GRADUATION
BANQUET
October 4, 2003
Plainfield Town Hall
Plainfield, CT
ACHIEVEMENTS 2003
 Diane Dean’s List Honor Society Merit Award |
 Shari Associate’s Degree |
 Jeanette Dean’s List |
 Sandra Certificate in Biblical Studies |
 Linda Store Rookie of the Year |
Jamie and Gary
My
name is Jamie. I am a 36-year old African American female, mother of three
children, from Rocky Mountain, NC. I had been using crack/cocaine for
17 years and I had been trying to get free of it for almost 12 years.
In 1988 I met my husband, Gary. He drank, and I used drugs. I would go
into short-term residential or outpatient treatment programs, mental health
wards and detox centers. My life revolved around drugs. After a while,
our relationship became verbally abusive and violent. We took our children
through many separations, and incarcerations. We lost our jobs, we lost
our house, and our children had to live with my parents because we couldn’t
provide anything for them. We’d get straight long enough to get
jobs, proper housing, the children, etcetera, only to lose it again to
drugs.
At the end of April 2002, we began seriously talking about our situation.
We needed help desperately. Gary called his mother one night. He told
her he didn’t want any more money, but love and help. She told him
to come to Connecticut, to a Christ-centered, 18-month rehabilitation
program. I said to God, if you bring back my children, my husband, and
my family, I’ll do what you ask me. Just give me back my life. I
had something I didn’t know I had, faith. Faith, I had obtained
through God’s mercy, nothing of myself.
The last awful, lonely night in a cheap hotel room before I came to Connecticut,
took me to a place where a decision had to be made. I wanted an
entirely new life, and I knew the only way I could get it was by God through
His Son, Jesus Christ. My mother once told me, the only way I
would stop doing what I was doing was if I turned to God. Little did I
know how right she was! I am being trained at the Youth Challenge Mission
for Women to serve Him for whatever purpose, to be the wife, the mother
and the woman of God He intended. “For in the gospel a righteousness
from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,
just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.” (Rom.
1:17 NIV)
A
COMPLIMENTARY NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR TO YCMFW PARTNERS
PRICELESS INVESTMENTS...
The successes of the women mentioned in this newsletter came at a great
cost of which you are a part! They are priceless investments!!!
Each of you should tap yourself on the shoulder and say “my donation
made a difference in changing the destinies of broken and hurting women.”
We, at The Youth Challenge Mission for Women, could not have restored
the women alone. We needed you! Let’s do it together again
this year, and let’s do it better!!! Please fill out the
enclosed pledge card and use the self-addressed, postage paid envelope
to mail your check. Make it payable to: The Youth Challenge Mission for
Women and in the memo write (“MFW”).
WE NEED NEW PARTNERS - SPREAD THE WORD...
We are in need of new partners to “Catch the Vision” and join
us in the mission to give back to broken and hurting women their dignity
and self-esteem. We would like to ask you to share the newsletter with
your friends and acquaintances and encourage them to become financial
partners with us. If you need extra copies of the newsletter, please give
us a call at (860) 527-2000.
A GUIDELINE ON HOW TO HELP SUBSTANCE ABUSERS YOU MEET ALONG THE
WAY...
If you know someone who is a substance abuser, and you need information
about our program or how to get admission into our program, please call
us at (860) 527-2000. We treasure you as our partners! Remember,
we cannot put a price tag on a transformed life! May God bless
you, and bless you, and bless you and your families.
HAVE A JOYOUS THANKSGIVING!!
Jabez Prayer - “Oh, that
you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your Hand would
be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause
pain! So God granted him what he requested.”
I Chronicles 4:10 (NIV) This
is my prayer for all of you, our supporters. Shalom!! - Hebrew
word for peace!
Nicky Cruz praying for the people
VICTORY
REPORT - From The Executive Director, Dr. Raúl González
NICKY CRUZ OUTREACH Together With T.R.U.C.E. (To Reach
Urban Children Everywhere) Conducted A Week Of Successful Outreach
With Youth Challenge From August 4 - 10.
The Power Of God Moved In A Wonderful Way.
Thousands Heard The Word.
A Great Number Came Up For Prayer And 500 Plus Responded With Decisions
To Follow Jesus. Thanks For Your Prayers and Support!!
YOUTH
CHALLENGE BIBLE TRAINING CENTER
111 STERLING ROAD
MOOSUP, CT 06354
(860) 564-8400- FAX (860) 230-0851
EMAIL: ranchyc@youthchallenge.org
THE REV. TYRONE GLASPIE, DIRECTOR
YOUTH
CHALLENGE BIBLE TRAINING CENTER
111 STERLING ROAD
MOOSUP, CT 06354
(860) 564-8400- FAX (860) 230-0851
EMAIL: ranchyc@youthchallenge.org
THE REV. TYRONE GLASPIE, DIRECTOR
YOUTH
CHALLENGE BIBLE TRAINING CENTER
111 STERLING ROAD
MOOSUP, CT 06354
(860) 564-8400- FAX (860) 230-0851
EMAIL: ranchyc@youthchallenge.org
THE REV. TYRONE GLASPIE, DIRECTOR