A Tremendous Opportunity.....And We Need YOUR Help!!!

The Dirty Roots Revolution is pleased to welcome the high school youth group from the United Methodist Church in Columbia City, Indiana.

The group, consisting of about 20 students, six church volunteers, and 4 DRR volunteers, will spend a week carrying out a variety of service projects and learning about a variety of causes/issues.
We are being joined in this endeavor by Project Restore, Lots of Drops, and International Crisis Aid – three non-profit organizations doing work that we believe in and support every chance we get. Please see the bottom of this note for more info on each of them…

This is a tremendous opportunity for everyone involved. For the students, they’ll learn a lot and have the opportunity to make a difference with and for these groups in a tangible way. For the groups, they’ll have a new audience to share their mission with and they’ll benefit from some free labor for the week.
For the Dirty Roots Revolution it is a chance to share our message with a new audience. It is also a great way to test what may be a big part of our ministry as we move into the future.

A couple of physical needs have presented themselves as part of this endeavor. Would you please consider helping us with them?

1) One of the days we will stage a “water walk” for the kids. Access to clean water is one of the most pressing issues in our world today. 1 out of every 6 people on this earth lack access to clean drinking water. Thousands of them die each day from preventable diseases they caught from their water. A large percentage of the global population, are forced to walk a few miles to access water (not necessarily even clean water) and bring it back to their home. So…one day, everyone in our group will walk a mile with two empty gallon-sized milk jugs. We’ll reach the Mississippi River after the mile walk, fill the jugs with water, and walk back to our “home base”, each carrying two gallons of water. The event is carried out mostly silently, so participants can reflect on what the event represents
OUR NEED: We need MANY, MANY gallon-sized milk jugs (empty and clean, please).

2) We are FINALLY ready to renovate the garage at the home of DRR Director Ryan Mifflin. This garage space is already being used for DRR storage, but the renovation will allow us to have a more organized and useful space. We’ll keep all of the supplies for our weekly Homeless Outreach there, as well as all of our office supplies. We have a very generous supporter of the DRR who has donated time and materials to design and build shelving in the garage. The youth group will join us in Greenville for one day of their trip to help us with the renovation.
OUR NEED: We need several Rubbermaid-style storage totes to adequately organize our Homeless Outreach supplies.

If you can help with either of these needs, please bring your contributions to 615 East Oak St. by Sunday evening, July 4th.

We would GREATLY appreciate your prayers in association with this event. Please pray for a good week for everyone involved…Please pray for safety for everyone involved (including safe travels for the group from Indiana)…Please pray for the various ministries involved in the event – that they would be blessed by their involvement…Please pray for all of the participants – that their lives would be impacted as God wants…And please pray for what this event may mean for the DRR (again, endeavors like this could be an area we focus on as part of our future).

WE’D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR NEXT “REVOLUTION THROUGH COMMUNITY “ EVENT ON THUSDAY, JULY 8TH AT 7 P.M. IN THE GREENVILLE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH FAMILY LIFE CENTER. THAT EVENT WILL SERVE AS THE CONCLUSION TO OUR WEEK-LONG MISSION EVENT. WE’LL SHARE STORIES FROM THE WEEK AND MUCH MORE…..WE’LL HAVE MORE INFO COMING SOON.

INFO ON THE MINISTRIES HELPING US WITH THIS EVENT:

LOTS OF DROPS (www.LotsOfDrops.org)
Catherine Weyers is a Dirty Roots Revolution volunteer from the original days of the group. During her senior year at Greenville College, she compiled this website as the culmination of her departmental honors research on the Church’s response to the international water crisis. She became interested in this topic when she heard the statistic that every 10-15 seconds, a child dies from a water-related illness. As a soon-to-be medical student, she began to see the treatment and prevention of water-related diseases to be one of the most primitive and wide-scale opportunities in the medical field. Through time in the Scriptures, particularly in Matthew 25, the prophets, and throughout the gospels, she began to be challenged by God’s imperative that His people take care of those less fortunate than themselves. She hopes that by visiting this site, you are challenged by the staggering statistics and stories, and that you take the opportunity to be involved in the life-changing opportunity to provide life-giving water.

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS AID (www.CrisisAid.org)
International Crisis Aid's mission is to assist in sustaining life, bring encouragement to those suffering and collaborate with other relief organizations in bringing necessary foods, materials and medicines to people in times of crisis, particularly where life and death situations exist. Additionally, we attempt to bring public awareness to these situations and to solicit citizen involvement whenever and wherever possible. All assistance and resources are traditionally secured in the country of need when possible, so as to develop relations with the local business people and foster a true spirit of cooperation. Demonstrating God's love and care for people is our highest and most cherished goal. To accomplish this vision we will continue to target our efforts in "no-go zones" where other organizations cannot or will not go. Frequently this means taking on escalated risks. We feel that these risks are a small price to pay in a game where the stakes are so high: literally, life and death.

PROJECT RESTORE (www.project-restore.org)
Project Restore helps relieve the suffering and oppression that overwhelms underprivileged individuals and communities. By focusing on four key issues, we promote self-sustainable, prosperous communities here and around the world. Our four areas of focus are Clean Water, Education, Hunger, and Healthcare.

PRAY FOR THE DRR

A wise man told us not too long ago that if you‟re doing any kind of missions work, you need to have someone praying for you every sin-gle day. So that’s our goal.

As the DRR has grown and as we strive to fulfill our mission, we have come up against more and more obstacles, struggles, and even what we could fairly call persecution. The Bible tells us that when we do God‟s work, we will come under attack. And while this is tough, we consider it a sign that we‟re on the right track. A blessing, even. Still, we need to continually be in prayer that God would pour His Spirit out on this ministry. Most of all, we want to make sure we never take the reins on this endeavor. We work daily to make sure they stay in HIS hands.

We’re asking all willing revolutionaries to pick a specific day to pray for the DRR. It can be one day per week, one per month, multiple days, or every single day. If you're willing, please visit our Facebook page and add a comment too our "PRAY FOR THE DRR" note on the page. Please post the day(s) you select in the comment section below. Again, feel free to post a single day of the week or a specific date of the month.

If you are not on Facebook, you can send us an email with the day/date of your choice and we'll add it. If you prefer to remain anonymous, but want to make a commitment, please email it to us and we'll add "Anonymous" with your date on the Facebook note.


Our Facebook note is located at:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&suggest¬e_id=433790751022&id=94601137886

Our email address is: info@dirtyrootsrevolution.com

By posting this commitment publicly, we believe you will be sending an inspirational visual image for people who see this note and see the names and prayer commitments. We know it will be an inspiration to us. Above all, we know God will be glorified by it.

WHAT TO PRAY FOR:

Please pray for the leadership of the DRR. Our leadership consists of our director, Ryan Mifflin, and board members Chris Harnetiaux, Amber Mifflin, and Miranda Caulkins. Please lift them up by name.

Please pray for those we serve. This population mostly consists of homeless individuals in the St. Louis area, but also involves residents in the local nursing homes that we visit with through our Generations Project. Additionally, we serve people right here at home; by providing them with the knowledge that one person CAN make a difference in our world.

Pray that lives would be impacted and hearts would be changed as God sees fit.

Most of all, pray that He pour his Spirit out on this ministry and that His will be done.

OUR LIST OF PRAYER REQUESTS CHANGES ALL THE TIME. IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW SPECIFIC THINGS YOU CAN PRAY FOR, PLEASE CONTACT US AT INFO@DIRTYROOTSREVOLUTION.COM AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO FILL YOU IN!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT!

JOIN US FOR A PRAYER VIGIL TO LIFT UP OIL SPILL CRISIS

REVOLUTIONARIES: This event has come together very quickly. Once the idea came up, all of the pieces fell into place and we felt it was important to move ahead with this. Given the short time frame, we need YOUR help in spreading the word. Please share this information with your churches, your family, your friends, and anyone else you'd want to invite. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A PRINTABLE PDF FILE OF THE FLYER SHOWN BELOW, CONTACT ME AT INFO@DIRTYROOTSREVOLUTION.COM OR 618.267.5436.

Thank you,
Ryan Mifflin, Director


The Dirty Roots Revolution has announced a prayer vigil, held to offer prayers for the ongoing oil spill crisis in the Gulf Coast. The event will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday evening, June 10th on the south lawn of the Bond County Courthouse.

Dirty Roots Revolution Director Ryan Mifflin explained, “This gathering is being held to lift up this devastating situation in prayer. We will pray for the affected environment and wildlife, for the workers who have become ill, those who have lost their livelihood, and for those involved in the cleanup.”

“This gathering will not be political in any way,” said Mifflin. “We won’t be laying blame, complaining about the situation, or discussing how anyone feels it should be handled. We believe it’s gone past the point of blame and arguing and we want to collectively be in prayer; that something would be done and whatever is done would be swift and effective. The impact from this disaster is huge.”

The prayer vigil is a non-denominational gathering and everyone is invited to attend.

“We promise to have the event concluded by 6:30, so folks have plenty of time to get a spot at the Municipal Band concert at the library at 7 p.m.,” said Mifflin.

For more information on the Dirty Roots Revolution’s oil spill prayer vigil contact Ryan Mifflin at info@dirtyrootsrevolution.com or 618.267.5436.

The Dirty Roots Revolution is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering individuals with the knowledge that one person CAN make a difference. The group conducts a weekly homeless outreach trip to St. Louis, a nursing home partnership project in Greenville, and many other events. To find out more, visit the Dirty Roots Revolution online at www.DirtyRootsRevolution.com or visit their Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/DirtyRootsRevolution.

A Case for Revolution, Through Abraham & Isaac

God works in mysterious ways.

We all know that. We’ve all been able to look back on something and totally see how He intervened or made something happen. We’ve all asked for ABC, but got XYZ…later realizing that XYZ was, indeed, what we needed after all.

To borrow a line from one of my very favorite songs: Well, God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”. Abe said, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on!” God said, “No”. Abe say, “What???” God said, “You can do what you want, Abe, but the next time you see me comin’, you’d better run!!!” (“Highway 61 Revisited”, by Bob Dylan)

You know the story…Abraham and his wife Sarah wanted a child so badly for a long time. When they FINALLY (and believe me, their “finally” was WAAAAY longer than any “finally” you or I will ever experience) had a son, God wants them to do what????? He wants Abraham to sacrifice him. K-I-L-L H-I-M.

Murder is wrong, right? But, so is disobeying God. And you think you’re facing conundrums in your life!!! At the last second, of course, God, realizing that Abraham is so willing to seek God’s will that he’ll even take his own child’s life, tells Abraham not to. Because He knows now that Abe WAS WILLING TO GO THE DISTANCE. For God.

I’ve been talking a lot with the college students in our ministry lately about things that are happening in the world. In a nutshell, it seems to me that people seem to be waking up to God’s calling. As the Bible says will happen, when we do that (seek God, do his work), Satan wakes up, too.

I’m going to take a tangent here, to provide some background, but I promise I do have a point…

I have a theory that for the most part, Satan leaves us (well-off, modern Western believers) alone. Why would he waste his time? We’re comfortable. Nothing really shakes us into action. Or shakes us into a dependency of leaning on God. We have everything we need at WalMart. In the grand scheme of things, we aren’t “needing for” anything. At all. So as long as we plod along and follow the American dream, I feel Satan leaves us to it.

He busies himself where his efforts are truly needed: Places like Africa and other third world places, where Christians are living radically. Where they MUST cry out to God, call on Him, lean on Him fully, and depend on Him for everything they do. To be a Christian in America doesn’t mean much. I’m not bashing America, but the very freedom that we all (myself included) love so much, means that we don’t have to take much of a “stand” for our faith. Now, in Africa, Asia, India, and lots of other places, Christians DO have to take a stand. And in many cases, the consequence is death. THAT is the place Satan wants/needs to put his efforts.

But…as I said…I feel we are waking up to what we’re supposed to be doing. I have a little bit. I’m not saying I’m “making the stand” or doing anything significant. But the Dirty Roots Revolution is a collective effort that started organically with a bunch of folks going out and making a difference for Christ. And good HAS come of it. Lives have been touched.

On one particular day (see Alexander’s Story on our blog), I think the world was actually altered by all of the goodness flying around. While I knew something beautiful had happened, I didn’t expect negative repercussions.

I now realize that all of that goodness that happened (several innocent bystanders were nudged into positive action because of Alexander’s story)…a little apathy was defeated that day. People got involved and DID good. And, Satan, while he was busy with something that “mattered”, snapped to attention and said, “WHAT was THAT????”

I take no credit for this. In fact, I didn’t even realize these things until later.

Ever since that day, things have been harder for the DRR. We’ve struggled more. We’ve run into more roadblocks. But, we’ve also been more and more blessed.

We’ve become a target for Christians who are angry that we’re encouraging folks to reach out to “the least of these”.

Alexander – the homeless man we were able to get new glasses for – was attacked the week after we got the glasses. For the sake of time and space, I won’t go into the details (but would be willing to talk to you about the situation). We were originally told the new glasses were broken. After a LOT of stress, prayer, running around, etc., we FINALLY learned, about two weeks later, that what during the attack, Alexander’s bag was stolen. When the thief saw the glasses, he found someone who knew Alexander and returned them. He kept the bag, but returned the glasses. We were devastated by the original news, but lifted it up. And God worked.

At the same time these negative things were happening (which were ALL happening at the same time, by the way), I was asked to speak for about six different organizations and churches over the course of about four days. I was asked to speak to youth ministers at the AgapeFest. I was invited to share the DRR message on the main stage at Agape in front of about 5,000 people.

With the action came two attacks. Through the attacks we prayed. We were blessed.

My point here is that God’s children are waking up. But that means Satan will, too. I used to hear people say “Satan did this or that” and it bothered me. A college student once told me in frustration, “I’m sick, I’m stressed, I’m busy, I have too much homework, I’m behind, and now, this morning I tried to print a paper and my printer broke. The devil is attacking me!” That’s giving Satan a little more credit than I’m comfortable with. I don’t think that situation is the devil…that’s just a crummy day in an imperfect world.

Again…when we wake up…Satan will wake up. This is happening everywhere. College students are coming back from missions trips and telling me that the work of the DRR is being echoed by small groups across the globe! This is amazing!!!

But we must realize, when we wake up and do God’s work, there will be trouble. Jesus Himself said people wouldn’t get it. People would not like it.

But He told us we’d be blessed by it. We do good…we may experience troubles…we give those up to God…we lean on Him…we pray. And blessings will come our way, too. To sustain us through the hard times.

I pray for peace now more than I ever have. Not answers. Not even comfort. Not for deliverance. Just peace. Peace.Peace.Peace. Peace just for today.

As promised, here is my point…

Six of the students in our college group have been planning for many months to travel to Ethiopia with a group called International Crisis Aid. ICA is most known for rescuing girls across the globe from the hells of sex trafficking. Our friends on this trip will have a bit of that experience, as well as working in a medical clinic, an orphanage, etc. Their hearts are IN this. They fell called/led to go. They WANT to go.

Then the word came that there was a mistake and there weren’t enough folks signed up to go. So it was put on hold. They were told only a miracle could make it happen.

But word came in later on, that they WERE going to be able to go. Miracle! They resumed fundraising efforts, now with an even tighter deadline. They had a lot to raise.

The trip is right around the corner and everything was almost ready. They got a call about two hours ago, saying the trip was off. This time for good. The United States has declared Ethiopia unsafe due to a potentially volatile election wherein they’re expecting riots, etc.

These kids will NOT be going to Ethiopia.

And while they’re all broken-hearted about it, keep thinking it’s yet ANOTHER “Abraham & Isaac” story. I’ve heard SO many of these over the last couple of months. “We thought God wanted this…”, “God put it in our hearts and we worked so hard for Him…”, “We cried out to God and He moved, but then things changed…”.

The DRR even had a situation present itself that we thought would be HUGE for our future. A real answer to prayer. And it fell apart in our hands. Not for lack of trying or praying. It just wasn’t right. For whatever reason. God knows.

In all of these various situations I’m thinking of, folks involved didn’t do anything wrong. Quite the opposite. They did what they were called to do. Many times against great odds. They lifted the situations up to God. I can tell you personally, with the DRR, we prayed that God would take this situation and do what he wants. It’s scary to do that. and it’s painful when you do and then it doesn’t work.

The people involved in all of these situations I’m thinking of were left feeling empty when God seemingly switched gears on them.

But…my thought right now, and my question is, “What if God is getting us ready?”

I’m not what you’d call a super-“charismatic” Christian. But my experiences lately have nudged me a weency bit more in that direction. When I speak for the DRR I always say that it doesn’t take an expert to know that things are just flat wrong in our world. They’re “off”. Things are NOT right.

I said to our college group once that I felt their generation was going to make the world better. One of them corrected me – rightfully so – and reminded me that, biblically speaking, the “world” IS going to keep getting worse. BUT…the chasm between the good and the bad, the light and the dark, is going to get wider. And THAT is good. She knew what I was getting at, but I needed to rephrase: The world will get worse. But…those who truly seek the Lord are going to have to stand up and REALLY seek Him. To cry out for Him. To give it all up for him. Scary stuff, to be sure. But GOOD stuff. What HE intended all along.

I’m not alleging we’re in the end-times. I figure those started the day Jesus went to Heaven. That’s not my concern right now.

But “hot and cold” is the concern. If we’re going to say we’re “hot”….we have to live “hot”. And we have to expect trouble.

So, what if this is where we are? I’ve talked to so many people who have echoed these thoughts. So many people have affirmed that they feel this “darkness”, too. I don’t know what else to call it or how else to define it. There’s just a “darkness”.

But there’s also light. And I feel that the countless “Abraham & Isaac” moments that my friends are experiencing, are, for lack of a better term, “getting them ready”. For what? For…something.

Maybe this is how God whittles us down…refines us. Maybe this is how He helps us see what’s important. For those six students…this Ethiopia trip is important. One of them has already told me, “I know I’m going…I just don’t know when”.

For some, maybe this is how God shows us what is NOT important. What we’re willing to sacrifice or live without. Using the Ethiopia example, maybe some of the students gave up something in order to save money for their trip. Maybe now they know they can live without whatever that was.

Or maybe everyone going through these “Abraham & Isaac” experiences is just supposed to realize that they’re awake now and CAN NOT go back to sleep.

I’m pretty sure weird times are ahead. I’m pretty sure we’re going to enter a period of time where what is right and moral is not necessarily the same thing as what is accepted or common (or maybe even legal?).

You’ve heard me say that we’ve taken the claws of the lion before. Jesus is the lion. And we’ve made him “easily digestible”. We did that so people wouldn’t fear Him. But…he is NOT easily digestible.

Everything is upside down in the Kingdom of our God. Poor means rich. Death means life. Last means first. Sacrifice means gain.

As a society we put so much value in being “counter-cultural”. NOTHING is more revolutionary or counter-cultural than following Jesus. Nothing. And while the “counter-cultural” stuff we seek out (which is mass produced, by the way…duh!) is pretty much generally accepted, being counter-cultural the Jesus way WILL . PISS . PEOPLE . OFF.

There is no more delicate way to say that. But I believe it’s the truth. THE GOVERNMENT DIDN’T WANT TO KILL JESUS. THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS DID. Weird times. And that’s not just a crazy story…That was Jesus. Our King. Our example. The One we’re supposed to strive to be like.

One of the characters in the “Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe” (Mr. Beaver, I think?) said, “Safe??? Ooooh, make no mistake He is NOT safe. He IS good….but He is N-O-T safe.”

Get your armor ready, friends.

EPHESIANS 6:10-20

FINAL POST FROM BRITNEY'S SOUTH AMERICA TRIP

Britney Villhauer is a senior at Greenville College and is one of the original members of what became the Dirty Roots Revolution. Britney has an amazing heart for God's people and desires not only to make a difference in this world for Christ, but also to get to know all kinds of different people as much as possible. She's spent many summers in Guatemala and spent this past semester in various points throughout South America. She's graciously provides us blog posts during her journeys and here is the final one. Thanks, Britney!!!
-Ryan Mifflin, DRR Director


I am back in the US now. I arrived home April 29th and I have been kind of sulking ever since. I am so sad that this semester is over because it really was the best semester of my life. I learned so much! I feel more on fire now than I ever have before about making a difference in the world.

My 10 day practicum on the Kekoldi Indigenous Reserve was great. It was quite challenging to try to embrace a culture that is so different from mine. They are MUCH more laid back and slow paced. But they are also very hard workers. I got to help out with taking care of the iguanas in their iguana conservation project. I also learned a lot about medicinal plants, how to live in harmony with the forest, and how to make use of the forest without exploiting it. I learned a lot about the Bribri culture and I even learned a little of their language. It was really interesting to learn about this reality that I have never seen before.

Then I joined back up with the rest of the group to head to Cuba for 10 days. I bet I could have stayed there the whole semester and I would have never run out of questions. It is such a complex, interesting, amazing place!

It was really cool to learn about Cuba from a Cuban perspective because when we've learned about it in school it has always been from a US perspective. Cuba has always been “the evil commies”. But this unique opportunity allowed us to interact with the Cuban people and hear their perspective on politics, economics, and social justice issues. It is not all bad!

The fact that everyone has free health care and education all the way through the university just blew my mind! Imagine if I could have gotten all of my treatments for free! And no one would have college loans! And Cuba is the safest place in the western hemisphere. That was something they were very proud of. Multiple people mentioned the fact that they never have school shootings in Cuba. It is illegal for people to have guns. We might see this as taking away their right to bear arms, but it also grants the people freedom in safety. Like I said: very complex. It's all about your perspective. Basically everyone we talked to did say that the mixed economy of Cuba needed to take on a little more capitalism in order to balance it out better. People are frustrated that they can not raise their standard of living above a certain level. We had the opportunity to live with host families in Cuba and see what their day to day life is like. We had a meeting at the Ministry of Education, the National Assembly for the People's Power with a Cuban Parliament member, we went to the International school of medicine where foreigners are able to become doctors for free, we had talks with an economist, participated in community outreach activities... And we went to THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BEACH IN THE WORLD! Our trip to Cuba was legal because we obtained a license from the US treasury department. What an incredible time I had!

Returning to the US was super hard. I was so sad to say goodbye to people who have impacted me so much. But I am very thankful for everything I have learned and I am excited to be able to share some new perspective with people back at home. Thanks for supporting me this semester. I really appreciate your thoughts and prayers. Next adventure: GRADUATION!

Love, Britney

PRAYER MEETING TONIGHT

Revolutionaries:

I’ve had a heavy heart today, for many various reasons. The DRR has been growing. Because of that, we’ve had many “growing pains”. We’ve also had many challenges, unrelated to that growth. More on these matters later.

I’ve been wanting to start a larger-scale “Pray for the DRR” initiative, but wasn’t sure how to do it. More on this later, too.

I’ve been sitting at my desk, trying to focus, and simultaneously struggling through these things. I read two blog posts by one of our board members, Miranda, and they pushed me to the point of tears. With nothing left to do, I closed my office door, laid with my face on the floor, and begged God to do SOMEthing. To take all of this and do what He wants with it.

I’ve been thinking of holding a DRR “prayer meeting” the last few days, but it never felt right.

And this morning, while I was crying out to God, with no lead-up and no apparent reason, I saw a circle of people, holding hands, praying under my carport.

I can’t argue with that.

Tonight at 8:15 p.m., I’d like to invite you to the Dirty Roots Revolution HQ (a.k.a “My Garage”). I’ll fill you in on some of what we’ve been facing and we’ll pray together for the DRR, for those we serve, for our leadership, etc. It’s fitting that the location is the site of an upcoming project, wherein we hope to convert my garage into office/storage space for the DRR to make us more efficient and effective. We can ask for blessings on that, too.

This is a “first” for us, but we ask that if you’re available and interested, to please join us. We will cry out to God to ask His blessing on the efforts of the DRR, His guidance for our leadership, and most of all for His will be done.

This is short-notice. But our board feels that this is of the utmost urgency for us. We don’t have time to plan, we feel we must do this now. More than anything else, we're in need of prayer now.

This is a come-and-go event. If you’re late, just join the group. If you need to leave, just slip away. You can stay the entire time, or for five minutes.

If you can’t make it, please pray from your home or wherever you are. Lift up the DRR as a group, lift up our volunteers, lift up those we serve, lift up our leadership. Pray for clarity, strength, unity, etc. MOST OF ALL, PRAY THAT GOD WOULD SHOW US WHAT HE WANTS AND THAT WE RECEIVE THAT MESSAGE AND PUT WHATEVER HE WANTS INTO ACTION.

We’ll consider this the official start of the “Pray for the DRR” initiative. You’ll hear a lot more about that possibly as early as tonight, but definitely in the next day or so.

Thank you so very much.

Thanks to each of you for your interest in and support of the Dirty Roots Revolution. One person CAN make a difference through small things. One of the “easy” actions we can take is prayer. Thank you for your prayers. Each on of you matters and each one of your prayers matter. Those who pray are just as revolutionary as those who “give” and/or “go”. That is our one true constant need.

We hope to see you tonight, even if only for a while. Again, if you can’t make it, please feel free to pray on your own.

In it with you,
Ryan Mifflin
Director, Dirty Roots Revolution

A SHIRT FOR YOU...A SHIRT FOR YOUR HOMELESS BROTHER/SISTER

Luke 3.11 says, “John answered, ‘The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same’”.

One of our volunteers, Greenville High School student Sam Filby, came to us with an idea: Sell T-shirts to promote the DRR and for each T-shirt we sell, we also donate one to one of our homeless brothers and sisters on the streets in St. Louis during our weekly Homeless Outreach. So, we’re doing just that!

3.11 Project T-shirts are available in charcoal gray men’s or women’s styles, sizes Small through 3XL. Men’s T-shirts are $20 and women’s are $25. Each T-shirt sold will provide you with a shirt AND will cover the expense of one that will go to a homeless individual. You can also submit a personal note, which will be delivered to your homeless brother/sister along with your shirt.

We’re taking orders through the end of the day May 9th. We’ll turn the order in May 10th and have T-shirts back and ready for you to pick up on Friday, May 14th.

TO PLACE AN ORDER FOR A 3.11 T-SHIRT, PLEASE EMAIL US AT INFO@DIRTYROOTSREVOLUTION.COM OR CALL 618.267.5436. PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE ORDER BEING PLACED ON MAY 10TH.