Comments on: Helping Others in Crisis http://www.specialtouch.org/helping-others-in-crisis.html serving the concerns of people with disabilities Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:36:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: adrienne http://www.specialtouch.org/helping-others-in-crisis.html/comment-page-1#comment-7696 adrienne Sat, 22 May 2010 15:27:36 +0000 http://www.specialtouch.org/?p=1306#comment-7696 Here I am a single woman in her late 40's with no living family left. I do not have a home chruch right now. I am messianic. I was recently scammed by a title loan company and I had to overdraw my bank account to save my car from being sold in auction. Now I dont have rent for the first of the month. I am so scared. There is no agency loaclly in south Florida that can help me, so I have to contact churches to try raising my rent so Im not homeless. All because this company I dealt with was not honest. Its such a shame that so many believers are under attack right now. If anyone knows a faith based organization that can help me, dear GOD please let me know. GOD Bless! lachaim18181818@yahoo.com Here I am a single woman in her late 40′s with no living family left. I do not have a home chruch right now. I am messianic.
I was recently scammed by a title loan company and I had to overdraw my bank account to save my car from being sold in auction. Now I dont have rent for the first of the month. I am so scared. There is no agency loaclly in south Florida that can help me, so I have to contact churches to try raising my rent so Im not homeless. All because this company I dealt with was not honest. Its such a shame that so many believers are under attack right now. If anyone knows a faith based organization that can help me, dear GOD please let me know. GOD Bless!
lachaim18181818@yahoo.com

]]> By: Kathie Hutcheson http://www.specialtouch.org/helping-others-in-crisis.html/comment-page-1#comment-7605 Kathie Hutcheson Mon, 11 May 2009 15:49:17 +0000 http://www.specialtouch.org/?p=1306#comment-7605 God used this month's newsletter to touch me in so many areas. I have two grown sons with multiple disabilities. I am a single mom and they are both adopted. They attend Iowa Getaway as guests and I am craft director at Iowa Getaway. Camp is the closest thing on earth to that glorious homecoming awaiting us in heaven...but that is another story. I was so touched by Thomas Carpenter's article and yours Brad. Over the years my sons and I have faced so many struggles, refusals and shut doors due to their disabilities. It is a constant struggle that we have only survived with God's help, strength and compassion. Four months ago (after several moves to different agencies) I finally moved my youngest son Dan into a wonderful place for him to live, a home with just one other client and 24/7 staff. We are praising God for that! My older son Doug has been served by an agency for 20 years with the last 10 years in his own supervised apartment. Due to his rather severe cerebral palsy his muscles are tightening and he has many other physical problems developing as he ages. We are currently looking for a care facility for him. His former psychologist (thankfully he has moved from area) recently gave Doug a new label of Borderline Personality Disorder. Due to that label (which none of us agree with) he is being turned down by care facilities. His case manager and I are currently working with his nurse practicitioner who took over the psychologist practice to get that label removed. I am so tired of 'labels' and doors being closed because of disabilities. Doug knows God has a plan for his future but being human he is very worried about what lies ahead for him. Please be in prayer that we can get the label removed and can find a place where he can get the physical care he needs. Also your newsletter really renewed my resolve to be looking for new areas where God can use me to minister to disabled. Be in prayer that I will see those areas and be open to God's leading and His opening doors for me to serve even more. God bless all of you who serve through Special Touch Ministries. Know that I am in prayer for all areas of the ministries, the staff and the people served through Special Touch. -Kathie Hutcheson God used this month’s newsletter to touch me in so many areas. I have two grown sons with multiple disabilities. I am a single mom and they are both adopted. They attend Iowa Getaway as guests and I am craft director at Iowa Getaway. Camp is the closest thing on earth to that glorious homecoming awaiting us in heaven…but that is another story. I was so touched by Thomas Carpenter’s article and yours Brad. Over the years my sons and I have faced so many struggles, refusals and shut doors due to their disabilities. It is a constant struggle that we have only survived with God’s help, strength and compassion. Four months ago (after several moves to different agencies) I finally moved my youngest son Dan into a wonderful place for him to live, a home with just one other client and 24/7 staff. We are praising God for that! My older son Doug has been served by an agency for 20 years with the last 10 years in his own supervised apartment. Due to his rather severe cerebral palsy his muscles are tightening and he has many other physical problems developing as he ages. We are currently looking for a care facility for him. His former psychologist (thankfully he has moved from area) recently gave Doug a new label of Borderline Personality Disorder. Due to that label (which none of us agree with) he is being turned down by care facilities. His case manager and I are currently working with his nurse practicitioner who took over the psychologist practice to get that label removed. I am so tired of ‘labels’ and doors being closed because of disabilities. Doug knows God has a plan for his future but being human he is very worried about what lies ahead for him. Please be in prayer that we can get the label removed and can find a place where he can get the physical care he needs. Also your newsletter really renewed my resolve to be looking for new areas where God can use me to minister to disabled. Be in prayer that I will see those areas and be open to God’s leading and His opening doors for me to serve even more.

God bless all of you who serve through Special Touch Ministries. Know that I am in prayer for all areas of the ministries, the staff and the people served through Special Touch. -Kathie Hutcheson

]]> By: Ability Ministry http://www.specialtouch.org/helping-others-in-crisis.html/comment-page-1#comment-7595 Ability Ministry Sun, 03 May 2009 02:03:09 +0000 http://www.specialtouch.org/?p=1306#comment-7595 I recently noticed this same ministry need for our neighbors across the street. They are kind of private. They rarely leave their home unless they are letting their dog out in their yard, going to work, or going on an RV trip. Even then they just open the door and hold the leash inside. The man in this house recently had the lower half of his leg amputated. He uses a walker and/or a wheelchair... despite the fact that he has steps into his front door. As I read yesterday's blog... I couldn't help but being moved to ask the men in our church to help this man by building a ramp into his house. Please pray for this ministry opportunity... so that it may come to fruition. I recently noticed this same ministry need for our neighbors across the street. They are kind of private. They rarely leave their home unless they are letting their dog out in their yard, going to work, or going on an RV trip. Even then they just open the door and hold the leash inside. The man in this house recently had the lower half of his leg amputated. He uses a walker and/or a wheelchair… despite the fact that he has steps into his front door. As I read yesterday’s blog… I couldn’t help but being moved to ask the men in our church to help this man by building a ramp into his house. Please pray for this ministry opportunity… so that it may come to fruition.

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