My heart breaks when I see how many children are being cared for by someone other than their parents in many of the projects we serve.  I do not have the skills or talents to be a houseparent, but I can paint bedrooms and repair clothing for these kids as I did for young Sara on a recent project.

When I returned the repaired Holly Hobby quilt to her, I shared that with each stitch, I prayed for her. She offered a confused frown, but gave me a sweet "thank you" hug.

 Later, I learned that her birthparents had regularly awakened her at 2AM to perform witchcraft and she is still confused between this and the love of Jesus she is learning about. When Sara said her nightmares were decreasing, her houseparent shared with her that during the night she walks the floors and prays for Sara to be released from these memories and surrounded by the love of Jesus.

 That afternoon, Sara told me that she had renamed her toy lamb "Jesus", because during the Bible reading in the cottage this week she learned that Jesus is called "Lamb of God".

 Yes, my body is aching from all the painting, but my heart is full of joy from the opportunity to love on the unloved through the ministry of SOWERS.

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Are you looking for new adventures while serving at a summer project? Camp Shoshanah (NY-220) is located in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains of New York. The summer camp program centers on the grounding and growth of believers through in-depth study of the Scriptures from a Jewish perspective.

Students of all ages from many countries come to join their Messianic discipleship program. While working the project Sowers have the opportunity to study and fellowship with the teaching staff and students. The camp is involved in an aggressive building program in anticipation of opening a school of Messianic Jewish Studies in the fall of 2015 and can use our help. A number of scenic attractions are located nearby for your free time. They have 5 SOWER spots, and are open for SOWERS from May to September. Along with the Camp Shoshanah website, check out the Ariel site for more information about their study programs.

Tea Party in Tucson! The Ladies from two Tucson projects gathered at the Chantilly Tea Room for a sweet day of fellowship!  Kim Trivilino, Jeannette Baker, Beth Swyter, and Carol Nering Front- Laura Fay and Judy Wolf

March 15

If you are opening this email on Saturday the 15th, would you take a moment to stop and pray for our Board of Trustees?  We'll be having our mid-year teleconference meeting on the 15th at 2PM EDT. Among our other business, we'll be discussing many of the 2014 Survey responses, reviewing projects, and addressing issues that have been received from you, our members. We thank you for your prayers as we continue working for the ministry.

The Skill Sheet picture project is continuing. Thank you to those who have sent in pictures! Here are a couple of suggestions and guidelines to help with the process -

• Pictures should be sent to the office - sowers@sowerministry.org  
• Individual pictures are most appreciated, but since only "head shots" are needed, pictures that can be cropped are also fine.
• Next time you're on a project  find the "shutterbug' in the group and set up a "photo booth" .  All the photos can be taken at one time and sent in together to the office.  Feel free to resize them to reduce the file size.
• These photos will only be used on the skill sheets that are sent to the project hosts and group leaders. While submitting these photos is optional, we encourage you to send them in. 

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