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December 26, 2010

Dear Friends,

Lets be real $30,000.00 is nothing compared to the problem we now face. In these difficult economic times many Americans are facing hardships that they simply just can not over come with small donation or no donation at all. Don’t you hear my cry don’t you want to give a little mercy, don’t you want to help someone get on their feet. In my time of trouble I started thinking about some young men that needed some help and frankly still need some help to go and stay on the right path as I believe most of us would agree that help and hope is the absolute prescription. I was told that I should not worry about what is happening to those young men that I should concentrate on fixing me and my problems. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, what I was being told.

Well many of you have heard or read my testimony and now is the time to pony up, make a donation to this admirable cause. Do me a favor please check into what I am saying; there are no services out there for men in trouble that have not been in trouble. Why does a person have to be in an impossible situation before some one any will lend a hand?

In my personal situation, I checked, I asked around, I went to the places that people told me only to be turned away. It seemed that to qualify I had to be an attack, a street bum and homeless or just returning from prison. Why, why did I have to have made those kinds of fatal mistakes to qualify? Why did it have to be my fault to have a job doing my best under the circumstances that I am faced with?

Why not? Why can’t there be a place that a man can go just to get a little help so they don’t fall off the cliff? Why can’t we help that person flourish, help that person get to the top of the mountain? If they trip why can’t we stop the fall instead of watching them fall flat on their face? I plead with you now, I ask you to please give and watch and see what happens when a little bit of kindness is afforded to a good person. Please give 5, 10, 20 dollars or more if you can and maybe just maybe you’ll see an eagle soar.

It’s time, do it, Give!

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Doing something can be a difficult task especially when you have no idea of what you’re doing! We went on air this morning and oh boy you could tell we are armatures. My brother had to call into the station to host the show because I have no home phone; we do it all on the net and with cell phones. He hadn’t done this before and didn’t know how to answer the call, I called and I waited, hoping he would answer. He started reading the mission statement; I guess it was better than doing nothing. Finally he answered the call about a minute into the show, then my other brother who was sitting right beside me wanted me to do things differently than what I planed.

I recorded a co-worker singing and giving her testimony which I think is beautiful you have to hear her, un-scripted and UN-rehearsed. The Girl can sing and she was crying out to the Father asking and expecting to receive. We went on with the show running on the show format that I hadn’t put to print until this morning or for you guys on the day the show aired. Hey, I can truly say that I am not ashamed of our effort we are truly ordinary Joe’s trying to do some extraordinary for our selves and people like us.

I had to go pick up a few more things from the place I’ve been stay at in Philadelphia. When we returned I check to see if we had any response from what we did to today, the numbers are sky rocketing, I really believe this is something that is starting to catch on. Still have sent emails out, my text messages have been too long, haven’t completed the show format, don’t know what the next topic is going to be, boy oh boy I am having a ball doing my best to serve the Lord. If I had known I could have this much fun I would have done this many many years ago.

Think of Elmer Fund when I say “that’s all folks” and you’ll know how delighted I am to share this with who ever is reading. It truly is an honor and pleasure to serve the father in our small way. I hope you can see, hope you can feel the Love in my heart for you all!

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Well where do I begin this story, a story about a holiday different from every other holiday of the last twenty years. Well by now if you’ve been reading any or most of my stories thoughts you know that my wife and I are separated and I don’t get to see my children too much, hardly at all in comparison to the time spent with them before all this happen. Let me bring you to where we are in time, it’s November 29th, 2010 and I’m sitting in the library of the school where I work waiting for the next run for me to work, actually it’s a early run for me and another hour of work that I desperately need.

So from the date above you probably wondering if I’m talking about Thanksgiving and I am. With all that’s going on in my life and the very little money I have and lack of hours because of school closing for whatever and holidays and having to go to court so much and being down for five days my pay checks haven’t been looking to good. Hey I’m going off story back to it; thanksgiving weekend it wasn’t to bad but not what I wanted.

I am the father that has always been with his children and the son that always wanted to be with my parents especially on the holidays because of what we did on the holidays and some other reasons that I won’t divulge right now. Well this weekend was different in that I had a house guest, a friend from my past, a friend that I call brother, we were rather close in our younger days, not just him his brothers and sisters as well.

My friend I’ll say for whatever reasons seems to me to stuck in a past time and needs to come on over to today, this century. I won’t say exactly what I’m talking about however; I will say he enjoys some things from the past that I absolutely do not indulge in any longer. Let me tell you though it was nice to reminisce about the old days and to see someone who was is still very special to me. I was able to sit with their family meet her daughter and yes her man. Yo let me tell you I was very good for those who know who I am and how I use to be, the person I am today is a better person.

Hey over the holiday I was able to get some work done, see family, some dear old friends, talked to my kids on Skype, so you know what it wasn’t so bad after all I could be down, that’s slang for in prison. Monday or Tuesday I was sitting in my car crying because I can’t be with my kids and cam up with this idea of starting a 501.3.C, that’s a non-profit to help men like myself who have had hard time in the same situation and have no place to turn. I’m not going to give to much information on that just yet; I don’t want any one to steal my ideas. I will say it is going to Bible based with no shucking and jiving to no means because people hurt, I hurt at just the thought of not being able to daily share in the right I earned to be called “Daddy”.

Be famously you and I’ll be famously me, 1!

Fathers for Families, Standing on Faith Ministries is ordinary people trying to help people do extraordinary things under extraordinary circumstances. We have hope and faith that you will help us help men recover from circumstances that weren’t in their control, who have sought help to be turned away, they didn’t qualify. Sadly meaning, they have a job so they can eat, they don’t do drugs or drink for a sound mind, they don’t have a prison record basically conforming to societies rules, and other attributes that qualify him as a man however, because of these qualities they were turned away when they said help even before they where informed the program had no money.

Oil, propane, electricity, telephone, car insurance, gas to get to work to make some money to pay those expenses…these are the things we would like to help with…food, clothing and shelter, the basics! Will you please help!

We’re not asking that you give large donations, hundreds or even thousands, just give a little 1 or 2 dollars and tell your friends about this extraordinary opportunity to help ordinary people. Check back often for updates on our success and what we do with the generosity you afford us. Our “Goal” is to someday soon be granted “Non-profit status” we are forming and structuring this organization with your generous help and support in accordance with the rules, regulations and statues of the governing bodies of the 501 (3)(c) laws that are in place.

We’ve all been in need, known someone in need, help us help those in need! We’ve all known that “Father/Daddy” who needed some help, maybe it was your brother, uncle or even your own father.

We Love You, Thank You, May God Bless You, GIVE!

Our name says it all “Teach IT” yes “IT” means information technology but it goes beyond just the name, it’s an attitude, a mission upon which our company stands, if you’re willing to learn we are willing to “Teach IT”. We hope you believe like we do that it’s fun to learn new things and polish old things to make like new.

Now back to “free your mind”, that’s what we want you to do “free your mind” and learn tried and true and new ways of doing business, that’s the real value of being associated we us and our brand. We’re not going to guarantee your success only you can do that however, if you love to learn again we are willing to teach it. Shouldn’t you free your mind, by doing so your health will improve, hey your overall life will improve.

What we’ve done is provide an atmosphere conducive to the learning process. We give the right people the vehicle to express them self’s. We put together hardware packages within the reach of every day people just like us who need to save a little too possible gain a lot.

We are here, standing strong, plum and square with free minds. Today we reaffirm our right to happiness and prosperity. I understand that everyday is a learning experience and I will learn. Every day, every second, 24 7 365 Is a “Teachable Moment“…I will “Impart Skill“…I will “Provide Knowledge”…On Your Mark, get Set…FREE YOUR MIND…Be Famously You…Teach IT.

Innovation is a grand word a grand idea a new way of doing an old thing. I believe Seven Secrets to be an innovative idea, a grand thing to help some one learn whether it’s a child reading or an adult who dreams of enlightenment and has the courage to step up and say I want to read, will you help me!

What where talking about is you get to make money while you help somebody be a better person this is something you want to do isn’t it. When a person can not read or do simple mathematical equations well I can’t imagine me, just for a moment where would you be if you couldn’t, couldn’t read that is, if you couldn’t add 1+1=2 how would you be living.

It’s pretty simple, where is your passion? What are your needs and how can life be better for you and how much better is it that you can read my simple words written in high school level english?
For a moment put the money aside, close yours eyes, now, imagine the smile of that child when he or she returns to school the next day and raises her hand when the teacher ask for a volunteer to read a paragraph from a text-book. Your student is called upon and everyone starts to laugh because just a few weeks ago he was called on and they laugh because she stumbled through and it was over the most basic words “the”, “it”, “Mississippi“. The student begins to read, another student cracks a joke, your student stands turns faces the class as they quiet down in awe of the eloquence your student now speaks, as your student reads, another student cracks a joke, your students smiles they laugh together. What is the feeling of that student, your student worth at that moment when they laugh together, I say it’s invaluable.

Recently I heard about a student being teased to no end. I saw a picture of her on the news she was beautiful, she committed suicide. I don’t know all the details but I would almost bet my life that it had to do with some sort of self-esteem issues on both sides.

We can’t fix all the problems of the world but to teach someone to read, this we can do! Join the race for literacy…impart skill…provide knowledge…BE A TEACHABLE MOMENT…on your mark…get set…be famously You!

I’m not boosting, a quarter million gone in five years and you both worked, where did all the money go. Why has she done and said the things she has to you. Do you now start beating her? Do you get revenge? How do you mend a broken heart, I know sounds like that song doesn’t it. You get all kinds of practical advice on what and how to do what they think you should, but it doesn’t fix it, it doesn’t stop the pain or give you all the lost years. It feels like someone dying, I’m dying!

I don’t know what to do except To stand on my religious faith and have hope for a better tomorrow. Please respond, what would you do?

Faith is the substance of things not seen, not herd…with that faith I claim my job…I claim my future for this new beginning, I thank GOD for allowing me my faith and the opportunity to show and to prove that his word is truth, to GOD be the glory. Be famously U!

PS. A shut door opened by faith! To be continued…

As for me I am absolutely convince, no question, no doubt about my God, my Jesus. Call me a fool if you must, will or want to! If I told you some stories which I’m not, you would believe that I’m stark raving mad I say mad (LOL). I’ll be that fool, my believes do not require you to believe as well. It’s a matter of more than just principle I’m a bit scientific in proving what I consider theory and some times I can figure it out and sometime I just can’t. Hey I could tell you stories that would absolutely blow your mind or you just may think I’m lying, stark raving mad, smile!

Here’s the dilemma lots of people for millieum have tried to proof the bible wrong and simply could not, their finding only strengthen what was written as factual and true at least from an intellectual stand point.

Now here’s where faith comes into play! All the pundents, nae sayers, not believers and there alike say no not true. Well the book says (bible means book) with faith you don’t need proof yet many have given proof, there are those who still don’t believe and write it off as a ufo story or something. See tragedy sharpens the senses if you’re strong enough to walk through the fire to have the faith of a mustard seed. I’ve met and been around many an atheist who at the first sign of trouble and hardship guess who they call on, that’s right, say it again, GOD! They call on the very thing they say they don’t believe in, GOD!

What does all that have to do with being fearless at 50? I never feared any man, woman or child, to walk the streets at night in bad neighborhoods to go anywhere to do any thing, brave, well no! See I wasn’t afraid of God and what he would do if I didn’t obey his commandments. Why do some get rich and don’t believe well 1 unless you personally know them you, we really don’t know what they believe. The other thing that must be considered why does the enemy have to be dumb, if he was, it was, they where there would be absolutely no chaos! Fearlessness is because of the things I didn’t expect and the faith of the things to come. I believe in that precious word, the stories, the lessons, and the sound doctrine that is everlasting to everlasting. You its funny as I write this a man just said he was running, trying to get a way but he two was given an ultimatum he pass the test.

See hears the thing, when you can look back on your life and see where you where, then look at what you’re going through and see why and where your going, it makes it easy to be fearless, to believe, to trust, to have faith, to be fearless! Stay up people and when the storm comes dance through it, be fearless!