Dear friends,

    As I write to you, the Micah house is a-buzz with activity.  Six of the boys are just outside my office window on the patio, practicing a mime-skit called "Light the Flame," working to coordinate their movements and timing.  They will present the skit on Friday for a group of 15 people who are coming to the Micah House for a training session on how to open a program for street kids.

    Two of the boys are in an upstairs bedroom, practicing the trumpet, which they want to play in a worship band we are forming, complete with a keyboard, two guitars, bongos and the trumpet (although I admit that the trumpet seems like a mixed blessing at times, especially where the eardrums are concerned!)

    In the living room, fifteen neighborhood kids are learning a drama under the supervision of a teacher from a local cultural center who volunteers at the Micah Project a couple days each week.  Harvin, one of the Micah boys who has studied theater for four years, is directing the play.

    These are my favorite times at the Micah House, when the laughter and bubbling conversation that echo throughout the various rooms are signs that we have created a place where joy and peace are a real presence.  In an hour or so however, as the day begins to unwind itself, the house will begin to quiet.  The boys will hurry off to the library/computer room to finish their homework before heading out to play soccer after dinner.  I admit that I also love these times, when you can almost hear their minds expanding!

    In this, the first week of classes in the new school year, we have just completed a strategic planning session with the boys.  We looked at what God accomplished in their lives and in the Micah Project last year and how we can begin to build on those experiences in this new year.  Each boy participated in personal and group goal setting. If there was a common theme in this time, it was that all understood the unique gift that God has given them through the Micah Project and intend to use that to its maximum benefit in 2001.

    One goal that I have this year is to provide the means for you to take a peek inside our project.   Now you can watch our boys growing, learning and serving  on our new website: www.micahcentral.org .  We will update it often with pictures and stories of how God is working in the project.

    Also, we have published our 2000 Annual Report.  If you would like a copy of the report, please write me at migsmil@micahcentral.org and I would be happy to send you one!  Below, I have copied the introduction of the report for you.

     Please know that we pray for you each day before beginning classes.  Thank you for accompanying us into this new year!

Sincerely,
Michael Miller

Click here for  Annual Report Introduction

 

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