WOW International • P.O. Box 6308 • Altadena, CA • 91003 • 626.296.8800 • www.wowjam.com • [email protected] Dear Friend, July 2011 Words can’t express my gratefulness for all of you that prayed, gave and served at the LA/Pasadena WOW JAM Mission week. Thank you, for without your help and support we could not have reached the 8,500 very needy people that attended the WOW JAMS or given bibles to the 579 people that accepted Jesus. Pastors David and Brita Pinkston and the Pasadena Foursquare Church did a tremendous job hosting their ﬁrst WOW JAM MISSION WEEK! Thank you for your hard work! I intend to send you a full report but right now, with little time to catch our breath, we are packing the WOW truck and heading to a forsaken city … Detroit. So, that quickly, we need your help again because Detroit is a city that is in great need. Let me share with you some headlines from newspapers to show why this city needs your help: “The abandoned corpses, in white body bags with number tags tied to each toe, lie one above the other on steel racks inside a giant freezer in Detroit’s central mortuary, like discarded shoes in the back of a wardrobe”. “Some have lain here for years, but in the recent months the number of unclaimed bodies has reached a record high. For in this city that once symbolized the American Dream, many cannot even afford to bury their dead.” “Thousands of houses are abandoned, roofs ripped off, windows smashed,” “Block after block of ship- ping districts lie boarded up.” Tim Reid wrote in the Times on-line article. “Last fall, Detroit school children posted the worst scores in the nation on a national test measuring student achievement in math. While the murder rate is soaring, the school system is in receivership, and the city treasury is $300 million short of the funds needed to provide even the most basic city services such as garbage collection” according to a Detroit Free Press report. Last year, over 4,000 attended the Detroit WOW JAM with 469 salvations….we expect many more…..we need your help. One of the biggest needs is food. People are hungry in Detroit. Last year, besides making hot meals, we passed out 950 boxes of groceries. You can feed a family for just $5 for a box of groceries. How many families will you feed? $100 will feed 20 families, $500 will feed 100 families and $1,000 will feed 200. Please join with the WOW Team, Pastor Danny Carroll and 72 people from Water of Life Church in Fontana as we head out to Detroit to bring the love of Jesus. Thank you for your prayers and ﬁnancial support this month and remember to follow our trip on our Facebook page at WOW International. Thank you and God Bless you! Stephen Tavani President & Founder WOW International

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November 2010

WOW International • P.O. Box 6308 • Altadena, CA • 91003 • 626.296.8800 • www.wowjam.com • [email protected]

Dear Friend, July 2011 Words can’t express my gratefulness for all of you that prayed, gave and served at the LA/Pasadena WOW JAM Mission week. Thank you, for without your help and support we could not have reached the 8,500 very needy people that attended the WOW JAMS or given bibles to the 579 people that accepted Jesus. Pastors David and Brita Pinkston and the Pasadena Foursquare Church did a tremendous job hosting their fi rst WOW JAM MISSION WEEK! Thank you for your hard work!

I intend to send you a full report but right now, with little time to catch our breath, we are packing the WOW truck and heading to a forsaken city … Detroit. So, that quickly, we need your help again because Detroit is a city that is in great need.

Let me share with you some headlines from newspapers to show why this city needs your help:

“The abandoned corpses, in white body bags with number tags tied to each toe, lie one above the other on steel racks inside a giant freezer in Detroit’s central mortuary, like discarded shoes in the back of a wardrobe”.

“Some have lain here for years, but in the recent months the number of unclaimed bodies has reached a record high. For in this city that once symbolized the American Dream, many cannot even afford to bury their dead.”

“Thousands of houses are abandoned, roofs ripped off, windows smashed,” “Block after block of ship-ping districts lie boarded up.” Tim Reid wrote in the Times on-line article.

“Last fall, Detroit school children posted the worst scores in the nation on a national test measuring student achievement in math. While the murder rate is soaring, the school system is in receivership, and the city treasury is $300 million short of the funds needed to provide even the most basic city services such as garbage collection” according to a Detroit Free Press report.

Last year, over 4,000 attended the Detroit WOW JAM with 469 salvations….we expect many more…..we need your help. One of the biggest needs is food. People are hungry in Detroit. Last year, besides making hot meals, we passed out 950 boxes of groceries. You can feed a family for just $5 for a box of groceries. How many families will you feed? $100 will feed 20 families, $500 will feed 100 families and $1,000 will feed 200.

Please join with the WOW Team, Pastor Danny Carroll and 72 people from Water of Life Church in Fontana as we head out to Detroit to bring the love of Jesus. Thank you for your prayers and fi nancial support this month and remember to follow our trip on our Facebook page at WOW International.

Thank you and God Bless you!

Stephen TavaniPresident & Founder WOW International