Updates & Support Letter

These are photos of the Bus we are believing for.

Fresh Start Fellowship is growing at a fanominal pace. We now have ten (10) people scheduled for our Safford Arizona visitation trips. By our next scheduled trip on December 11th, I truly believe we are going to have at least fifteen (15) scheduled for this trip. Until we get our Bus, I am considering to cancel the Tucson trips on the 1st and 3rd weekends of each month and start making the Safford trips each week to accomodate the people who we already have scheduled. Still by going each week we will be maxed out at twelve (12) people, since we can currently only transport three (3) per visit, and they will only be able to go visit once per month, inorder to give everyone the opportunity to go. One visit per month is a long time to go without being able to sit next to your spouse or father, to talk to them face-to-face, or to hold their hand and feel their comfort. I would rather be able to take everyone on visitation trips at least twice per month. Before I make the decission to cancel the Tucson trip, I am waiting for the leading and approval from above. In the meantime, I am sending out Support letters to some Churches, Businesses and Individuals to see if we can get some Partners to join with us to meet the demands of our outreach. We already have some commitments from a few people and orgainization to help with the purchase of the Bus. With these commitments, we are not really that far away. Hopefully with these support letters going out, we will receive enough response to complete the purchase of the Bus and to help support the monthly operating expenses. This Blog is being read Worldwide, so I have included a copy of the Support letter below. If you are reading it and you know of anyone that may like to have a copy, please feel free to make a million (1,000,0000) :) smile, copies and hand them out.

SUPPORT LETTER:

Do you know someone who needs a fresh start?

:: about Fresh Start Fellowship:

Fresh Start Fellowship is a Christian Bus and Prison Ministry that provides help and support to women and children that has a husband or father in Arizona FCI Federal Prisons. We provide "FREE" rides for these women and children that do not have the transportation or finances to be able to go on visitation trips. We provide the rides to the following FCI Federal Prisons in Arizona. The first and third Saturday of each month we travel to the FCI Federal prison in Tucson Arizona. The second and fourth Saturday of each month we travel to the FCI Federal prison in Safford Arizona. We are providing this service to show the love that God our Father in Heaven has for people that have to deal with incarceration issues. Most commonly, an incarcerated person was the household income provider for their family. The spouse and children left on the outside, now have to deal with a lot of situations and financial needs. There is times that the money or transportation is not available to go visit the incarcerated person in prison. Now, Fresh Start Fellowship has the opportunity to step in and provide the transportation and money to make it possible for these people to be able to visit each other. We encourage everyone to try and make each trip, as visitations are a very important part for both the person incarcerated and the person left behind. The visits will help keep relationships and communications stronger, while going through these difficult times.

Fresh Start Fellowship also operates as a Helps Center that is used for multiple purposes such as: helping with birthdays, holidays, clothing, school supplies and toys for the children. The Helps Center will also be used for comforting the spouse left to deal with all of the burdens and financial responsibilities. The ministry is not a place where they can just come to receive financial help. We want them to bring their needs to our attention and we will pray about it and act according to the leading of God. Most importantly, we are here for them. If their situations begin to feel overbearing and they need someone to talk to or a shoulder to cry on, we want them to be able to use ours. We are here to server their needs.

Fresh Start Fellowship is in need of a Bus to provide the transportation for these women and children to go on visitation trips to visit their husbands or fathers in the prisons. We are not a church, so we do not have the financial support of a congregation. We need help from local Businesses, Churches and Individuals. We need your End-of-Year or Monthly Financial Support to be able to purchase the needed Bus that will carry around 50 passengers per trip, and provide for the monthly operating cost. We can use the following types of Donations and Support.

Any Unwanted Items that have a Resell Value that we can sell and apply the proceeds.
One-Time Financial donation of your Choice.
$1.00 Per Day Monthly Pledge ($30 Monthly)
$2.00 Per Day Monthly Pledge ($60 Monthly)
$3.00 Per Day Monthly Pledge ($90 Monthly)
$4.00 Per Day Monthly Pledge ($120 Monthly)
$5.00 Per Day Monthly Pledge ($150 Monthly)

If you can and would like to help, you may make donations on our website with a check or credit card so you have a record of your giving.

Thank you for your help and support,

Fresh Start Fellowship
6929 N. Hayden Rd. Ste. C4 #230
Scottsdale, Arizona 85250
info@freshstartfellowship.com
www.FreshStartFellowship.com/donations/htm

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