Statement Regarding Nomination of Dr. Ben Carson to Lead HUD
by Rev. Sam Rodriguez
Dr. Ben Carson is the 21st century version of Jack Kemp as it pertains to educating, equipping and empowering individuals, particularly those in urban areas, with the necessary resources to prosper and to pivot from government dependency to personal responsibility.
We don't want our inner-city residents to mearly survive, but to
thrive.
Dr. Carson's personal narrative, his commitment and his faith,
compel him to serve all Americans but especially those in the
inner-city with that very objective.
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With a population of 6 million people, Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Americas after Haiti. It has the largest youth bulge in Latin America with more than 2 million school-aged children.
Many parents have to withdraw their children from school because of a lack of jobs and financial difficulties. In the poorest families, only 6% complete secondary school. Parents find it hard to spend their low income on transportation, uniforms, school supplies and books when they have difficulty affording food.
17,000 street children in Nicaragua suffer constant hunger and neglect. Most have gone to the streets to escape domestic violence and extreme poverty only to find harsh manual labor, hunger and fear.
We're intensely focused on feeding and educating 10,000 children in Nicaragua by 2017 and 50,000 by 2020.
Choose Greatness by Ron Ball
Choose Greatness is a window into a powerful and positive world. It can help you and your children discover how anyone can create a great life. 75,000 excited people are already using Choose Greatness to learn how to prosper in a God-honoring way.
In partnership with the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and with the guidance of Pastors Sam Rodriguez and Tony Suarez, Ron is now making available the book Choose Greatness to you
You can order as many copies as you like. Choose Greatness is available in Spanish or English so let us know if you want either or both.
This introduction to great attitude and great results is written for all ages. Give copies to your children and grandchildren. Share a copy with your pastor or give them out at work or church. Everyone needs this message.
Our prayer is that God will use this simple book to awaken everyone to the possibilities of greatness. Imagine what your life, your workplace, your home or your church can be like if everyone follows God's principles of greatness. When that happens, big blessings can lift everyone.
Unconditional Gratitude
via the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
Jacob fled to the country of Aram;
Israel served to get a wife,
and to pay for her he tended sheep. - Hosea 12:12
The
Torah
portion for this week,
Vayeitzei,
is from Genesis 28:10-32:3 and Hosea 12:13-14:10.
The reading that accompanies
Vayeitzei
comes from the book of Hosea. The
Haftorah
begins,
"Jacob fled to the country of Aram;
Israel served to get a wife,
and to pay for her he tended sheep."
There is an obvious allusion to the story that we read in
Vayeitzei
about Jacob's life while on the run. But the connection between the two selections doesn't lie in their similarities; it's in how they contrast with one another.
