THANKSGIVING THURSDAY: “THANK YOU LORD!” Pastor Cecil A. Thompson November 26, 2015 DAILY-E-VOTIONAL

THANKSGIVING THURSDAY: “THANK YOU LORD!”  Pastor Cecil A. Thompson November 26, 2015  DAILY-E-VOTIONAL

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BLESSINGS FROM THE HEART
Pastor Cecil A. Thompson
November 26, 2015

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“THANK YOU LORD!”

I Chronicles 16:8-9

“Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples!  Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; talk of all His wondrous works!”

The last Thursday in November is designated Thanksgiving Day (at least here in the United States). Other countries celebrate Thanksgiving Day on different dates. It is a wonderful day of enjoying family, friends, and food … not necessarily in that order!

There are a few thoughts that run through my mind concerning Thanksgiving Day. For one thing, it seems sad that we have just one day in order to express our thanks. What about all the other days of the year? Many people never even take time to bow their heads and thank the Lord before they partake of their regular daily meals.

There are so many other things that we need to thank the Lord for besides providing the food. We can certainly thank Him for the physical things that we have been given, but we need to stop and also thank Him for the spiritual things.

I want to urge you on this Thanksgiving Day to take time to thank God for salvation. Thank Him for loving us even when we are unlovable. Thank Him for the people that He has brought into each of our lives to make our life complete.

May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!

- - - Pastor Cecil

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HELPS SPECIAL PROJECT: BRING SANTINO'S CHILDREN TO AMERICA (https://youtu.be/MySGGZw7f8Y)

HELPS SPECIAL PROJECT:

BRING SANTINO'S CHILDREN TO AMERICA

(https://youtu.be/MySGGZw7f8Y)

Santino Nyang is one of the original “Lost Boys of Sudan” as accurately depicted in the movie, “The Good Lie”, starring Reese Witherspoon.  He now lives in Phoenix, AZ and works at the Fry’s Foods (a division of Kroger) near his home. (SEE: http://nevalleynews.org/5184/lifestyles/ae/frys-foods-holds-fundraiser-for-paradise-valley-community-college-student/)

At age 11 the North Sudanese Muslim Army raided his village killing raping the women, killing the men and any children they found.  They killed Santino’s father but his mother lived through that ordeal. Santino was sent to run into the jungle by his mother so he would live.  For four days he ran through the jungle coming across lions, tigers and snakes before he found another human, and that was his cousin.  They met thousands of others fleeing the Muslims all heading to safety in Ethiopia.   They had to keep hiding from the Muslim soldiers who patrolled the paths they had to take to get to Ethiopia.

After walking for 3 months and 1,000 miles they arrived in an Ethiopian refugee camp.  After 2 years there the U.N. sent them to southern Sudan, so they had to walk another 1,000 miles --- as a boy of only 13 – to another refugee camp in Kenya. 

In 2000 Santino and his cousin were relocated to Phoenix, Arizona where he became a U.S citizen in 2007, works at a Fry’s grocery store in NE Phoenix and is working toward a degree in Retail Management at Maricopa Community Colleges

In 2010 Santino went to Africa to visit his family and was very surprised when they announced to him they had found a bride for him and they were to get married on this visit.   Santino’s wife is very attached to her mother and was not ready to come to the U.S. but she is now ready to come with the children to be a complete family. 

Over the past few years, from subsequent visits to Africa Santino is now the very proud father of a 4-year-old boy and a girl who is nearly 2.  When he went to Africa for 2 months recently neither of his children left his side for a second … that is how much they miss him and need him.

With the rapidly growing spread of ISIS and other radical Muslims in Africa, Santino fears for the safety of his 2 beautiful, loving children and wants to bring them to the safety of the United States … HE NEEDS YOUR HELP.   He does not want them to have to flee to the jungle when the Muslim Soldiers decide to attack the village where his children live. 

John Chandler is working hard to help; “All I am asking for is a few dollars from many people to reach the $20,000 Santino will need to cover all of the costs for him to fly to Africa, complete the stacks of paperwork the African government and the U.S. Consulate / Embassy will require for him to bring his children here --- because Santino is a U.S. citizen, so are his children.”  (To learn more about Santino Nyang and his fundraising goals, visit http://www.gofundme.com/stqzsk)

If you have any questions you may phone – John Chandler – if I do not have the answers you want, he will ask Santino personally for the answers.

John Chandler - Chandler Search

P.O. Box 54445, Phoenix, AZ  85078

602.482.0017  Email: johnc@chandlersearch.net

www.chandlersearch.net

  

If you like, you may send a “Friend” request to Santino on Facebook at Santino Nyang.  https://www.facebook.com/santino.nyang?fref=ts

THANK YOU FOR ANYTHING,

YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS CAN DO TO HELP SANTINO.

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