May 11, 2011
Dear Friend of the Mission,
Way back in the 1920’s and 1930’s, we used to provide vocational training for the men in order to help them become financially self-supporting. Some of the jobs that we trained our men to do included caning and rushing chairs, shoe repair, broom making and rag-rug weaving. Those industries have long since become mechanized and somewhat obsolete, but today we still provide instruction and training to help our men get good jobs and become self-supporting. Through our innovative Career Track Learning Program, we help our men learn how to use a computer, surf the internet for job leads, earn their GED, increase their reading and math levels, put together a resume, apply to vocational training programs and colleges, acquire necessary life-skills such as budgeting, explore this wonderful world that God has created and develop a life-long love for learning. For some of our men, we even teach them how to read. One especially touching story is about George who was at the Mission back in the 1990’s. Sadly, as a grown man George was unable to read. But through our Learning Program and a lot of hard work, George was able to read a story to his 8 year old daughter for the first time in his life.
We’ve posted some testimonies of how the Lord is using our Career Track Learning Program to make life-changing differences in the lives of our men. As we often tell others, we want to give our men a hand-up, not a hand-out. Thank you for your support which is helping to make all of this possible.
Thank you for helping to plug the unexpected $60,000 gap in our budget mentioned in our last newsletter. We need your continued help between now and the end of our fiscal year, September 30th, to plug this gap completely. Thanks for your help in keeping the Mission going strong as a place of hope, new life and change for all who enter. May God bless you abundantly!
Your friend and partner,
Robert A. Emberger, D.Min.
Executive Director
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