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From: Savannah Sorrels <praying4pa@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: January Newsletter
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January 2008
Happy New Year! We truly enjoyed spending the holidays with our families. It is a lot of travel for our family but worth it. We did return home only to have sick little ones for the past two weeks, which is not so much fun.
During our trip, Nathaniel and Mason discovered a rather delightful bowl of Reece’s mini peanut butter cups that their grandmother had left just at their reach. Nathaniel got some and began to eat. Mason got his fair share but had no idea that he needed to remove the outer wrappings before eating. Luckily he wasn’t a fan of the paper and came to me to get it out. We do not often have candy in our house – much less a free-for-all bowl ready for the taking. It later occurred to me that working with a new cultural group is rather like eating a new product. Sometimes we have observed the cultural differences and know to take off the wrapper, but other times we just push right ahead – paper and all.
Our partner churches are working with the Hispanics which is a group we are very familiar with thanks to our time in Costa Rica. However, we have personally focused on the Vietnamese and East Indian peoples. First, the work is very slow as we are outsiders working to be accepted by very closed cultures. Second, learning can be hard as too many questions can be perceived as intrusive. Finally, language can be a barrier as they may or may not have learned English. Brent is learning Vietnamese and hopes to have a deeper understanding after his trip to Vietnam in April. There are at least 415 East Indian languages; many different ones depending upon your region in India. S and A, who are Indian Christians that we met through gospel distribution, are working with us to reach their own people group.
We seek your prayers for the following items:
1. our continued learning of both the Vietnamese and East Indian cultures and Brent’s Vietnamese language learning;
2. finding and discipling people from both people groups;
3. volunteer teams to come assist us with this work in March, throughout the summer and fall;
4. our health as it is really difficult to keep up with ministry with a sick family; and
5. praises for those partners that have made financial commitments to our ministry for this year.
With much love,
Brent & Savannah Sorrels
Outreach Port Arthur
4301 32nd Street
Port Arthur, Texas 77642
Office: 409-293-3950
Cell: 409-543-6386
*As a 501(c)(3) organization, you may send your tax deductible donations to our office. Please make your checks payable to Outreach Port Arthur, Inc. And thank you.
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<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">January 2008<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Happy New Year!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We truly enjoyed spending the holidays with our families.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is a lot of travel for our family but worth it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We did return home only to have sick little ones for the past two weeks, which is not so much fun.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">During our trip, Nathaniel and Mason discovered a rather delightful bowl of Reece’s mini peanut butter cups that their grandmother had left just at their reach.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nathaniel got some and began to eat.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mason got his fair share but had no idea that he needed to remove the outer wrappings before eating.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Luckily he wasn’t a fan of the paper and came to me to get it out.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We do not often have candy in our house – much less a free-for-all bowl ready for the taking.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It later occurred to me that working with a new cultural group is rather like eating a new product.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sometimes we have observed the cultural differences and know to take off the wrapper, but other times we just push right ahead – paper and all.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Our partner churches are working with the Hispanics which is a group we are very familiar with thanks to our time in </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Costa Rica</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, we have personally focused on the Vietnamese and East Indian peoples.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>First, the work is very slow as we are outsiders working to be accepted by very closed cultures.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Second, learning can be hard as too many questions can be perceived as intrusive.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Finally, language can be a barrier as they may or may not have learned English.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Brent is learning Vietnamese and hopes to have a deeper understanding after his trip to </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Vietnam</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> in April. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are at least 415 East Indian languages; many different ones depending upon your region in
</SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">India</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>S and A, who are Indian Christians that we met through gospel distribution, are working with us to reach their own people group.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">We seek your prayers for the following items:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">1.<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>our continued learning of both the Vietnamese and East Indian cultures and
Brent’s Vietnamese language learning; <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">2.<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>finding and discipling people from both people groups;<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">3.<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>volunteer teams to come assist us with this work in March, throughout the summer and fall; <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">4.<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>our health as it is really difficult to keep up with
ministry with a sick family; and<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">5.<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>praises for those partners that have made financial commitments to our ministry for this year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">With much love,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New
Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Brent & Savannah Sorrels<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Outreach </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Port Arthur</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:Street><st1:address><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">4301 32<SUP>nd</SUP> Street</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Port
Arthur</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">, </SPAN><st1:State><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Texas</SPAN></st1:State><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><st1:PostalCode><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">77642</SPAN></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Office:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><st1:phone phonenumber="$6293$$$" o_x003a_ls="trans"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">409-293-3950</SPAN></st1:phone><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Cell:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><st1:phone phonenumber="$6543$$$" o_x003a_ls="trans"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">409-543-6386</SPAN></st1:phone><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">*As a 501(c)(3) organization, you may send your tax deductible donations to our office.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please make your checks payable to Outreach Port Arthur, Inc.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And thank you. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div>
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