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Dear Friends,
I hope you all had a blessed day on Easter, celebrating Christ's Resurrection. Spring is a time of new beginnings and a time of great hope. My family finally found our forever home and look forward to moving in at the end of April. It was a long 10 months. God is good, and the timing is perfect. The months of waiting were much like the waiting in the Lenten season, followed by the rejoicing that comes with Christ's resurrection on Easter.
Now, it is tax season, and for the first time, we are not using a CPA. Please pray for us. I believe I found a generous person that will look over our records and make sure I am doing everything correctly. This is another time of asking God for help and God putting someone in place to help us continue our mission. God is Good.
I leave you with this: "Faith is not knowing God can; it is believing that He will."
Thank you and God bless,
Laurie van der Roest
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We Are One with the
Risen Christ
Lord, we lift our hearts to you. As the dawn breaks, may we carry the unity we share into every moment, knowing that we are one with the risen Christ. Lord, we lift our eyes to you. May this moment stay with us as the sun rises, reminding us to look for the beautiful colors of promise in your word. Lord, we lift our prayers to you. As the dew air falls, may we breathe this morning in and know that, like the earth, you sustain us, keep us and work within us always. And so, we lift our voices to you. We celebrate the greatest day in history, when Jesus rose from death, defeated darkness, and bathed the world in stunning resurrection light. May we ever live to praise you! Amen.
— Author Unknown
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We would appreciate your help. If you only have a few hours or tons of time, we need you at AUDIOBOOK Ministries to help us grow and serve. We need to fill a couple of Board member seats.
Email me a: lvanderroest@audiobookministries.org
or call the office at 206-243-7377.
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Staff Spotlight
Georgia Henney
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Little did I realize how audiobooks could mean a life change for the blind and visually impaired. What if my legally blind dad could have listened to books in lieu of napping all day? What if my husband could have completed his doctoral degree with audiobooks he desperately needed due to his diabetic retinopathy?
My dedication to producing audiobooks prevails in my work at Audiobook Ministries. Even though I can no longer contribute to people who were near and dear to me, it is in their memory that I work toward blessing our visually disabled or handicapped patrons in the "reading" of books they can otherwise no longer enjoy. I am blessed to be a part of the life-changing endeavor of Audiobook Ministries.
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Author Spotlight
Randy Alcorn (born June 23, 1954) is an American Evangelical Christian author and the founder & director of Eternal Perspective Ministries, a non-profit Christian organization, founded in 1990. He is a New York Times bestselling author, who has written more than 60 books including the novels Deadline (1994), Dominion (1996), Deception (2007) and Courageous (2011). He was awarded the Gold Medallion Book Award in 2002 for his novel Safely Home (2001). Alcorn has also authored many non-fiction books, including Giving Is the Good Life (2019), Face to Face with Jesus (2018), Seeing The Unseen (2017), Happiness (2016), Hand in Hand (2014), Eternity (2013), Managing God's Money (2011), If God Is Good (2009), Heaven for Kids (2006), Heaven (2004), The Purity Principle (2003), and The Treasure Principle (2001). His works have been translated into 70 languages and have sold 10 million copies.
AUDIOBOOK Ministries has 8 of his books available to check out.
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Grant received
We want to thank the Moccasin Lake Foundation for the recent grant given to AUDIOBOOK Ministries. These funds will go toward supplies to bring joy to our patrons.
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Nancy Nysether
Barbara and Daniel Lee
Bebe Roberson
James Debruhl
Jinny and Dale Sewall
George and Karen Pettingell
David Hamilton
Connie Hemmer
Roger and Joy Neubauer
Carolyn Myers
Mary Yoder
Stephen and Martha Wendover
Ken and Marmie Beagle
June Burr
Francis Chiappetta
D.J.Watts
Marion Palmer
Arnald Mack
John Knox Presbyterian Church
Highline Christian Church
El Shaddai Ministries
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Carol Marshall
Julie Ausen
Dwayne Hinman
Steven Blow
Susan Jones
Jean Hoffman
Christine Gray-Scott
Cynthia Anderson
Randy and Elaine Young
David Justus
Jeanette Schmoyer
Lois Swann
Gertrude Bratz
Siobhan Kotal
Mike and Maureen Fay
Kenneth Rowin
Iolanda Rossman
Southminster Presbyterian Church
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Kroger Rewards Benefit AUDIOBOOK Ministries
If you shop at Fred Meyer stores and have a Rewards Card, you can now link your card to AUDIOBOOK Ministries so that we can benefit from the dollars that you spend shopping at Fred Meyer. Fred Meyer Community Rewards donates up to $625,000 per quarter to non-profits. Customers will continue to receive the Rewards Points, Rebates, and Fuel Points they're used to getting, but now their dollars will earn donations to ABM.
Signing up is simple: After logging in (or creating an online account), search for AUDIOBOOK MINISTRIES. Complete the signup process, and you will be good to go! Feel free to share this information with anyone you know who also shops at Fred Meyer.
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How Can You Help Us?
Matching Gifts: Your gift can be doubled or even tripled if you or your spouse work for a company with a matching gift program. All you need to do is ask your human resources office for information.
Tribute Gifts: What better way to honor someone special than to donate to AUDIOBOOK Ministries? This works for celebrating a special birthday or other milestones and a memorial. We list these donations in our newsletter every quarter.
Bequests: Have you considered where you would like to leave your legacy? A charitable bequest can be tailored to various circumstances and provides an unlimited tax deduction for estate tax purposes. In a last will and testament, you may stipulate a specific cash donation to AUDIOBOOK Ministries or state a percentage of your gross assets. We also accept stock donations; contact our office for the correct procedure and forms. As always, we thank you!
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Gifts In Memory and Honor
Giving monetary gifts is a beautiful way to remember or honor a loved one, friend, neighbor, or co-worker while supporting our ministry.
Southminster in Memory of Paul Williams
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Mission Statement
Statement
"To provide wholesome, inspirational recorded material for people who cannot read due to blindness, visual impairment, or other disabilities. We aim to share the pure joy of reading through books that inspire, entertain, and provide encouragement, comfort, and hope."
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About Us
AUDIOBOOK Ministries is a ministry dedicated to making Christian literature accessible for all. We are a Christian lending library with over 3,300 audio titles - inspirational, faith-based books, recorded by volunteers and mailed nationwide to share God's love and the joy of reading with people who have
reading-related disabilities.
Our services are free.
If you know of someone who can benefit from our services, please visit our
website or email us
for more information and an application.
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