Teamwork
Teamwork is challenging to some people, especially those who have been wounded and lack in the area of trust. The men had a great day Saturday, learning principles of teamwork from Vince Gremillion, the New Orleans 2013 Small Business Person of the Year. Vince and I go back a very long way. We met each other at Victory when we were barely out of High School. We were teenagers!!!!! The men played games that teach teamwork and trust. They learned a lot! Thanks Vince!
Anna Donahue Ministries
Anna Donahue Ministries came to The 180 Center for the second time to minister a teaching, "Building and Sustaining a Healthy Mind." She started with Proverbs 25:28: "He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down without walls." Walls were built to protect the city. The proverb is teaching that ruling our spirit-man is a way to build a protective wall around our life, and one of the ways we rule the spirit-man is through renewing our minds. Pastor Anna used the illustration that an uncontrolled mind is like a window without a screen. Bugs can come in, with no resistance...
It is time to make sure we have screens on the windows of our hearts, eyes, ears, mouths and lives! Here is a quick example of how to pray scripture to put up a screen over your mouth, "Post a guard at my mouth, God, set a watch at the door of my lips. Don’t let me so much as dream of evil or thoughtlessly fall into bad company." Psalm 141:3 (The Message Version)
Team Iowa Labor of Love
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| Learning to refinish and distressing a table. |
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| The original table and Walt teaching. |
The men had a full week that included a professional carpenter who showed the men how to sand, refinish, and then paint and distress a table. They all took turns taking a table that was hidden under a cloth and making it into a very nice piece of furniture.
The carpenter was with a team of 10 from Iowa. They came to the center and generously donated their time to do some deep cleaning. The carpenter also brought all the supplies for the refinishing project and even left the electric sander for the men to continue to learn a new skill. It was fun to see their faces light up when Walt told them they were doing a good job. We are so thankful for all of the effort that made this week go over the top in every way possible!!! It is our goal to see each man equipped to make permanent life changes!
Thank you for your continued prayer for The 180 Center, Restoration Center For Men. Don and I are missionaries under Victory Fellowship and are very grateful for one-time and monthly gifts of any amount to help us with our expenses. We are also looking for donations of soap, toothpaste, and other daily hygiene products for men. Giving of your time to cook meals and help with office work is also very helpful!
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