Missions Trip to Hati!

Dear Friends and Family

How are you doing? I hope that God is doing as many wonderful things within you organization as He is doing great things in my life. I am having a wonderful time learning about Haiti and helping to plan a trip in November, and feeling God's will to do more for the world around me.

I want to share with you a challenging ministry opportunity that God has presented to me. From November 10 through November 17th God has offered me the chance to go to Haiti with the College and Career group from The Potters House Church of God. This 7-day missions trip will be reaching out and spreading gospel to the Haitian people, bringing supplies and helping out at Destiny Village, Haiti while also learning more about the people in Haiti and their culture.

While God has opened up a door for me to develop a greater heart of compassion for His people around the world, the exciting part is that you will be able to share in this compassion in several ways.

First, you can help pray for me and my fellow friends in Momentum which is our churches College and Career ministry. We will need prayers that God will prepare us for our visit and bless our efforts as we minister to the people of Haiti. We will also need prayers that our financial needs will be met. At this time we need to raise $1,100 each to attend this trip, and that is quite a challenge!

Another way you can be involved is to help provide that financial support. Would you consider supporting me with a small donation? I have included the address of our church and the Organization we are going through for you to use if you feel led to contribute. I will need to raise all my funds by October in order to pay for airline tickets, food and items for Destiny Village. Please make checks payable to the Potters House Church of God and in the memo put Chris Tackett. Whether you feel led to contribute financially, through prayer, or both, all of your support is appreciated. The address for the Church is The Potters House 3220 Lowell Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43204 614-279-2311

I look forward to doing God's work in Haiti and letting you know all about how God has worked through this team when we return.

God Bless,

Christopher M. Tackett

PS. Here some links to our Church and to the Organization we are going through!

http://www.pottershouse.tv
http://pottershouse.org/mambo/
http://www.destinyvillage.org/

Sup Folks

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Bill Nye was talking about the sense of smell the other day and it dawned in me every time you smell something that is actual particles of that smell hitting your olfactory nerves. Think about it every time you smell a fart that is poop hitting your nose literally, and on that note I will leave you to meditate on what I have just said.

- Tackett out

Back in Columbus

So folks I finally back from the road I think for good. I been through some states that I never want to go to again mostly the ones north west and east of us. Its been a crazy but good beginning to the new year even though it is almost April. If you all don't know yet I am now a Semi driver, yeah it is still shocking to me also. Another shocking thing is I believe for the 1^st time since well i really can even remember the last time but I am actually not in a depressive state of mind. Seriously I hadn't really smiled or spoke with confidence since probably middle school or something like that, and the awesome thing is never once did I take any sort of drug for it. I dunno deep down I always must have know that it wasn't a chemical imbalance it was just the trauma and and my dads mental and physical illness that was bringing me down, and the fact that I always thought that in order to gain God's grace you had to be absolutely spotless. Though I knew it was impossible I never really grasped his Grace and love. I guess there is freedom in realizing that even though you are a mess up and cannot earn Gods grace in any way he still loves and accepts you where you are at. I guess the real breakthrough was when I had a tape in the radio and it was some dude talking about and old slave boy who became one of the greatest pastors of the late 18^th century, he had one simple message "I am nothing and he(God) is everything" it was in that moment that I realized that I am weak and human which amounts to nothing and the only way I can become something is to let the old man die every day and take life day by day. I realized like Paul that I was the Chief of sinners but, the Christ who lives in me is absolutely flawless and pure and by letting the old man die it allows Christ to take that dead old man and resurrect him into a new creature. I dunno I had not turned away from God I just didn't realize I was an overcomer. Its weird there is like this whole new level of freedom I feel. I more outgoing I can actually have a sense of humor, I mean I was saved but now I truly feel redeemed now. I mean I look at the old me and it almost looks like a false convert a person who said and maybe believed they were saved and redeemed but was never upbeat and always had something in there life that was brining them down. I mean there is still some crazy stuff going on in my life but for the 1^st time I actually am not stressing over it. I have realized that I am more than a conquerer which means I am an overcomer. We are called to overcome not to be overcome. I forgot to mention that I talked to my old trainer and the tapes I made him listen to has helped him start to turn his life around he is now listening to 4 sermons a week and watching sermons on TV, not quite at a home church yet but it is definitely a turnaround. Anyways I am tired so I am going to go to sleep. L8er(later)