Wednesday April 15, 2009

To our ministry family,

We have made an offer on property for the ministry today. We have been searching for an affordable location that would serve as a residence, workshop and seminar location for domestic violence and abuse, as well as a place of worship, and a haven for battered women and children. Pray for us and the process. There are so many hurdles. God's will be done. Amen.

We purchased (by faith) a good used vehicle to be used in this ministry. Carolyn and I have been sharing her vehicle since my injury over two years ago and a second vehicle was in order. We are praying and searching for a small (fuel practical) minivan for use in carrying indigents and elderly to physician appointments, and our equipment to workshops, and seminars, and other practical uses.

Please pray that our application for 501c3 exempt be approved. It is important to every phase now and the future of this ministry. We are already recieving requests from other ministries to come under our umbrella through our newest entity America Society of Domestic Relations and Ministries Development. Needed is an account with Americas Second Harvest to help us meet these unique needs and we will be checking into that as soon as we are capable of meeting the required standards, protocol and security.

We are continuing to market the new books daily in addition to the channels that the publisher provides. After 21 years of silence from me, I released two books simultaneously through Wordclay Publishers. They will market online and through entities such as Barnes and Noble and aproximately 25,000 other channels as time goes on. The books are about abuse and faith based professional conduct. They are also available on Amazon. Please pray that all of the new literature will be a blessing and guiding light to those suffering abuse and domestic violence.

Since last week we have opened four new child support recovery cases and assisted free of charge one domestic case filing. Each of these cases involve abuse and domestic violence. It is alarming the rate of cases that go unreported for a number of reasons.

We carried groceries, diapers, and milk to a mother of 2 year old twins whose father, in another state, refuses to support the children. His absence (for now) insures that the young mother will not be beaten daily and the babies will not be doused in beer by a deadbeat dad who desperately needs God in his life (and a lesson in manners).

Pray for us as we make the effort to help this mom get on a road to productivity, independence, and spiritual dependence on God. Our screening process keeps the number of applications for assistance low. These arms of ministry are still in the developing stages in order for us to make for corrections and changes.
Please email us at smrobadd@aol.com for a brochure.

Prayer requests: Most known urgent request through E-Ministry is Terry Corbett of Georgia. He underwent brain surgery recently and other issues have been discovered. Pray for this father, husband, and grandfather.

Several of our members are suffering with fibromyalgia.

Say a prayer for those in prison. Our inmate ministry, "Thank God I Am Free", now consists of 23 members nationwide. We teach our inmate ministry members that they can pay their debt behind bars but also live free through faith in God. The numbers will remain low because we only request and accept those who have dealt with or suffered abuse and domestic violence in the past. We request the most critical through Christian Pen Pals. We lead them to confess and acknowledge their crimes. They must pay their dues and then acknowledge that their only hope is God. They must display and accept practical measures to change. We correspond through a practical teaching measure with them.

The written testimonies we recieve now from these inmates bring joy to both us and them. Our greatest need for this aspect of the ministry is postage for correspondence if you feel like you would like to help in any way, please send stamps for the inmate ministry. Or if you feel a desire to minister to an inmate through writing as a pen pal and teaching them about faith, please contact us and we will put you in touch with an appropriate inmate candidate. Do not be ashamed to express your preference to correspond with either male or female.

I need to thank our members who pray for and support this ministry. We are unique and unapologetic.

We recently broke ties with our initial denomination after decades due to unresponsible demands placed on us and the lack of acceptance of our ministry's uniqueness. We were not willing to hide things that some felt were better unsaid and unrevealed. We felt they possessed an unscriptural desire to control our funds, therefore we have placed ourselves outside the box to minister in the most unique and demanding ways.

We have recently incorporated and have issued ordination through the new ministry recognized by the State of Georgia. Since then, other ministers who are rejected by unreasonable and oppressive traditional religious entities (for a number of reasons)have expressed a desire to become ordained through this entity.

Pray for these developing ministries. This ministry has tripled since becoming a non-denominational, non-discriminating, non-biased, most-practical-unique-in-the-face-of-oppositions ministry.

Susan Murphy-Milano: domestic violence advocate, radio show host of Justice Interrupted, author of Moving Out Moving On, and all around hard working American woman thank you for your help and support.

Peace4themissing.com you have been a strong support network for a lot of our members and for our ministry.

Walk With Christ Radio, Levi Page, Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach, Nancy Grace, Diane Dimond and the rest of our fan club, thanks and please keep praying for us, as we pray for you.

If you Google any of these names or click on any of the site links, you will see the impact that these organizations and individuals are having on others today. We are blessed with the presence of amazing people!

Please be watching for our newsletter upcoming, by Miranda Rhuda of Ohio.
Miranda is the Executive Administrative Assistant, Marketing Director, fundraiser, and newest board member of Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach. She has an enormous task dealing with all of this but has expressed that she feels she has a calling to utilize her unique talents and gifts on behalf of the members and needs of this ministry. She is working two part time jobs, a full time job, has three small children and a husband, but still finds time to serve this ministry after hours and weekends. She is doing a wonderful job for the Lord. God is using her and we anticipate a bumper harvest in her life on her behalf.

If you would like to volunteer in any way please e-mail us at smrobadd@aol.com

We love you all. From us to you: Prayers, Peace, Faith, Hope, and Love.

Jim and Carolyn Harnage
Silent Ministries Recovery Outreach
P.O.Box 1112
Lake Park, GA 31636
299-559-6832
www.silentministries.org/

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