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Life is a constant challenge in Honduras, the second poorest nation in Central America. Unemployment is high, opportunities are limited and poverty is widespread. And beyond the economic stress, Hondurans cope with the same questions that confront people of every nation: Who am I? Why am I here? Where can I find real hope?

With the arrival of springtime comes the reminder of God’s power to renew his creation. All around us we see signs of new life in what lay seemingly lifeless for months. This year, as you witness the renewing of creation, let me encourage you to think about another kind of renewal

The Moncton FTH campaign, the most extensive in Canada to date, proved that intensive prayer and advertising has a positive impact in making a FTH campaign effective. The campaign reached 85,640 homes. It led to several hundred visits to www.findingthehope.com and over 200 requests for follow up to date.

Two more churches are sponsoring FTH campaigns in 2012: South Portage Baptist church in Nashwaak Bridge, NB, and Living Hope Lutheran church in Beaumont, AB. In Nashwaak Bridge, a rural community just outside Fredericton, the FTH gospel packets will go to people in 833 homes starting May 7.

Eglisa de la Vie Abondante of Cowansville, QC, campaign sponsored Canada’s first French-only campaign. The pastor and congregation have long-term plans to do a little more in their community each year until the entire town is covered. This year they reached 1,127 homes in early March.

Never before in human history has it been possible to communicate so much, so fast, about anything and everything. Messages, statements, images and ideas— good, bad and ugly—are in constant and ever-increasing circulation. The phrase “information overload” doesn’t begin to describe the bombardment of data that is raining down on us day after day.

Armenia’s Christian history goes back a long way: All the way to 313 A.D. when it was declared the world’s first Christian nation by the Emperor Constantine. In the nearly 1700 years since that royal decree, Armenia has experienced more than its share of ups and downs. Today, EHC is delivering the Good News

In recent weeks, thousands in seven Canadian communities have received Finding the Hope booklets in the mail. Please pray that they will open their hearts to the Lord. Many have asked for follow up material, and pastors tell us new families have come to their churches.

The FTH packets are now arriving in people’s homes. As part of the follow through, on Sunday March 25, 2012, Denys Blackmore, Executive Director of Every Home for Christ, will speak at Glad Tidings Church on Mountain Road, at 9 am and 11 am. At 6 pm, there is a Prayer Moncton rally at Moncton

The message of hope in Christ is arriving in mailboxes in 5 provinces. And the pre-campaign promotion has already drawn on-line responses. The communities involved include the Greater Moncton Area, NB; a portion of Halifax, NS; Cowansville and Gatineau, QC; Brighton, ON and Southeast SK. Please pray that many will respond to the Good News.

Revised Prayer Map of Canada ready! Use this full-colour, 17 x 22 inch map to help you pray regularly for Canada and its 34 million people. Inside is a message on the power of fervent prayer and suggestions for praying for Canadians from all walks of life.

On March 19, FTH booklets start arriving in Greater Moncton homes. To pray for the release of God’s blessings, the Moncton FTH Campaign has scheduled three more community prayer initiatives. Open Prayer Time – Wednesdays 2-4 pm at Congregational Christian Church of Moncton – 1530 Ryan St. All Night Prayer Vigil