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Join us at Sovereign Grace Fellowship on Monday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m. for our mini-seminar on gardening featuring Paul Saucier who will teach on vermicomposting, or worm composting.

Vermicomposting is an efficient way of producing nutrient-rich organic fertilizer using the natural processes of the earth worm.

Along with hands-on education with the worms, Saucier will also talk about ways to utilize your home garden for the good of your neighborhood and even beyond.

All are invited to join us, so come ready to get your hands dirty!

Sovereign Grace Fellowship is located on Gause Blvd. East two minutes from the I10 highway going toward Military Rd.  We are at 2021, just past Meadow Lake on the right side of the street, and just before Statewide Bank.

Mardi Gras is early this year and the season was put into high gear this week by a Superbowl ‘Dat’ Tuesday parade in downtown New Orleans.  Several of us attended the event along with thousands of other eager fans to celebrate this historic time in the Big Easy.  Marching bands, brightly lit floats and wall to wall black and gold shirts filled the sidewalks, curbs and barricades as the team’s players and coaches rolled out from the Dome to the Convention Center.

In the chill of a cold February evening the city forgets her woes and the sounds of jubilation ring out from every street.  It is a bit surreal, not only because of the incredible ending to a miraculous Saints season, but because of a special unity weaving throughout every social class. It’s as if each person has grabbed on to the hope found in victory and the struggle it takes to achieve it.  Even non-football fanatics are buying hats and shirts and stickers to join in the buzz.

We pray that the short-term focus on our NFL success will bring joy to those who love the region, but we also pray that we will remember the still-aching citizenry and their ongoing needs. We pray for eternal perspectives of hope in Christ. We pray for more opportunities to rejoice and reflect as we dwell on temporal blessings that lift our eyes towards our Father from whom all blessings flow.

May the Spirit of the living God open hearts so that they may see the peace of Christ reigning forever.

Here at Homeland Missions, we seek to connect with people in the community who have a heart to serve the Lord and seek new possibilities for the Kingdom.  When we find them, we are always blessed by the gifts and talents that they bring into the ministry and into our lives.

Paul Saucier is one of those people.  After taking on an internship with H.E.A.R.T (Hunger Education and Resources Training) and learning the skills to survive and thrive as a missionary within a third world country, Paul’s appetite for agriculture and foreign missions grew exponentially.

“It changed my life.  I was curious to see if foreign missions was something that God was calling me to do, and as of now it is. I picked up a love and passion for Hydroponics and Aquaponics because it is a different and efficient way of feeding people that are in poverty.”

Paul’s think-outside-the-box attitude is so much like our own, that we immediately took up the chance to work with him, not only in our own organic garden, but also in planning future urban agriculture prototypes.

This month, Paul will be teaching his second seminar on the possibilities of sustainable gardening within an urban setting.  Stay tuned for more details!

To learn more about alternative and sustainable agriculture, explore ECHO’s (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization) website!

We would like to invite you to join in the relief effort to Haiti.  One of the biggest concerns during these times, especially in a country that is in disarray, is to make sure that whatever resources are sent are used wisely.  Thankfully, we are blessed to be in coordination with a few trusted organizations that are currently providing aid to those affected by the earthquakes.

Faith Bible Church: Haiti Relief

A partner church in FIRE (Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals), Faith Bible Church in Sharpsburg, Georgia, has created and organized a blog and donation center for people to give directly to the relief effort.  Our mutual friend Pastor Josue Raimundo has an ongoing support work on the ground in the Dominican Republic seeking to minister to and mobilize local Haitian believers for church-centered and Christ-honoring relief ministry.

Please visit their website here and consider donating to those in Port-au-Prince.

Baptist Haiti Mission

The Baptist Haiti Mission, an organization that began over 60 years ago to provide for the spiritual, educational, and medical needs of the people, is now in full earthquake relief mode.  Located in Fermathe, Haiti a few miles south of Port-au-Prince, the mission is in the perfect position to take in refugees and provide help at ground zero.  All donations made to them go directly into the mission field.

Visit them at their website here for further information, and directions to donate.

Lashbrook Family Ministries

A few weeks ago, our brother in Christ, George Shelby, returned to Haiti for six months of missionary support work with Lashbrook Family Ministries, an orphanage located in Port-de-Paix.

Now that Port-au-Prince has been devastated, Lashbrook Family Ministries is beginning to take in refugees.  Keith Lashbrook, the ministry founder and coordinator, was interviewed by FOX 10 News in Mobile AL.:

To learn more information about this organization and how you can donate through them, please visit their website here.  Make sure to mention Keith Lashbrook in the designation field, as well as any specific details you want your donation to go to, including construction, crates, earthquake relief, as most needed, etc.

To get an eye-witness account of the devastation and relief work in northern Haiti, check out George Shelby’s blog here.