Missionary Stephanie Vance has a blog about her
work in Lake Providence:
http://www.madeittoprovidence.blogspot.com/     

It's Book Bag Time!

Celebration Day August 7 - Lake Providence

Just around the corner is the annual Bags of Hope drive. Literacy is a core issue in overcoming poverty, and what a great way to support that goal and share the love of Christ in this effort in East Carroll and Tensas. Last year, half of the book bags were donated locally in Lake Providence from the community itself, a very hopeful sign of partnership.

Items Needed:

All grade levels: new school backpacks: mesh preferred,
but clear will also work

Middle school and High school: 5 spiral notebooks, 5
pocket folders with brads, 10 #2 pencils, 5 blue or black
pens, 200 pages loose leaf paper

For upper elementary: 200 pages wide ruled paper,10 #2
pencils, box of 16 crayons (Crayola preferred), safety scissors,
2 folders with pockets

For kindergarten/1st grade: glue stick, K/1st writing tablet,
10 #2 pencils, box of 16 crayons (Crayola preferred), safety
scissors, 2 folders with pockets

Any monetary gifts will be used to purchase the items locally.
Please collect for delivery or pickup by July 31.

Contact person: Stephanie Vance at sthepny@gmail.com
or 318-418-4075 Mailing address: PO BOX 267
Lake Providence, LA 71254

Stephanie Vance Selected Louisiana's First Full Time
Together for Hope Missionary to Serve
East Carroll and Tensas Parishes

Stephanie Vance, center, visits with Kyle Kelley and Sister Bernie Barrett

Stephanie graduated with an MDiv from Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va in 2000 and has served churches in Virginia and Alabama.

She has been on staff with Passport and been involved in missions
in Panama, Toronto, New Orleans, Florida and San Antonio.

Stephanie also brings valuable business experience in sales, management and painting and home renovation work.

Her home church is First Baptist, Madison, Alabama where she was
baptized April 24, 1988, licensed to the Gospel ministry in 2001
and on January 3 was commissioned for this mission service.

Stephanie lives in Lake Providence and has hit the ground running
in making friends and partners in her new home. She chronicles
her experience on her blog, click the link below: http://www.madeittoprovidence.blogspot.com/