December 1, 2006
Our Dear Friends,We are happy to (finally) inform you of our “new” ministry. Our new name is “No Fence Too High Ministries, Inc.”. We have a board of directors set up and they are Jim and Cindy Ghastin from Kincheloe, Russ and Marcia Jones from Soo St. Marie, Todd and Sue Ortlieb from Petoskey, Jeff and Sheryl Peterson from Alanson. Jim is the President, Jeff is Vice President, Todd is Treasure and Cindy is Secretary. Teresa and I will act as Executive Directors.
We thank God for sending these wonderful Christian people to us and for their willingness to sit on our board. We have our By Laws completed and approved and our 501(c)3 paper work in to the I.R.S. We can now start raising support funds and starting programs. You may send support checks to the address above and prayers to the Father.As you can imagine this is a very exciting time for Teresa and I as well as our board. We are on the road to what we believe will be exciting things in prison/jail ministry.
We have chosen the first of January to separate from “AIRO” Ministries. We want all of you to know that we have no problems with “AIRO”. We have had nine great years with them and appreciate everything they have done for us. We don’t look at an end to our relationship with them but an extension of both ministries. We hope to be a resource for them and they for us. We will now start setting up programs (One has already opened in the protective custody unit for a Bible study. I’ll share more on this in a future letter), and fund raising events to meet our budget.
We also will work on a meeting with the Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections to set up programs. We have been waiting for the November elections to be completed so we know who we will be working with.
Well, that’s where we are to date and we are very excited about this new opportunity God has given us and will continue to seek His leading in everything we do.
God bless all of you!
Tom and Teresa
