Dutton's- Do You Want To Go To Africa, Ladies?

Heavenly Hope Ministries

Im heading to Africa in a few weeks, any ladies want to join me. The dates are most likely the 25th of January-2nd of February. Let me know!!!

Dutton's- It's A Girl 2012

                                                         Terina Dutton

                                           Its a girl!!!!!

The Gideons- Philippines Disaster

The Gideons International has approved the implementation of the National Disaster Distribution Program in the Philippines. Gideons there plan to distribute 20,000 New Testaments in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, two areas hard hit by the typhoon that struck that region on December 16. The resulting floods took the life of a Gideon there. He was reportedly trapped in his home after saving all of his family members. Many other Gideons there and in the neighboring city of Iligan suffered devastating damage to their homes as well.

The Philippines government declared the area under a state of calamity. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council for the Philippines, as of January 3rd, 1,257 people have been reported dead, 4,658 injured and 724,729 people have been directly impacted by the tropical storm.

Just last January, The Gideons International conducted an International Scripture Blitz in The Philippines on the island of Luzon, which included the metro area of Manilla. A record number of 1.6 million Scriptures were placed there in just two weeks.

Please pray that God’s grace, mercy and comfort will be upon our brothers and sisters in these areas whose lives were affected so much by this disaster. Please continue to pray also for those victims who are now staying in emergency shelters. And please pray for Gideons as they share God’s Word there and that many people will come to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior.

The first Gideon camp in the Philippines was established in 1953 and currently there are 195 Gideon camps there with approximately over 2,500 Gideons and 1,500 Auxiliary. Today, the Philippines’ population is over 101 million , and to date, over 57 million copies of God’s Word have been placed there through The Gideons International.

The Gideons- Sharing God's Word

Sharing God’s Word In A Dangerous Land
Supplying 75% of the world's cocaine, Colombia is a country in desperate need of God’s Word. Because of the drug trade, crime is very high, especially kidnapping. Corruption and guerilla activity are rampant as well.

The Gideons said they saw no opposition to God or His Son by the people of Colombia. “Everyone believed in God and Jesus, but they had not been told that they needed to repent and receive Jesus.”

During the two weeks, 436,602 copies of God’s Word were distributed. But as the ISB team leader said, “This ISB was not only about placing a large number of Scriptures, but about a large number of souls saved.”

In schools, prisons, jails, military installations, medical facilities, police stations and fire departments, people were excited to hear about God’s plan of salvation.

The team leader said that in the 12 ISBs he has been on, he had never seen so many one-on-one conversions. Thousands and thousands of group decisions were also recorded.

The first Gideon camp in Colombia was organized in 1959. Today there are 118 Gideon camps in Colombia with 1,773 Gideons and 1,132 Auxiliary.

We praise God for all of the men, women, boys and girls who will come to know Christ as a result of the Scriptures placed during this blitz. We thank the Gideons who participated in this blitz, sacrificing their time and money. We also thank our donors, pastors and other supporters for helping us raise funds to purchase the Scriptures.

In September, 7,856,663 copies of God’s Word were placed outside the U.S. through The Gideons International. Thank you members and donors for your help in making this possible. All glory goes to God.