Servants' volunteers, donors, partners, prayer warriors and staff are on the front lines of poverty.

Every day our eyes are opened to the hardships, smells, hazards, sounds, and reality of poverty.

Whether a SARF family is looking for a way to feed their malnourished baby, or a family from Hurricane Harvey is now homeless due to their condemned house, or an older adult homeowner has been without water for two months—a life living in poverty must be helped.

If we are blind to our neighbors and communities who live in the reality of poverty every single day, how can we love our neighbors?

In Matthew 22, Mark 12, and Luke 10, Jesus tells us to “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Take a look around your neighborhood. Do you see the homes that are dilapidated or messy? Do you see neighbors wearing old, worn clothing? Do you judge that homeowner as lazy or do you offer to help?

Servants ’ volunteers, donors, partners, prayer warriors and staff offer to help! That is what God has called us to do. Servants connects compassionate people with people in crisis.

So we can all continue to serve our neighbors locally, nationally, and internationally on the front lines, we are kicking off our:

“Love Your Neighbor” year-end campaign to raise $185,000.

This Campaign has been created to ensure there is a dedicated, talented staff in 2018 to lead the endeavors God places before us; to empower our hundreds of volunteers to continue to work on the front lines; to answer the calls of the hundreds of very low-income older adult and disabled homeowners who need critical repairs to live in a safe and healthy home; to love and teach our Guatemalan families to break their poverty cycle for good; to respond to our neighbors in Texas who are homeless, penniless, and feel hopeless; and to build relationships wherever and whenever we can.

Thanks to you, we can serve those who God puts before us on the front lines. The cause is critical, the stakes are high and to love your neighbor and impact your communities, we are asking that you prayerfully make a year-end donation to Servants ’ Love Your Neighbor Campaign.

Make your tax-deductible donation to Servants now.

Please give:

1) by texting your donation to 717-722-0336;

2) by going online to http://servants.org/support-servants and choosing “Love Your Neighbor Campaign,” or

3) by mailing a check made payable to Servants.

November/December 2017

LIVING AS SERVANTS—NEWS

Connecting Compassionate People With People in Crisis

Are You On The Front Lines?

$10,000

$15,000

Acts 1:8, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. ”

Whether one is called to help in their community, their country or in a developing country, we are servants who assist individuals to serve where God has called them.

In many of our local towns, we have beautiful old houses with

on to sit on a nice evening and

building big decks in the back-

We are very excited to share the annual campaign goals that God has placed on our hearts for 2017!

This year we are again challenged to stretch the goal even further to $185,000 to help us build funds for programs and reserves.

$125,000 November & December typical donations $ 20,000 Additional Stretch funding $ 25,000 Additional Program funding $ 15,000 Reserve funding

$185,000 Love your Neighbor Campaign Goal!

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"“ -Isaiah 6:8

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Love Your Neighbor...

Change a Life Forever Nov, 2017—May, 2018 Texas Disaster Recovery Trips—Weekly

Jan 4-10, 2018 SARF School Supplies and Crafts

Jan 4-13, 2018 New Life Children ’s Home

Feb 17-24, 2018 Dominican Republic Medical Team

Feb 17-24, 2018 SARF Medical Team

Jun 15-21, 2018 Dominican Republic Trip is full!

Jun 21-30, 2018 SARF Kid Birthday Party and Kid Events

Jul 6-14, 2018 SARF Trip is full!

Jul 7-14, 2018 New Life Children ’s Home

Jul 19-26, 2018 SARF Trip is full!

Jul, 2018 Uganda Trip is full!

Aug 23-Sep 1, 2018 SARF Interacting with the families

Oct 3-10, 2018 Mountain Spring Camp/Nebaj

Oct 18-27, 2018 SARF Interacting with the families

Be a blessing and get blessed! Don ’t let fear or anxiety keep you from going on a national or international mission trip, Servants coordinates all travel, all accommodations, ground transportation, meals, projects, etc. Don ’t let lack of funding keep you from a trip. Servants will show you how to fundraise for your mission trip. You don’t need skills or special talent either, just a heart to serve.

Going on a mission trip will CHANGE YOUR LIFE forever! If God is calling you to serve His children through a mission trip, please email us at MissionTrip@Servants.org and talk with us in person about trip details and your apprehensions.

A $200 deposit will hold your trip reservation.

Serving at-Risk Families in Linda Vista, Guatemala

Mountain Spring Camp in Nebaj, Guatemala

Families Blossoming! The goal of our Serving at-Risk Families (SARF) ministry is to teach families to be self-sufficient and to break their poverty cycle.

SARF has been working with families and guiding them to set family goals, paying for the children ’s education as well as parents, if they desire to learn a specific new skill. Many of our families are slowly embracing this paradigm shift.

The Chinchilla family started selling beauty products and is now able to provide food and basic necessities for themselves.

The Vasquez family opened a little

tienda selling eggs, fruit, and snacks.

The Perez family has been growing their business selling tortillas to local families and businesses.

The Jimenez family is selling fish that they are “farming” in a small, hand-made pool at their home.

Dayana Mansilla will be graduating from Chef’s school and starting a catering business.

Maria Monroy’s tienda was recently reopened.

And the list goes on for our families and the many ways God is blessing

them. Praise God for changing their hearts, for opening their minds, and for giving our missionaries the direction and love they need to teach our families.

With your help, we are also able to send our SARF children to school. To do this, we need $15,000 for January 2018 enrollment.

Please donate to the Love Your Neighbor Campaign. There are so many opportunities in Guatemala to show our Father ’s love and disciple families who feel that all hope is gone.

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...In Your Community, the U.S., or the World!

There are mountains of ruined personal possessions, destroyed lifelong photo albums and family heirlooms, along with water -logged furniture and household items still lining the streets of communities who are suffering from Hurricane Harvey.

Life will never be the same for families who have lost everything through the flooding. These families are working to rebuild not just their homes and properties, but also their very lives. Please donate to the Love Your Neighbor Campaign so hope can be restored for these hurricane victims.

Trent Davis led a team to Texas in October to see first hand what was needed and to listen to where God wants our Disaster Recovery teams.

Servants will begin Disaster Recovery trips to Texas several times a month for many months to come. The trips will be one week long and we will fly to Texas to begin restoring homes and helping families reestablish themselves.

Come to Texas on a Disaster Recovery Trip! Email Trent Davis (trent@servants.org) to get on the group email that will keep you updated with trip details and trip dates.

The Gift of Making a Difference Locally Ms. M. lives in York City and first contacted Home Helps in March. However, due to the Home Helps ’ waiting list of 130 Homeowners who need repairs to live in a safe and healthy home, her repairs have only recently been assessed. Because of the severity of the repairs, she was moved to the top of the list.

This 77-year old homeowner lives with an income of $650 a month. She loves her 3-story home and has lived there for 40 years, but her mobility has become limited.

Her kitchen faucet has leaked for so long that it has rotted her countertop, base cabinets and flooring. The 2nd floor bathroom is also leaking down through the kitchen ceiling and she has no lighting in the kitchen.

This project was complex, requiring a lot of materials and resources.

Without your help, Home Helps would not have been able to make the repairs. Her bathroom may even have fallen into her kitchen if the leaks continued.

As the projects get more complex, the need for funding becomes greater. Our Home Helps staff of 4 is working hard to meet the demand. Our volunteers are sacrificing their time to help our neighbors in need, but we are in need of funding for materials, for trailer repairs, for tools, and for staffing.

Please give to our Love Your Neighbor Campaign. You will make a huge impact to someone with

little hope! Servants ’ mission continues to Serve Christ, Build Relationships, Transform Lives, and Provide Hope.

Consider giving your family the gift of helping a person in crisis for Christmas this year!

http://servants.org/support-servants

Will You Give Our Texas Neighbors A New Life?

The mold covered home of a family during Trent Davis’ vision trip to Texas in October.

Join Us!

November-December Love Your Neighbor Fundraising Campaign

November 17, 2017 Extraordinary Give Day in Lancaster

May 4, 2018 2nd Annual Gala Event

May 2018 Go Beyond Lancaster Work Camp

June 11-15, 2018 Faith Beyond the Pews York Work Camp

July 9-13, 2018 York City Work Camp

July 30-Aug 3, 2018 Northeast Work Camp

September 7, 2018 10th Annual Golf Outing

Floor repair in the Kitchen

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Servants, Inc. 100 Redco Ave., Ste. C-0 Red Lion, PA 17356 www.Servants.org

P. 717-378-0336 F. 717-378-0352 Donate online at:

servants.org/support-servants Text your donation to 717-722-0336

Trent@Servants.org

Servants is participating again in this year's Extraordinary Give on November 17, 2017!

The Extraordinary Give is Lancaster County's Largest Day of Giving. For the past five years, in just 120 hours of giving, the Extraordinary Give has raised $22.5 million for more than 500 organizations,

including Servants!

This year, $500,000 from presenting sponsors will be stretched and Servants will be given a % of funds based upon donations received. To donate to Servants through the Extraordinary Give, go to:

https://extragive.org/designee/servants-inc

That’s Extraordinary!

“24 Hours in Poverty” is a youth group experience created by

Servants and intended to Teach and Empower groups of young people to battle poverty through knowledge, prayer, and

fundraising for our Serving at-Risk Families in Guatemala.

This program sends students through daily life activities and relationships that those living in extreme poverty experience on a daily basis. There is an array of village life activities, games,

Bible studies and prayer events. Do you have 24 hours to teach your youth about poverty?

Please contact Chris Gohn at chris@servants.org or 717-378-0336 for more information or to schedule an event at your church.

Teach and Empower

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God ’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Thank you prayer warriors for your precious prayers!!!

Servants Prayer Requests:

• Success for the Love Your Neighbor Campaign.

• Restoration of victims and communities hurt by the severe Hurricanes this year.

• In all ways we follow God in His plans and direction as we continue to grow in Him.

• Relationships grow with our church partners while we continue creating new ones.

• Protection and safety for our missionaries, staff, volunteers,

partners, prayer warriors and donors.

• Relationships to grow with our donors, partners, and supporters.

• Provision for Servants core ministries, staff, and operating costs.

• Hope for our low-income Homeowners as Home Helps answers their calls for help.

• Self-sufficiency for our Serving at-Risk Families in Guatemala.

• Safety for upcoming servant mission trips and transformation of the lives of those volunteers going on the trip and of those families served.

• Wisdom, discernment and courage for our staff and missionaries as God leads our

ministries and grows our relationship with Him.

• New volunteers and groups to share their gifts and experiences with our Homeowners, with our Guatemalan families, and with our Disaster Recovery teams.

Be a Prayer Warrior for Servants!