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(From 5280 Magazine’s Panorama)
Seventy-two percent of the people who regularly visit a food bank or pantry in Colorado do not receive food stamps or welfare assistance. And more than half the households receiving donated food last year claimed at least one adult with a job. That’s according to The Denver Post, citing a 2009 survey by the Colorado Coalition to End Hunger, which bursts some of the stereotypes about who is receiving help during the recession. The survey also found that the income of people visiting food banks and pantries was $1,010 per month and that 80 percent of people reported they were hungry. “Some of the most disturbing findings are around Colorado’s children going without food,” says Kathy Underhill, director of the Colorado Coalition to End Hunger. “Numerous studies show that even mild under-nutrition is written on the brains and bodies of children for a lifetime.” Unfortunately, food is scarcer in other parts of Colorado. Care and Share, the food bank for southern Colorado, is cutting its allocations to dozens of food pantries and hunger relief organizations in El Paso County by 33 percent, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. Some families turn to the government for aid, but it can be difficult to get into the system. A 2007 settlement requires Colorado to process food-stamp and Medicaid applications within 45 days, but advocates for the poor say some applications are still delayed (via the Associated Press). —MdY

Down to Earth: Why We’re Really Here and Why It Matters by David McDonald ( @guerillaHost ). Order a copy at www.samizdatcreative.com #dte

Soul-care is central to everything we do: when we host people in our home, organize events for the International Arts Movement, partner with authors to publish their books, and support couples during their labor and birth. The foundation of our calling is to follow Jesus’ example—to care for people and to nurture goodness, beauty, and truth in the world. 

We are excited!
We have been invited to focus on this work full time now, essentially writing our own job description! 

Our high-level goals for the next three years are to:

• Develop a flourishing Denver branch of International Arts Movement, including establishing a Creative Hub, hosting events and exhibits, and nurturing the creative spirit in children and youth.
• Partner with Missio to develop leaders and missional communities nationwide.
• Join the roving care team at our church and foster soul care within our community.
• Continue to collaborate with Colorado midwives to provide community education and excellent midwifery care to all who want it.

We believe in the importance of bi-vocational ministry, so Caleb will continue to grow his business Samizdat Creative Services and Angela will expand Womb to Grow to include midwifery care.

We are excited to see who God may call alongside us in this new season of focused ministry. We wanted to include you as we plan for the future because you have been an important part of our lives or you share our passion for revealing the beauty in all of us. We know that many of you have already been praying for us, now we ask you to consider joining us to help many others.  

Please join us
We’d like to connect with you over the next few weeks to see how God may be leading you regarding our calling. It would help greatly if you would email one of us a time to chat with you. If we don’t hear from you, we’ll contact you in the next four weeks. In the meantime, would you consider us in your end-of-year giving?

We will run all our support through the Adullam Sending Network. ASN is a non-profit organization directly accountable to Adullam Church as well as the Missio national network. All donations are tax deductible and can be mailed to:

Adullam Sending Network
PO Box 2111
Littleton, CO 80161

Checks need to be made out to Adullam Sending Network or ASN. Use our account number 13453 on the memo line. You can also choose to have your support directly drawn from your account, just let us know.

We are thankful for you……and for your presence in our lives. We look forward to partnering with you to bring our city closer to God’s image for His glory.

Our best to you,
Caleb and Angela

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Littleton, Colorado 80123

Angela’s info:
cell: 303.241.5170 
email: angela.seeling@gmail.com
twitter: mywombtogrow

Caleb’s info:
cell: 303.358.3789
email: caleb.seeling@gmail.com
twitter: calebjseeling