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A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FOR OUR FAITHFUL PATRONS • ISSUE NO. 26
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A Celebration for our 10 Year Anniversary
10 years - Volunteers pack seed = 8,000,000 packets
10 vegetable seed packets = 1 Family Pack Gospel Message and Nutrition pamphlet included
800,000 Family Packs with Gospel Message
800,000 times missionaries distributed Family Packs
800,000 times missionaries shared the Gospel
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800,000 times we thank God for the opportunity
> to share the seed and the Gospel
> for partnerships with great missionaries
> for seminar trips to Haiti , Uganda , & other places
> for 10 years of sending seed to 100+ missionaries
> for being part of disaster relief shipments as well as development projects
800,000 times we should pray for more such opportunities!
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World Walk! Seed Talk! |
The Hope Seeds Open House had over 300 guests join for music, games, food, arts, crafts, and hunger awareness tour of the world's developing countries. |
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Seed Talk Sunday March 29 th Pray for success of this first annual event and solicit your congregation's involvement to our global day of awareness to the hungry and agricultural needs. CLICK HERE for free promotional materials to sponsor SEED MONEY. |
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Oh, if Plants could talk, the stories they could tell.
" When David came to Mahnaim… [men] brought supplies and food for David and his troops: bedding, bowls, pots, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, honey, buttermilk, sheep and calves. They brought these things because they thought: ‘The troops in the desert are hungry, exhausted and thirsty'." 2 Samuel 17: 27–29 (God's Word to the Nations)
The ancient fava bean, also known as Broadbean, English Bean, Windsor Bean and Horse Bean, is listed in the story of Israel 's King David as a source of food and nourishment. The many items mentioned in this biblical grocery list show the multiple sources of nutrition which the people relied upon. The fava bean has a non-starchy, strong bean flavor and an aftertaste which is best described as grassy and bitter—the fava bean is an acquired taste. High in protein, potassium and vitamins A and C, the fava bean is highly valued today in most of Central Asia, Mediterranean countries, Northern Africa and the Middle East—the area where our Bible story originates. |
Beans are leguminous and are useful for both food and soil improvement. The leguminous (nitrogen-fixation) quality of beans is often overlooked or unappreciated. In the course of our work at Hope Seeds, we try to identify the bean species within each country we are helping, and promote more and better use of beans.
In the Biblical account where beans are mentioned—the only time beans are mentioned in the Bible—King David is on the run from his son Absalom, who is trying to kill his father and take over the kingdom. This is not a very happy chapter in the long and colorful history of Israel 's King David. God inspired three men to take food and provisions to David and his troops. Shobi, a governor from the Ammonite capital of Robboliv; Machir, Mephibosheth's benefactor; and Barzillai, an aged, but very wealthy man. In so doing, these men provided ‘encouragement and energy' for the battle ahead.
The missionary troops who are doing battle against hunger and malnutrition recognize the ‘beans' and resources we (the Christian community) send to them as ‘energy and encouragement' to never give up and to continue feeding the hungry. |
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Gifts of Seed Thank you to the individuals that made this meaningful tribute for their loved ones.
Memory of Harold Luehrs Memory of Alton Snyder
Rev. Erhard Wolf's 80 th Birthday
Hope Seeds 10 th Anniversary |
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