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T.D. JAKES MINISTRIES EXTENDS HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH TO Mexico this Holiday Season
1/12/2012
T.D. JAKES
MINISTRIES EXTENDS HUMANITARIAN OUTREACH TO Mexico this Holiday Season
MegaCARE Missions Provides Holiday
Cheer to Orphans and Battered Women in Violence-Stricken Mexico
DALLAS,
Dec. 29, 2011–MegaCARE Missions, the global humanitarian arm of T.D. Jakes
Ministries, is bringing the gifts of help and hope to a Mexican community
victimized by poverty and the violence of the ongoing drug wars. In December,
staff and volunteers traveled to Reynosa, Mexico, to provide aid and cheer
through a holiday carnival and toy distribution.
Membersof the
MegaCARE team embarked on a mission to Reynosaas part of a Christmas outreach
to the city, where people are enduring hardship and fear because of
drug-related violence and poverty. In addition to a toy distribution and
holiday carnival, the MegaCAREteam provided holiday makeovers to women at a
local domestic abuse shelter including hair styling, manicures and make-up
application to help boost the women’s self-esteem. A “store” featuring donated
clothing, shoes and handbags allowed the women to select a few Christmas
presents for themselves.
“MegaCARE’s
hope is that the people of Reynosa were encouraged this Christmas season,” said
Ronnie Guynes, executive director of MegaCARE. “We strive to be a beacon of
hope for the innocent women, children and impoverished in this violence-ravaged
area.”
Outreach
efforts in rural Reynosa have become an annual tradition, with 2011 marking the
ninth year in the community. MegaCARE will continue to work to respond to the
physical and spiritual needs in Reynosa through prison ministry, a women’s
conference and a 2012 Christmas season outreach.
The Reynosa
outreach comes on the heels of another MegaCARE outreach on the other side of
the globe.In September, MegaCARE volunteers and staff traveled to Somalia to
assist inthe drought-stricken nation where an estimated 12 million people are
in need of food and water. To date, MegaCARE has provided food and water for
more than 5,000 Somali refugees. It also provided medical care through its
third medical camp in partnership with Melchizedek Hospital. Medicine, lab
work, x-rays and surgical procedures were provided free of charge to more than 1,000
women and children during thetwo-day camp. Melchizedek Hospital is the home of
the Bishop T.D. Jakes Hospital Wing, a two-story facility that provides
maternity care to mothers as well as major and minor surgeries for members of the
community.
INTERVIEWS
AVAILABLE:
Pastor
Ronnie Guynes, executive director of MegaCARE is
available for interviews
About The Potter’s
House
Located in Dallas,
The Potter’s House is a 30,000-member nondenominational, multicultural church
and humanitarian organization led by Bishop T. D. Jakes, twice featured on the
cover of Time magazine as “America’s
Best Preacher” and as one of the nation’s “25 most influential evangelicals.”
The Potter’s House has four locations: The Potter’s House of Dallas, The
Potter’s House of Fort Worth, The Potter’s House of North Dallas and The
Potter’s House of Denver,along with a Spanish language church, Casa de Fe.thepottershouse.org
About MegaCARE
Missions
MegaCARE Missions
is an international outreach and relief program that supports and initiates
sustainable community development efforts through education, health care
assistance, humanitarian service and empowerment. The humanitarian arm of The
Potter’s House, MegaCARE was founded in 1997 by T.D. Jakes and has implemented
programs in the United States, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, Swaziland, Egypt,
India, Bulgaria, Mexico, Belize and Guyana by initiating sustainable
development efforts through staff, volunteers and strategic partnerships. megacaremissions.org
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