Brothers,
Miracle House Ministries has passed another milestone, we made formal request for donation of the 1700 Kansas St. property Friday, January 13. The environmental study did not result in any significant concerns that would prevent us from taking this step.

The process now is as follows:
The property will be advertised for sale in the Dailey News next Wednesday for one day.
There will be a waiting period for 10 work days for potential buyers to make offers to purchase. We have the right to counter any offers that might be made (the person with the Land Bank has never had anyone make an offer).
At the end of this period our request for donation will go before a committee of the commission for consideration/approval.
Upon approval by the committee the request goes to the full commission for their approval.
After commission approval the deed will be transferred.
As far as the Land Bank is concerned we are good to continue to do clean-up activities to the property and/or building, with the understanding, that even though it is not likely, should the deal fall through we would not receive any compensation for the work completed.

We were told that the entire process takes from 6-8 weeks.

If you have not been to the site lately, I urge you to do so. Several workdays have really cleaned up the area around the building and we have plans for additional work days in February to continue the clean-up of the facility.

We have continued to have times of prayer at the site, most recently during the drilling/sampling process. Also, we had a group of youth from Kirk Baptist in Fayette county in the area this past Sunday to distribute hats, gloves, scarves, and food bags to the residents in the area.

Please continue to pray for this ministry and for the RTEA as we move into this significant expansion of focus.

Have a Blessed Day!
Steve Farmer
901-651-8673

Dear Friends,

Thank you so much for your prayers and support. You enable us to be on the front lines with the gospel of life. In November, a woman was saved at the ICOC during one of our Tuesday Chicken giveaways. Two weeks later she showed up late and all the chicken was gone. She said “Praise the Lord, I will get some next week. Two nights later, she was beat to death. She is in Heaven because we were there with the Gospel when God prepared her heart. Without your help, we would not be able to do the work every day at the ICOC. Last year, we held 410 meetings and as a result 1,656 precious souls invited Jesus into their hearts.

We held several Christmas parties last year and saw quite a few folks give their hearts to the Lord. Our Happy Birthday Jesus Christmas Party was a blessing, with 17 teens and adults praying to receive Christ. We saw another 17 older folks give their hearts to the Lord one Sunday, at Miracle Baptist, when Kirby Woods came down and gave out gifts. On a Wednesday night, we had seven adults saved when Unity Baptist, from Riply, Mississippi and a few folks from Bellvue Baptist came down and gave gifts to their “adopted kids and families.”.

We had a second Environmental Study done on the Miracle House Property on the 30th. The results will determine the transfer of ownership to the ministry. I will give an update as soon as I know the results.

Most of you know that the holidays are a time of sadness and rejoicing for us. We rejoice in the birth of our Saviour and His promise of eternal life. We also have sadness as we mark the anniversary of our oldest son, Sean, being killed by a drunk driver. Thank you for your prayers during that time. You are such a blessing and encouragement to us. We are ready to follow the Lord into 2012 and see what He will do. Whether He uses us or not, as long as souls are saved and He is glorified, we will rejoice.

Finally, lat me say that I love you and thank you once again for your generous love and support. God bless you all.

Sincerely,
Ronnie Tullos
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At the ICOC today. We are getting ready for a visit from Pastor Steve Gaines and Pastor Jim Collier. I am cooking my “world famous” chili. (Clinton Bottoms is not helping me, so it shouldn’t be burned.) We will go to the MHM (Miracle House Ministry) property and show them around. In addition, we will try to share our vision for the property. We are still praying for the environmental study. We know that there was a tank on the property, but we are working to find out if it was sealed, removed or ignored. Pray for our day and the status of the property. God bless you all.

Wow! We had a great time Friday night, thanks to all of our donors, guests and participants. Special thanks to Mr. John Roebuck for his auctioneering and to Pastor Jim Collier for emceeing the event. Much of my gratitude goes to my wife, Susan, who worked tirelessly for months to put everything in place. She deserves more than Just a simple thanks.

Our preliminary count indicates that we made at least $15,000 for the event. Our board of directors took an active role in the auction this year and we are grateful for that. Finally, all praise and glory to our God, three in one, Who moved the hearts of His people to give, work and pray. Thank You Jesus!

Excitement is building, as the Auction nears. Tomorrow night will definitely be fun. Great food, fun and fellowship. Please pray for the event and for the ministry when you think about us. I told one of our board members to be brief tomorrow night and he said that he was going to say “Cash!!!! Need!!!!” I guess that is succinct enough.

Also pray for Susan and I. We are both struggling with back trouble. God is allowing us to “press on” for now.

Great Meeting at FBC Branch, Arkansas. We saw some saved and God stirred up the Church. On Sunday morning, two of our Board Members came to thank the “Gap” Construction Crew, who built our barn and pavilion at the Promised Land Camp. Glen Tedford and Vin Garino, both on our executive committee, drove over that morning and joined us for the first service of the revival.

Remember the auction, this Friday, October 7th, at 6:PM. please pray that God will bless this endeavor and everyone will have a great time in the Lord.

Today is my thirty second birthday in the Lord. Thirty two years ago, Bill Gordon came to my house and told me the greatest story, of how Jesus lived a perfect life because we couldn’t, died a sinners death so we wouldn’t and has raised up from the grave, so we can expect eternal life. I have celebrated accordingly, by telling others about Heaven and our home to be expected there. Seven of those people, here at the ICOC, gave their hearts to Jesus today. What a joy, to see people saved like I was so long ago. We tallied our numbers for the year and rejoiced in 1,319 professions of faith and 278 services. All glory to Him. Thank you for your prayers and support. God bless you all.

Brother Ronnie Tullos

On Saturday, we partnered with Bellvue Baptist Church and Soles4Souls out of Nashville, Tennessee and gave away athletic shoes at the Inner-City Outreach Center. 294 people came through and 85 gave their hearts to the Lord. It was a very exciting day. Thanks to both of those groups for their love for souls. In addition, we acquired a 144 pound watermelon and the children were amazed at its size.

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Just finished meeting with Gary of GMR Associates. He is helping us with our fund raising. The Board of Directors, myself included, have decided that the ministry is expanding past my ability to raise support. Please pray for us as we look to start a completely new work in the fourth worst neighborhood in America, for violent crime. Blessings to you all.