November Prayer Letter

November 1, 2011

Dear Family and Friends,

There are many things that make me thankful for the fall: cooler weather, students back in school, football season, and, most importantly, pumpkin spice lattes! This season helps me, in the midst of our busy culture, to stop, breathe in, and thank God for being a powerful, mighty God that provides for all of our needs.

As the season progresses, I am feverishly working on our Christmas Store! This is a wonderful opportunity for churches, small groups, or youth groups to get involved in serving the urban poor. Each year the staff of World Impact ask the children and youth with whom we work to make a Christmas wish list. We then register all the gifts at Walmart and Target. Starting November 1, the shopping can begin, and gifts purchased from the registries are brought to the WID Center.

Here is the beautiful part: we do not just give the items to the parents to give to their children. We invite them to shop and purchase their children’s Christmas gifts.

Saturday, December 10, the World Impact Center will become a winter wonderland! Parents will be able to purchase items from their wish lists for 25 percent of the retail cost. This allows them to shop with dignity and give their children gifts they want or need. Funds raised through the Christmas Store will go back into the ministry of World Impact Dallas.

What a blessing to be able to help parents provide gifts for their children, raise funds for the ministry and

share the greatest gift of all, our Lord Jesus Christ, through this creative outreach.

We are already fielding requests from those who would like to volunteer with us this Christmas. It will take many to provide a great Christmas Store experience, since we will decorate the entire center, create a shopping area, offer babysitting, and even offer gift wrapping for each gift purchased. What a joy it is to help the parents of our youth shop with self-respect and even financially support the work of World Impact.

I am continually mindful of you and your prayerful support. I cannot do what I do without your

encouragement, prayer, and financial support. As I close, I encourage you to pray for all the efforts with the Christmas Store, the children and parents that will come to our Center to shop, and our amazing volunteers.

Lastly, if you have any prayer requests, please let me know. I would love to stand with you in prayer.

In Him,

Lacey Arteaga