September 2006  

Psalms 46:1

Dear Friends!

We all here at Emmanuel wish to be a blessing to you all, by praying Gods word over you. It is because of His grace and your prayers that we are able to continue on and so many of our needs are being met. No matter what your present situation is, or how dark and impossible it may seem - be encouraged, there is someone who waits to help you, there is light at the end of your tunnel. God has heard your prayers and cries and is already moving on your behalf. He has a time and knows exactly when to answer, He may not answer in the way and the time that you wish but He will answer.

Psalms 34:19

None of us are exempt from troubles and praise God we do have someone who will help us out of all of them. All we need to do is pray, trust and believe and all of us here at Emmanuel pray and believe with you for whatever your need or your prayer is.

We give thanks and praise to Our Lord for all of you and for your prayers and faith.  God continues to bless us in so many ways.  We recently completed the construction of two new classrooms and in the upcoming months we will be working on projects to address several infrastructure needs related to sewage, electrical power and the use of a generator, and access to additional water from the drilling of an additional well.

Christmas is coming closer and we know that so many of you have the children especially close to your hearts at this time of year and that you wish to bless and encourage them with a special treat. For those of you planning to send a gift to your sponsor child or any child here at Emmanuel we recommend that you send these gifts to Becky Clifton at the following address:

Becky Clifton   

1102 West Point Parkway 

Opelika, AL  36801  

Becky’s Phone:  334-705-0305  

Becky’s e-mail:  beckyclifton2@hotmail.com

Becky must receive the package before October 31, 2006.

Please indicate on the package “Emmanuel Christmas Presents”

First Baptist Church in Opelika will be shipping a container to Emmanuel and Becky has generously offered to assure us that any package she receives prior to October 31 will get put on the container to arrive at Emmanuel in plenty of time for Christmas.  We are enclosing a complete list of names, ages and sizes of all our children.  We hope this will help you in your efforts to buy something for your sponsor child or special friend. See the lists here: Boys - Girls

Our website is being updated and we hope to be able to present the new site to you within a couple of weeks. The site is still: www.orphanageemmanuel.com and we hope you will visit it!!

There is now available to Emmanuel contributors the option for a monthly direct payment at no cost to you and a minimal cost to Emmanuel.  Your monthly contribution would be electronically transferred from your bank account to the Emmanuel bank account in Auburn, Alabama.  Changing the amount or stopping the direct deposit would require you to merely contact Rick Tabor in Auburn. Please review the information and authorization form for direct payment and read it through and carefully consider if this could be an option for you.

Thank you again for all your love and support!