Happy New Year from the Trotters!

Lee and Dana Trotter

Prescott Community Outreach January 2015

You might think that when the temperature gets close to zero, that kids would stay home and not be out riding their bikes to La Paz House. Everyday I am amazed by their ability to brave the cold to be here. Whether it is because they are bored or that it is warm inside or that they can be with their friends or that there is free internet, they are there everyday. I suppose it could be they are coming just to hang out with me.
Dana and I had a Christmas party for the kids on the last day before their Christmas break. We had small gift bags for the kids, some crafts, and of course Christmas cookies to decorate. On of the youth’s mom came and hung out with us that day. He is a 14 year old who has only been around for a couple of months now. He and his mom moved here after his older brother was murdered in Florida. Dana got a chance to talk with her and invite her to church. Dana was able to hear her story and minister to her and talk about helping her. We got back from the holidays hoping to help her. After 2 days, I asked another youth where Hunter was. He said, “Oh, he moved yesterday.” We were dissapointed that we could not help them more, but are thankful for the love we were able to share.

A new year always means it is time to start planning for the year; a time to figure out how to influence more people. Pray for us as we shake the bushes the next few months to get some events planned and get some direction and momentum going for spring and summer.
We were blessed with a great Christmas break. We assembled most of the Trotters in Florida for Christmas and a surprise birthday for my dad’s 90th birthday. It was a great time to celebrate together. I hadn’t seen one of my brothers for almost 12 years. Now we are excited and getting ready for our youngest son, Jesse, to get married this February.
Thank you for your faithful prayer and support of our ministry to our neighborhood. We are hoping and praying God will use us to spread the Good News in 2015.

One of the things we need are bicycles. I want to have a bicycle event as well as get more bikes for our La Paz bike shop. I hope to have some bike drives at some area churches to collect donated bikes. If you have spare bikes in your garage or if you think your church or group would like to host a Bicycle Drive, plese let me know!

                 La Paz de Dios, 
                   Lee & Dana
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Support gifts and donations should be made out to “National Christian Foundation” and are fully tax deductible. 
We receive 99% of the funds you donate. 
Please designate “Prescott Community Outreach Fund #935502” on the memo line.send to:
  Prescott Community Outreach Fund #935502 
  c/o National Christian Foundation
  706 North Lindenwood Drive
  Olathe, KS 66062 

December Newsletter

  Lee and Dana Trotter

  Prescott Community Outreach

  December 2014

Advent is always a great time of reflection for us; a time to prepare my heart for Christmas.  Love, Joy, Peace, and Hope.  As I reflect on our lives and ministry this year, the activities and events that were succesful and the ones that didn’t work out so well, I realize that God was adding His love, His joy, His peace, and His hope to it all.

The days leading up to our Neighborhood Thanksgiving meal, I cooked 9 turkeys and was trying to make sure we had enough of the stuff necessary to make the meal happen.  Gabe from Lenexa Christian Center was bringing tons of food for food baskets and many were bringing different items for the meal.  I am always a little anxious about the event being a success.  Will people show up?  Will there be enough food?  I’m not sure why I worry, it always seems to work out!  We had close to 60 people from the church and neighborhood come eat and share our thanks to God!

At La Paz House, you never know what might happen.  Some days we have 20 kids there, some days we only have 5.  Some days things are calm, other days  are rough.  A lot of the kids come from homes and lives that are less than stable.  Last week, two teenage girls came in and were troubled over an uncle and step-dad who passed away over Thanksgiving.  They told me that they didn’t know how to pray and that they knew I did. They wanted me to pray with them.  I was able to pray and share God’s love with them.  Sometimes I think the most important thing we do in our ministry are not the programs or events; it is simply being here and available for our neighbors.

As we close the year and start planning for next year, we appreciate all that you do for us and our ministry!  Your prayer and financial support is what God uses to keep us reaching out.  Thank You!  We are looking forward to a great 2015!

We hope and pray that you have a very blessed Christmas!

We love you all!

La Paz de Dios,

Lee & Dana

May we draw near to God so much that it brings Joy.

May we believe God’s Word and promises that it brings us Hope.

May we love each other and our neighbors that we experience real Love.

May we live together each day to bring about real Peace

in our lives and in our world.

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Support gifts and donations should be made out to “National Christian Foundation”

and are fully tax deductible. We receive 99% of the funds you donate. Please designate
“Prescott Community Outreach Fund #935502” on the memo line.
Use the enclosed envelope or send to:

Prescott Community Outreach Fund #935502

c/o National Christian Foundation
706 North Lindenwood Drive
Olathe, KS 66062