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VOLUME I

NUMBER1

A P R I L 2014

Struggling in the Shadows
DHM Board of Trustees: Julia Jorns, Joe
Hale (President) Diane Hale (Director),
Bobbie Edwards, Dr. Burt Prater, Irma
Flanagan, Ken Mapp
DHM Team Members also include
Judy Mapp, Administration
Betty Harrington Book Publishing
Jim Bowman, Living Free Leader
Nancy Eleden, Volunteer

Developing Horizons Magazine
Editorial Staff:
Diane Hale
Irma Flanagan
Joe Hale
Judy Mapp

FEATURES
Struggling in the Shadow p.5
Drug and Alcohol Abuse --Your Responsibility p.6
Problems of the Next Generation p.6
K-9 Partners Against Drug Abuse p.13

Ministry

The Cross: The Answer p.14

The True Story of Spring p.23

How Does Your Capital Measure Up? p.17

God’s Creation: Unique by Design p.26

Austria: Building a Ship p.29

Sharing...God’s Grace p.21

The Effects of Alcohol and Drugs on Poverty p.30

Tobacco at Carter’s Store p.22

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he was sitting hugging her knees, head buried in
her jail-orange shirt. Gaunt and pale, she began
telling the agonizing story already apparent by the
dark circles around her eyes and the tears that bubbled forth. Hers was a story of being overdosed on
meth and brain dead. “All life support removed, if
I didn’t wake up in 30 minutes, I was on the way to
the funeral home. The ink on the signature lines
dry, absolving all other parties of any liabilities for
my death or burial! “
She was young, pretty, full of life—yet brain dead -and the mercy of God brought her back! This young
person was the second one in a week. A young lad
committed suicide and God took him home. The
young girl had been in our discipleship meetings in
the jail in the past. This was her second time around.
The young lad had been in one of our training courses and upon completion wrote the following: ”my vision is to know God”!

When the news comes of such destruction, the
heart is crushed beyond reason; yet there is a purpose in the crushing. Only those that touch the agony of others can know the compassion that God
Himself poured out on the Cross. The story of the
Good Samaritan on the road to Jericho reveals a basic truth to this compassion. We must not cross the
road as the priest and Levite did, or fail to go to the
other side of town, or touch the lives of those who
have been attacked and left to die in the

Look to the Hills p.28

Hope, the Thing with Feathers p.19

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How many people young and old alike are ensnared by their desperate need to fill the void in their
hearts. The pain in their lives or loss in their families
caused them to be lured by Satan himself. He lures
with the opium of prescribed or illegal drugs.

Shaped for Significance p.27

Sharing Stories

By Diane M. Hale

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ditches of life. For years man has tried all the solutions that the world has to offer only to find they are
not working. Wonderful services to provide clothing and feeding the poor are seen everywhere, but
one thing is still lacking -- the power and compassion of the risen Christ. Our world needs disciples
filled with the power of Christ, disciples willing to
risk the rejection, ridicule and mocking of a “sophisticated” church and society. We must become people
that know the compassion of the “suffering church”
of other lands, and that are willing to be a “fool for
Christ.”
Teen suicide is a major cause of death among teens,
though many do not recognize suicide as a serious threat to a teenager’s well being. Here in Pickens County I know about two in the space of two
weeks. We are a major part of the following statistics
published: http://www.teendepression.org/related/
teen-suicide-statistics/
In a survey of high school students, the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
(NYVPRC) found that almost 1 in
5 teens had thought about suicide,
about 1 in 6 teens had made plans
for suicide, and more than 1 in 12 teens had attempted suicide in the last year. As many as 8 out of 10
teens who commit suicide try to ask for help in some
way before committing suicide, such as by seeing a
doctor shortly before the suicide attempt.

Suicide is the third leading cause of death among adolescents and teenagers. According to the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH), about 8 out of every 100,000 teenagers committed suicide in 2000. For every teen suicide death, experts estimate there are 10 other teen suicide attempts.
http://www.teendepression.org/related/teen-suicide-statistics/

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