him a second letter on 6-23.
· I’m still communicating with an inmate @ Boonville MO (Ted), his out date got delayed a year (June 2025), so that was disappointing, but I’m going through our recovery material with him now, he’s in lesson #2.
· Life Issues dropped off a case of Bibles @ CCJ on 7-8-24.
III. Church
· Many of our leaders and students helped with HBF’s VBS the week of July 8th!
· Several of our students and leaders are involved in discipleship:
o D1: These folks are in our one-on-one continue discipleship material – Matt L. is with Steve F. (lesson #8), Alana M. is with Betty A. and are on lesson #13, Larry O. is working with Brady B. (lesson #10), and Dean is with Dale N. and they are on lesson #9.
o HBI: Pam J., and Mary W. are both taking a full load of classes in HBI.
o TJH (The Journey Home): Les B. completed TJH on June 21st and is working on writing out his testimony!
o Brian R. completed HBF’s 10-week “How To Disciple” class in June and will graduate 7-21.
IV. Recovery
· We have been providing community service for a teen with a DWI charge (40 hours needed), I think he has completed about half thus far.
· Ray V. completed IOP classes (15 sessions X 3 hours each) on 5-17
· Gave 4 boxes of Bibles to Welcome House (men’s sober living – 98 residents) on 5-26 – see pic.
· We sent a 9-year-old attendance form to a former student’s lawyer on 6-3, so he can prove to a judge that he worked our program at that time, this request surprised me but made me glad that Life Issues keeps good records!
· Noelle C. earned her 3-year tag – see pic.
· Noelle C. earned her 3-year tag – see pic.
· Most of you reading this remember that a church in Sullivan MO started a Life Issues recovery ministry in January of this year, here’s a testimony from Pastor Josh Wright:
"We just celebrated 6 months this year! We had a first-time guest not long ago and they came back a second time! A young man just gave an incredible testimony this past week about this program coming along at just the right time in his life. He said he had gone through a few of the 12 steps in the past but nothing like we are doing with a Biblical emphasis. He said it has been so helpful to him. I can probably count on one hand the number of times everybody involved in the program has missed. We still have 6-7 people every Thursday night.
We all came into the program thinking we would help other people and have benefited so much from the program ourselves. We have really opened up to one another and drawn closer to each other and the Lord. "
· We sent documents to a church in Blue Springs on 6-3, to help them start a recovery group as well, and Pat Lee and I met with their leadership group on 6-11 to answer questions and hand deliver some documents, and meet some of the folks who will be potentially leading their recovery group, it was encouraging and a blessing for Pat and I to discuss things on this level.
· Larry C. and Anthony B. have been coming around for about a year now and both are committed to the Lord and our pathway to recovery and were given their “Born Again” Life Issues tags on 6-28 – See pic.
"We just celebrated 6 months this year! We had a first-time guest not long ago and they came back a second time! A young man just gave an incredible testimony this past week about this program coming along at just the right time in his life. He said he had gone through a few of the 12 steps in the past but nothing like we are doing with a Biblical emphasis. He said it has been so helpful to him. I can probably count on one hand the number of times everybody involved in the program has missed. We still have 6-7 people every Thursday night.
We all came into the program thinking we would help other people and have benefited so much from the program ourselves. We have really opened up to one another and drawn closer to each other and the Lord. "
· We sent documents to a church in Blue Springs on 6-3, to help them start a recovery group as well, and Pat Lee and I met with their leadership group on 6-11 to answer questions and hand deliver some documents, and meet some of the folks who will be potentially leading their recovery group, it was encouraging and a blessing for Pat and I to discuss things on this level.
· Larry C. and Anthony B. have been coming around for about a year now and both are committed to the Lord and our pathway to recovery and were given their “Born Again” Life Issues tags on 6-28 – See pic.
V. Events
· Two young men prayed to be saved @ the end of the Ride for Revival on 6-1!
· We’re kind of late getting started this year but I want to announce our Homecoming fundraiser event:
· Two young men prayed to be saved @ the end of the Ride for Revival on 6-1!
· We’re kind of late getting started this year but I want to announce our Homecoming fundraiser event:
Check out our new YouTube video !!
It describes our upcoming event on Friday August 30th, 2024
Here's our "Homecoming cover letter"
This has additional details about Life Issues and our event
o We will have pledge forms and literature available on Friday night for distribution.
VI. People
· I performed a wedding on 5-25 for Mark and Karanita Hite, it was a pleasure working with this couple and I’m excited for them and glad they found love – see pic.
VI. People
· I performed a wedding on 5-25 for Mark and Karanita Hite, it was a pleasure working with this couple and I’m excited for them and glad they found love – see pic.
· We helped a 75-year-old homeless lady (Denise J.) get emergency housing on 6-17 and into more permanent housing in Clinton MO on 6-18. Denise wrote a nice thank you note to me:
“I want to thank you from my heart for everything you did for me I am so grateful Pastor… and I am so glad I met you and God bless you too 😍.”
· Roger G. and I drove one of our ladies to the airport on 7-11 so she could get back home to her family in Texas and gave her a Bible – see pic.
· Kevin and I dropped off a case of Bibles to a Recovery Auto in Independence MO, the owner there is a recovered addict who gave his testimony at our meeting awhile back, and he serves in a recovery ministry, and wants to give a Bible to people when they buy a car from him!
· Please pray for God to use us mightily in 2024, for without him we can do nothing, but through Him we can do all things! Sincerely, Steve Fleshman – Life Issues pastor and founder, Proverbs 4:23…
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