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Restorer of Hope

February 7, 2012

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

As you may already know our community has experienced a tragedy last Sunday through the pure act of evil from Josh Powell.  Many of us, including me, may be asking "where was the Lord in this"? "Why did he allow this to happen"?  I will be honest with you, if you were to ask me this, I would have to say that "I do not know".

But one thing I do know is that in the midst of tragedy and chaos God is still close to us.  He…

pastoral letter march 2011

Rom. 15:13 - "may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace...that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit"

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Every week someone around me makes a comment about hope. We view hope in different perspectives and have sometimes a different expectation what the definition of hope really means and yet it is still something we all are searching, finding and losing in our life.

Some time…

Why disasters?

Last Sunday while in Sunday school I was asked a question that I could not answer; but I promised to do some research so that I could respond appropriately.

The question was:
"Why does God allows natural disasters to happen and how does God’s love show through such disasters?"

my irregularly blessed halloween

Well, it was interesting last Sunday.

It all started at 3:50 am when the phone rang in our home. If the phone rings so early in the morning it could mean only two things. First is that my grandmother got confused about the time zone again and is trying to call me thinking that it's lunch time or the alarm at The Salvation Army Corps here in Puyallup went off and the security company is trying to reach me. Well the second was true.  After trying to remember the passwords, getting…

brigadier violet merritt

Brigadier Violet Merritt’s connection with Czechoslovak Salvationists started in 1967, when a group of Czech Salvation Army officers visited London.  Vi took care of them during the visit not knowing that this would change her life and Christmas for many others for years to come.  Soon after her getting to know the Czech officers, Vi became a friend, a supporter, an encourager and a guest who visited every Christmas since 1968.

Violet knew the risk such a visit contained. The Communist…