To join in the prayers of Christians Caring For Creation, contact Connie Hanson through an email to CFTM, and we will forward. CCFC Mail
---Allen
Below are some excerpts of emails that refer to the fight against mountaintop removal....
Psalm 5:3
In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait in expectation.
Dear Allen,
The "mountain top removal" operation for mining is absolutely
APPALLING!!!!!!! Praise God that you and your new group are taking a stand for the Lord on
this. THANK YOU!!!
We'll send out a prayer request today re: this.
By the power of Christ,
Connie
(September 9) Please continue to PRAY for all
those in Christians For The Mountains, who are working to stop "mountain
top removal" mining in West Virginia. PRAY they will be protected and
blessed, and that their message will be spread and received with open hearts
and minds. THANK YOU!
(For more information or a DVD: suellenquaker@suddenlink.net or, www.Christiansforthemountain.org
)
By the power of Christ,
Amy Hanson Chambers and Connie Hanson
John 14:14 (Jesus speaking)
"You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."
(November 6) Please PRAY for Maria Gunnoe and
her children! She is receiving threats to her life, her family, and her house
because she recently won a court victory that has stopped a proposed new mountaintop
removal operation by her home in West Virginia. She is being threatened day
and night; her children are afraid to go to sleep; she has had to hire guards
to protect their house; and, she doesn't have much money to continue.
PRAY that the Lord will put a wall of protection around Maria, her children,
and her home. PRAY the Holy Spirit will move mightily, enlightening minds,
softening hearts, stopping violence before it begins, and bringing people
together. PRAY for ongoing strength and victories for Maria, Larry Gibson,
and the others in the mountains of West Virginia who are taking a stand against
Mountain Top Removal (MTR). PRAY also, please, that alternate jobs will be
created in this region, so people do not feel they have to work for the MTR
companies. (This information re: Maria is being kept out of the press for
her safety.) For DVD's and further information on MTR in West Virginia, contact
Allen Johnson at www.christiansforthemountains.org/
Psalm 91:11 "For He will command his angels concerning you, to guard
you in all your ways."
(January 6) PLEASE PRAY for Christine Hayes,
as she works to stop the horrific practice of coal removal in West Virginia,
called "Mountain Top Removal." As she wrote in a recent editorial:
..."First the forest is clear cut, then the mountain top is broken up
with explosives and dumped into the hollows below using gigantic earth-moving
machine that replace miners' jobs... Slurry ponds holding millions of gallons
of contaminated waste hovering above small communities and other threats to
the citizens in the hollows below are all [results of MTR]." PRAY for
Christine, Maria, Allen, Bob, Larry, and ALL those working to stop MTR. Also,
please pray for complete and permanent healing for Christine. Thank you!
(For more info.: www.christiansforthemountains.org and www.mountainjusticesummer.org/richmond