Street ministry is awesome!

These young people at Agape Christian Center blow me away! They are getting out of their comfort zones and reaching people in their neighborhood with the Good News.

Every church should have youngsters like these. Now I know we are here visiting during their evangelism week, but does your church have a week that you concentrate on reaching the people in your 'hood? Is your church's youth group mainly focused on getting together to have pizza and discuss the latest movie? Or are they learning skits, talking to neighbors, handing out tracts and guiding people in asking Jesus into their hearts?

For my friends who know me this may come as a surprise - I was asked to give the closing prayer. Yes I had to stand up in front of the crowd with a microphone and pray. The Lord is stretching me during this visit and what a rush! Thank you Father for your love and encouragement.

This gentleman got up at the beginning of the service and started dancing with his umbrella. Reminded me of Fred Astaire and Singing in the Rain! He stuck around, I actually think he sleeps in the park, but listened and enjoyed hearing the worship and praise.

New York is a place of so many different nationalities, languages and religions all living together. People were coming into the park to dance and worship God while others stood outside the fence. Lord may your peace and comfort reach all those around who are hurting and in need of your love.

Thank You!

A big THANK YOU goes out to all those at Desert Breeze Community Church who gave their spare change for Kenya. The church placed a 5-gallon water jug at their outreach table and congregants reached into their pockets to give whatever spare change they had to the ministry. Over $700 was raised!

What an example of how simple and inexpensive it is to reach into your pocket/purse and give your change, yet what a blessing it will be to the children of Kenya.

Visit The Change Campaign to become a monthly partner with us for $12/month (that's just 40¢/day!)

The call is being made...

Ok everyone we have a better idea of our schedule for our tour of The Change Campaign and we are asking for your help.

As you can see from our Calendar of Events we will be in Los Angeles, CA June 24, 25, 26 and 27. If you or someone you know would like us to present Saved By God's Grace along with The Change Campaign please contact our Executive Director, Chuck.

We will then be in Michigan for a couple of days before heading to New York City where we will be staying from July 4th - July 12th. Again, we will be happy to speak to any size group or if you'd like to have a fundraiser while we are in the area please contact Chuck and he will be happy to work with you on arranging the schedule.

After our stay in New York we will be traveling back to Arizona with possible stops in Georgia, Oklahoma and Florida. We would love to meet some of you in our travels and answer any questions you may have about this ministry.

Please help us spread the news of The Change Campaign so we can bring change to our Kenyan kids.

Buying for a cause...

I'm not one to encourage consumerism, but I do know people need to buy necessities. And by buying your necessities you can support Saved By God's Grace.

We are now affiliated with SendThemForHim - an online shopping rebate program. They have lots of different brands/stores/merchants to buy from and when you buy through our page Saved By God's Grace will receive a percentage of the purchase price.

Amazon.com, Family Christian Stores, GNC, Motorcycle Superstore, Ebay, Laptops for Less and even Wal-Mart are among the hundreds of stores available to purchase from! Many have free shipping and no sales tax (each merchant will list those details).

Save this link to your desktop and when ever you shop online check it out. So you'll be getting your necessities and at the same time helping Saved By God's Grace.

Toys for Kenya!

More people helping the poor is always a good thing and we are always humbled as to how people get involved.

We are in the process of working with the Academy of Cinema and Television (A.C.T.) for a toy drive. With the extreme poverty in Kenya, toys may seem like a non-important item. But for our children in Kenya it not only lets them know they are cared for but that they are worth our efforts of getting toys to them.

The simple act of giving them a toy of their own puts a smile on their face and that is priceless.



This video gives you an idea of what the nursery students were playing with and this was the only doll for the entire class. This was taken in February 2008 on our first trip to Kenya.

On our last trip in October 2008 we took with us several dolls, trucks, Frisbees, jump ropes etc. But as many of you know, toys don't last forever. The A.C.T.'s offer of having a toy drive is wonderful and we look forward to partnering with them in this effort.

More info to come...

Change 4 Kenya!

We have a 5 gallon water jug sitting on the outreach table at Desert Breeze Community Church. We've labeled it "Change 4 Kenya" and people are asked to drop in their spare change. Our friends and family have jumped on the band wagon and are bringing in cans, bags and wallets of coins to drop in the jug. Here's Danny and Wendy with their contribution - thank you!

This is a simple way of raising funds and awareness for our kids in Kenya. Maybe your church/group/business can do something similar for Saved By God's Grace? Please contact us if you'd like some brochures and business cards.

Do you put 40¢ a day into a change jar/dish/box etc.? For a glimpse of what's to come visit our homepage (scroll to the bottom) and read more.

A day at Glendale Community College

We were invited to participate in the "All Shades of Black" for the Black Student Union at the Glendale Community College campus in Arizona. They had several different cultures represented and Saved By God's Grace was there to represent the children in Kenya.

We talked to several people about the orphanages, we had several people sign up for our newsletter and we handed out a lot of information. Now we let God move the hearts!

COMING SOON - "The Change Campaign" - watch the website or blog or FaceBook or Twitter for details!