LCC REACH

A Good Year!

The world is different because LCC existed this year.  Through our Body, Jesus was shown in amazing ways: here, there, and over-there.  He gets all the glory for anything we did right this year.  Here are just a few of the highlights from this last year (not room to list them all)

We started the year with a trip to flood ravaged Nashville with Samaratin's Purse

 

 

 

 

 

Our first Water Mission trip with Rowkids in February

 

 

 

 

 

Many of you helped build a needy family a house in February

 

 

 

God use YOU and Easter Egg Hunts to change lives at Easter

 

 

 

 

 

Our Bumper Crops fed a ton of people in 2011-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kairos Prison Ministry-  your cookies, prayer, and our BBQ KREW impacted Ridgeland Prison twice this year

 

 

 Our LowCountry Build Team impacted 3 families by  repairing their homes- in Jesus' Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our High School ministry sent 23 students to Jamaica with Rowkids

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Clothing Connection put clothes on thousands of people

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The November Belize Team brought safe water to Bullet Tree Falls for the first time in history

 

 

 

 

 

 Pray and consider how you could be in one of these pictures in 2012.  Go to lccreach.com to see all the ways you can help us change the world this next year.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

It Could Have Been You…

Sometime around Thanksgiving, the Brabham Family of Ridgeland had an electrical fire in their home and lost everything they own- other than what they were wearing.  Times were tough before the fire, and with no insurance, have gotten immeasurably worse.  They have a grandmother living with them and their small girls.

Some great folks have decided to collect everything they possibly can by the 20th of this month.  If you bring it- they will deliver it.  Download Bradham Family needs to find out all the details of what they need and where to drop it off.  Anything you can give will touch this family with the love of Jesus

 

Not only do I invite you to touch families right HERE, I want you to consider helping some families OVER THERE in Guatemala by going with our Team in March.  We will spend half of our time working in a village as we rebuild their homes and lives after a catastrophic hurricane.  We will build pre-fab metal homes that the owners will be able to take with them should they move.  We will then work in a number of ministries in Guatemala City.  One of those is a ministry called 'The Oasis' which is an amazing outreach to prostitutes.  CLICK HERE to see a video about The Oasis and see a bit of the crushing need there.  You can find out all the details about the trip by CLICKING HERE.  Remember, the deadline is January 22- only one month away!!!  Call me with any questions- (843) 384-1994.

 Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas!

 

Joe

Writing You From New York....

Thought I would drop you a note from the most "global city" in the world.  New York is a microcosm of the planet as I have seen people from every continent on the planet.  It is fun to taste all the cultures here, but I am still very glad to live in Bluffton.

I am here hanging out with Jimmy Taylor as he recuperates from surgery.  He is doing better every day, and in a few minutes, we are hoping to hop the subway and check out the Apple Store!  For all of those that have been praying for him- don't stop.  He really appreciates it.  If everything goes well, he will come home with me on Saturday the 10th.

    Jimmy was with our team that first went to Guatemala 3+ years ago and the experience is still impacting him in a big way.  Jimmy and I both want to invite you to consider going with us in March as we serve the people of this beautiful country. We will spend half the time in a village rebuilding homes destroyed by a recent hurricane.  We are constructing pre-fab metal homes that will allow the owners to disassemble them when they one day move.  The other half of the trip will involve ministry in Guatemala City (the 'City of Eternal Spring').  For all the details of this trip-CLICK HERE.  The Deadline is on us quickly:  January 22nd.   If you have questions- call me at: 384-1994 or jfriesen@lowcountrycc.org

Please check out all the 2012 Mission Trips at lccreach.com and notice the following deadlines:    Guatemala- January 22,  Build Team- January 29,  Atlanta Dream Center- February 5th

      I was struck this morning by how easy it is for me to be a Christ Follower. This is not the case for most of the rest of the world.  Take a second and go to: Voice of the Martyrs website and look at what is happening to our Brothers and Sisters all around the world.  May it make you thankful, grateful, and prayerful

 

In Him…Joe