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© 2007 Jo DiStefano Kapus (e-mail: supak@worldnet.att.net) June 1, 2007

SUNDAY'S GUEST: Tiffany Mills, 22 year-old student at Philadelphia Bible University, will be the guest on America's Silent Ambassadors this Sunday, June 3, 2007, at 1:30 p.m., on station WIBG, 1020AM radio dial. Tiffany first appeared on our program July 2, 2006, when she talked about her short-term mission trips to the Dominican Republic, Morocco and Algieria.

THIS SUNDAY, she speaks candidly about her recent trip during Spring break when she returned to the Dominican Republic and spent much time with street children. During her first trip there, Tiffany was so deeply touched by the homeless children that she couldn't wait to return. Hear how she is planning for her next trip to the Dominican Republic hoping to take her three younger sisters with her. Hear how she is seeking the Lord's blessing and guidance that she will be able to become a full-time missionary in that country and open a home for the street children.

Note: For those of our readers who feel a call to minister to street children in a foreign land, Tiffany recommends reading "A Cry from the Streets," by Jeanette Lukasse, published 2002 by YWAM Publishing. The book is mainly a dramatic story of rescue and restoration to which God called a young Dutch couple living among the hunted street children of Brazil.

You can listen simultaneously online: www.wibg.com Beginning June 1st, the program will also be aired online at 1:30 a.m. our time.

PRAISE ! Rick Springsteen, Team Leader of Gospel Outbound's recent medical mission team's trip to Guatemala, reported that the trip was a great success! "I arrived home at 2 o'clock this past Sunday morning," said Rick. "The trip was a wonderful success and we saw over 500 patients at our free clinics. The weather was beautiful." Rick went on to explain that Dr. Robert Smith, dermatologist and dermatopathologist, did not conduct his usual seminar this year. He volunteered his services half a day at a government clinic in Chichicastenango, working with patients with skin diseases. Praise!

Last night, I had the pleasure of talking on the phone with Renee Boyd, who is a staff member at Mike and Dottie Clark's Casa Para Niños Aleluya, a home for hundreds of neglected and abused children in Guatemala. Renee, who is the home's abuela, sewing teacher and librarian, is on vacation in the States. Although I met her briefly in November 2004 as a member of Gospel Outbound's Survey Team, I feel especially close to her. God called me to the mission field at age 71, and I think Renee was about that age when she was called. But she has served full-time overseas! We talked about not wanting to set a time limit on our service to the Lord. Next year, we'll be 80. It's just a number. Praise!