CHRISTMAS BLANKET DRIVE-COVER 300

Surrender40 is so privileged and excited to announce our 1st Annual Christmas Blanket Drive. This month we are dedicating all our prayers, efforts and resources to buying and/or collecting 300 blankets to hand out as Christmas gifts on the day we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The ministry team of Surrender40 will be on the streets of downtown Miami most of the day of December 25 to celebrate that blessed day with all of our homeless friends and we are asking you to please help and support our efforts.

Steve, a member of our ministry team is still unemployed at this time, but we are only telling you this to share our truth with you and to let you know that this will NOT stop us from ministering to the needy of this city. God will provide all our needs according to His great riches in Christ Jesus, because that is what HIS Word says, and HIS WORD NEVER goes out and comes back void. So, we are urging you to partner with us and help us reach our goal. Here is the breakdown of what we are believing God for from you and all of our supporters. We are going to pray and ask you to consider helping us to deliver 300 blankets to our homeless friends and in order for that to happen we need the following.

Here is a suggested guideline for your giving;

Donating $10 will pay for 1 blanket

Donating $100 will pay for 10 blankets

Donating $200 will pay for 20 blankets, ok, you get the idea by now.

So, somebody out there can step up big and buy all 300 blankets, or you can give whatever your heart leads you to give, because it ALL adds up! 

You can even send your blankets from home to the following address if you would like to do that:

Surrender40

PO Box 700047

Miami, Florida 33170

Please pray for us and remember that we are fully self supporting. We rely on your Love Gifts and we would not be able to do this without you.

Watch one of our YouTube Videos and know why we need your help.


Thank you so much and God Bless!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/Surrender40#p/f/2/qI1FWA86kwQ

THANKS-4-GIVING

Happy Thanksgiving To All, and thank you for your prayers and support. We cannot even begin to tell you how much FUN we had on the streets of Miami as we celebrated a day of Thanks to God and His Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. It is VITAL that we acknowledge God in all things, and that we pause, NOT ONLY on this day, but on all days, to thank Him for all His goodness. With that being said, we handed out 305 more "LOVE BAGS", no coincidence that Miami is called "The 305", and we also were BLESSED to be able to give out 40 more Bibles, the REAL Food of Life! We actually brought 308 "Love Bags", and my beautiful wife Trachena, myself and Sara FEASTED on turkey & cheese as we ate our Thanksgiving Dinner with God's Special Forces, aka The Homeless of Miami!

We also were able to give away 84 more pair of socks and administered ALLOT of prayer as hundreds upon hundreds of people came through our lines.

Lavell & Mari were there again, PRAISE GOD, GIVING of themselves on this national day of Thanksgiving to help us help God's Beloved. Thank you Lord for sending YOUR saints to minister with us, and to help us reach your people. We are so blessed by this family, AMEN!

****MORE EXCITING NEWS****

We are now on YouTube, and we invite you all to join us there as well as this site to see the NEWEST Surrender40 videos that we began to take for the first time today. Please click on the link below to visit this site.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Surrender40

Also, stay tuned to our web site for an EXCITING NEW announcement that we will post on December 1, 2009. DON'T MISS OUT!!! You WILL be BLESSED.


And now,

"A PLEA FOR YOUR SUPPORT"

We are counting on your donations to help us prepare for our next mission, because NO MATTER WHAT happens in this world, WE WILL FEED THE HOMELESS, WE WILL BE THERE FOR THE PEOPLE OF MIAMI, AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE BREATH, WE WILL PRAISE THE LORD!

Happy Thanksgiving Beloved,

Steve & Trachena

Surrender40

HOW THE JOBLESS FEED THE HOMELESS

We may have come up with the strangest title for a post to date, but there is no shame or sorrow in the truth. Only the utmost faith in the Most High God! Praise The Lord for His Goodness!

YES, I (Steve) are jobless, because the company that I worked for downsized this past week and I was let go and am now UNEMPLOYED! With that being said, what do we do? EASY! The same as we always do, we Praise God in the Storm, (thanks Casting Crowns) and we feed the homeless. My beloved wife Trachena and I have NO fear or doubt that when God closes one door, He has a huge door ready to be opened. God's Word says that He takes care of the birds of the air, so how much more does He love His children. We have concerns, that is human, but are we afraid, NO, because God's Word NEVER goes out and comes back void. It always accomplishes what it sets out to do. Like millions of American families, we have many bills to pay, we have our share of expenses and responsibilities, but we have a GREATER calling then that.

When times are tough, when money is tight, when the darkness comes before the dawn, what are God's people supposed to do? RELY ON HIM, ALWAYS, RELY ON HIM.

This is NOT the time to worry, to say, wow, we need all that money for our bills or we should save it until I find a job. NO, this is the time to step out in faith and GIVE MORE. This is the time to TRUST God and His Word that we should FEAR NOT, for He is with us! We will continue to give, we will continue to serve, even after our common sense says save, our Godly sense says GIVE!. Are we crazy, yup, crazy in LOVE with His Word and His Truth! So, we keep on giving, until God takes us home!

What an awesome day of ministry, we served another 220 "Love Bags", handed out 47 more Bibles, as well as 124 pairs of socks, (Wow they need socks) and prayed with a few people and helped spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as we are CALLED to do!

Lavell and Mari, along with their kids helped the ministry team of Surrender40 to FEED THE NEED in downtown Miami. Talk about unselfish acts. It was Mari's 32ND birthday, and they chose to serve God instead of themselves, WOW!

FOOTNOTE: We visited Robin again on Saturday at Homestead Correctional Facility and her Mom was down from Indiana. The family is doing well under such difficult circumstances. Please pray for Robin and the peace of God that passes ALL understanding. She has come such a long way and we are so blessed to have her in our lives!

NOW, the heartfelt cry for help!

Knowing what you now know about our lack of employment and our absolute devotion to Surrender40 and feeding the homeless, we are asking for your help. We need your financial support big time. JUST KNOW that we pay for the food and Bibles ourselves and are COMPLETELY dependant upon your goodness and love to support our ministry. WE NEED YOU NOW MORE THEN EVER AND WE WILL BE SO BLESSED BY YOUR SUPPORT.

We are counting on your donations to help us prepare for Thanksgiving week, because NO MATTER WHAT happens in the world of employment for me, WE WILL FEED THE HOMELESS, WE WILL BE THERE FOR THE PEOPLE OF MIAMI, AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE BREATH, WE WILL PRAISE THE LORD!

"LET THERE BE SOCKS"

Praise God for another BLESSED and ANOINTED day on the streets of Miami. The ministry team of Surrender40 was once again accompanied by Lavell & Mari and their young team of future pastors as we served 220 "Love Bags"to homeless and hungry people and handed out 60 more Bibles, and 84 pairs of BRAND NEW SOCKS! What an awesome blessing it is to watch young people serve God's people and give up their Sunday to preach the Gospel to the lost and hurting people of Miami. So, what was the word for the day, and how can we explain this to our readers. It's simple, and yes, it's in the title of the post....SOCKS!!

Yes, that is correct, socks. Think about this beloved, every day, you and I come home from work or school and we take off our dirty clothes, socks and underwear, and throw them in the dirty laundry and a saint, (in this case my beloved wife Trachena) washes, folds and gives them right back. OK, great, but it doesn't work that way on the streets! They NEVER get a chance to change their socks because there is NO WAY to wash them. What does that mean? It means that they either do not have socks or they are filthy. Imagine the joy in the very simple act of handing a brand new pair of clean white socks to someone who has NOTHING on their feet in some cases. It is pure joy, and once again we would like to personally thank the ministry team of Mr & Mrs Sanders, who on a regular basis BLESS Surrender40 with a fresh shipment of brand new socks! What a joy your gifts have brought to the people of Miami!!! Thank you so much friends and partners.

WHAT ABOUT YOU? Do you have socks that you can spare, good socks, not the ones that the dog plays with, the new ones. Please consider going through your drawers and rounding up socks and sending them to us at the following address.

Surrender40

PO Box 700047

Miami, Florida 33170

****PRISON MINISTRY UPDATE****

Robin is doing great as we visited her again on Saturday 10-24-09 and twice last weekend at Homestead Correctional Institute. We had lunch, we laughed, we cried, we prayed and we talked about how GREAT IS OUR GOD! What an awesome time we had. Please keep Robin in your prayers at night and continue to pray for our ministry as we are 100% self supported and we NEED your love and donations to keep going into the places that everyone else tries to get out of!

Thanks and God Bless,

Surrender40

Surrender40 experiences our very first "TRILOGY OF LOVE"

Praise God, Beloved Family, we have the most awesome news to report from the STREETS OF MIAMI! In case you didn't know it, GOD IS GOOD, ALL THE TIME! Thank you Jesus for allowing us the blessings that we experienced this weekend!

The FIRST thing that we would like to do is to welcome the newest members of the ministry team of Surrender40, Lavell & Mari. These two saints also showed up with their precious son Jonathon, and 2 nephews, Joey and Cesar to help "FEED THE NEED" and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Thank you so much to this wonderful family for unselfishly giving up their Sunday to help spread love in Miami.

But, first things first!

As stated in the title of the post, Surrender40 experienced our very first "Trilogy of Love", visiting Robin in prison on Saturday morning, preaching the gospel at Homestead Hospital on Saturday afternoon, and "Feeding the Need" in downtown Miami on Sunday!

PRAISE THE LORD for allowing us to serve His people in all 3 ministry areas in one very BLESSED weekend. It was the most fulfilling and BLESSED weekend we have known as a ministry so far. We handed out a record 101 Bibles, and served 220 more "Love Bags".

But let's take the weekend in order and recap the blessings;

Saturday Morning-Prison Ministry

Off to Homestead Correctional Institute to visit with Robin, who was so excited and happy to see us. She is grateful for the time that Trachena spends writing letters to her and even more BLESSED by the "in person" visits that God has blessed us with. Even though she has served 16 years of her sentence and has 20 more years to go, my wife has offered her love, hope and a lifelong friend that we believe was brought about by the prayers of many righteous people. Special thanks and shout out to Linda from "Letters 4 the Lord", who gave us Robin's name to begin with. You are a blessing to many and God will greatly bless the work you do. THANK YOU!

Saturday Afternoon/Evening-Hospital Ministry

Off to Homestead Hospital where we go from floor to floor as God leads us to minister to the sick. Jesus said that we should visit the people that are sick and suffering, as well as the prisoner, so we are faithful to His Word! We were privileged to be able to meet and pray for two women that were each very different in their own way. The first had her Bible open on her food table, and praise God when I tell you that this Bible was probably older then most of you that are reading this post. She was so happy we were there and blessed us as much as we blessed her. The second lady was more of an intense visit. She is an active cocaine addict that almost blew out her heart smoking crack. When we started to preach to her she broke down and cried, and it appeared that she felt she had lost ALL hope. By the time we had finished she had recommitted her life back to Jesus and I believe that she will reach out to us when she gets out. Praise the Lord!

Sunday-Homeless Ministry

This day belonged to the homeless of Miami, as adults, (Trachena, Steve, Lavell and Mari) and kids (Sara, Jonathon, Joey and Cesar) fed, preached and handed out Bibles to hundreds of people. The kids were in awe as we parked 1 block from the AAA Arena where the Miami Heat were getting ready to play the San Antonio Spurs, and here, just 1,000 yards from the arena, we are feeding homeless people and handing out The Word! SIDE NOTE: The Spurs team bus drove right by us as we were blessing people down the block. Grab your Bible and help us out Tony Parker, you will be BLESSED!

All in all, we cannot tell you what an awesome site it is to see young people in the middle of the street, a busy dirty nasty street, preaching the Gospel and offering LOVE to all who would take it. Just look closely at some of the pictures above.

OK, it's time for you, our family and friends, to step it up and become an active part of our team. PLEASE KNOW that we rely 100% on donations of clothing, socks, and money to keep this ministry going. We are calling on all friends now to stand up and make some noise for the people of Miami, in prisons, hospitals and the homeless. We NEED your help, just $5 will feed 5 people, $100 will feed 100 people, you guys get the idea. Give like someones life depends upon it, because, it does!

We love you and thank you so much and we will use your gifts to glorify God!

In His Love,

The Ministry Team of Surrender40

Pictures speak LOUDER than words

This post will be short and sweet.

Sometimes, pictures speak LOUDER than words, therefore our words will be few.

Praise the Lord, we served 220 meals yesterday; Sunday, October 4, 2009, gave out 40 Bibles, 84 pairs of socks, 4 pairs of shoes, clothes, toothbrushes, toothpaste and deodorant. Thank you to all the wonderful people that helped with this outreach, it was a sure blessing.

This brings our total meals served: 2,847 and we have handed out 462 Bibles!! Thank you we couldn't have done this without you nor can we continue without you.

If you ever wanted to give to a ministry and know that the funds are truly being used for what is said, sow into our ministry. We really do what we say we are doing.

Please let the pictures speak to your heart and consider helping us with our next outreach on Sunday, October 11, 2009. Little by little we will reach the homeless with God's love.

Thank you friends. Now sit back and take in TRUTH as seen this weekend on some of the most dangerous streets of Miami, FL.

All for Him!!