URGENT REQUEST FROM KEITH PARKS OF SEEDS!

Dear Friends:
This is the first time I have felt compelled to contact you in this way. An unprecedented opportunity came before me a few weeks ago. Church leaders in Cuba heard about Project Seedbag and asked me to come and meet them. After two days of sharing our vision and how it could impact the children of Cuba, they asked if I would return right after Easter, in April, to implement the program. In the passion of the moment I said “Yes.” Here is what we agreed to do:
1. Print 20,000 Spanish Seedlings and 1,000 Teacher’s Guides on a church press in Cuba. (Literature cannot be taken into the country). They told me that “Semillitas” would be the first book most of these children would own.
2. Take a team, in April, to teach over 500 children’s workers in three seminars with three major denominations. Take as ma y toys and stationary kits as we can carry in our luggage. They will cut the crayons and pencils. They will share them among the children.
3. Try to gather 20,000 New Testaments. One for each child.
4. Take 1,000 prayer-pal cards in our luggage with picture and handprints of Canadian children.
They promised to:
1. Gather over 500 children’s workers to be trained.
2. Divide the Semillitas (Seedlings) between the trained workers (30-40 each).
3. Oversee the project in the 500 children’s cells.
4. Partner in a prayer-pal system between Cuban and Canadian children. (They begged for this.)
Another missionary organization, IN Network, agreed to partner with us in the project. However our Seeds International share in this venture is approximately $50,000. This includes: printing, New Testaments, seminar expenses, hands on leadership and oversight for one year. As of today I have $4,850 designated funds.
As I woke this morning and thought what do I do? I thought of sending an email to some special friends who could help me out in two ways:
1. Please pray for this venture. We can’t make a public appeal because of where it is. We need God’s favour at every point in the next few weeks.
2. Consider a special financial response before the end of March. I apologize for the shortness of time, but the need is urgent - and the dates where theirs. Send to my personal attention and make payable to Seeds International.
I am taking a training team of four people and another four or five are joining us a prayer partners and to help hand the books (inside the plastic bags which we also have to take with us) to the newly trained workers.
Thank you for your consideration and your prayers.
II have kept names of people and denominations out of this letter for good reason. Feel free to phone or email me at any time.

Yours faithfully,

Keith Parks
President: Seeds International
P.O. Box 276, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6Z6
Office: 888-817-3337
Home/Desk: 604-826-9927
Cell: 778-908-2522
Email: kp@seeds.org