SITG-Standing In The Gap Ministries Inc

05/03/2025

https://youtube.com/shorts/T7n8DfZSCUI?si=jv8XWZi0qmY03bJN

04/07/2025

FENTANYL LACED MA*****NA | A 27-year-old woman died after she unknowingly consumed ma*****na that was laced with fentanyl, according to authorities in Rhode Island. https://bit.ly/4iTd7iH

04/06/2025

Please read

This is a long read, but it’s worth your time—because it could help save a life.

Recently, our department responded to a call involving an adult who had overdosed on what he believed was he**in. While he**in may have been present, there was most definitely fentanyl in the mix. When our officer arrived, the man was unconscious and unresponsive. Thanks to the training from Valley Ambulance Authority and our officer immediately administering naloxone (Narcan), his life was saved.

It wasn’t easy. It took five doses of Narcan to reverse the overdose.

Here are the key takeaways from this experience:
1. Fentanyl is everywhere. It's being mixed into nearly every street drug—including ma*****na. Just one exposure can be deadly.
2. One dose of Narcan isn’t always enough. This powerful synthetic opioid is far stronger than he**in and harder to counteract.
3. Another important point: No charges are filed when someone calls 911 to report an overdose. There are protections in place for both the person overdosing and the individual who makes the call. The focus in these moments is simple: save lives.

If you come across someone who has overdosed:
• Do not touch any drug paraphernalia—you could expose yourself to fentanyl.
• Call 911 immediately.
• Stay with the patient so that emergency personnel can quickly understand the situation and act accordingly.
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In this case, the paraphernalia was seized and destroyed. But the most important outcome? A life was saved—because someone called for help.
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I spent much of my career working narcotics. When he**in surged in the 1990s, it took lives at an alarming rate. I’ll never forget my first he**in-related investigation and arrest: a young teenage couple. Interviewing them, I saw firsthand how deeply opioid addiction takes hold. As a parent, I was shaken. And I was motivated.

Addiction at this level is hard to understand unless you’ve lived it. It rewires a person’s mind and body. I’ve seen it push people—good people—to desperate and unthinkable acts, simply to feed their addiction. I’ve also seen the tragic consequences.

It’s easy to speak negatively about those struggling with addiction. You may have done it yourself. But I can tell you—no one wants to be an addict.

Many became hooked after being prescribed opioids for injuries. Others self-medicate to cope with mental illness. I have empathy for them—because I’ve witnessed their pain, their struggles, and the love their families continue to show despite the heartbreak.

Addicts are people. They are sons, daughters, friends, and parents. They are still loved.

So please—help us protect life. If you see an overdose, call 911. Stay with the person. Don’t touch anything. And remember: The mission is not to arrest. The mission is to save lives.

03/03/2025

March 17th, 6PM

11/21/2024

NO MEANS NO!!!

"No." is a complete sentence. It does not mean convince me, coerce me, manipulate me into giving in or changing my mind. It simply means no. Your partner should always respect your decision. Only a freely given "yes" is consent.

Help is available, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 724-775-0131.

11/14/2024

11/14/2024

It’s really cold out, so I'm asking you if you can and when you see a homeless person give them a blanket or jacket. Like I said if you can, We are blessed to be inside in the heat and in a warm comfortable bed while so many sleep in parks, sidewalks under the bridge and even in the church steps. Just remember this before you judge them, all homeless are not there by choice but because life happens. And when you are all alone it's worst! Be kind and pray for them because somebody PRAYED for you!

11/01/2024

This Too Shall Pass: Everything that has a beginning has an ending. The seasons of pain, hurts, loss, disappointments, fear or worry shall come to an end. Therefore don't judge your future based on your current circumstances. It is the tree that appears dry, dead and lifeless in winter that springs to life in the Spring. Remember, the prettiest Spring is often preceded by the longest, severest and coldest Winter. The Winter days of your life shall surely end. Get ready to spring back into life. Your rainy days will turn into bright sunny days. The darkest hour of the night is just before dawn. Don’t lose hope and don’t give up. Regardless of the rainy days and the long dreary winter nights of life, refuse to accept the lie that things will never change. Seasons change. People change. Circumstances change. Believe that what is happening in the world and your life right now is only temporary. With God, better days are always ahead, and not behind you. The Lord says, “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wildernessand rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:19. - Isaac Kubvoruno

10/30/2024

Please read… may save your life
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When you are alone and have a heart attack. What are you gonna do then?

A really good post that can't be shared often enough:

1. Take a 2 minute break and read this: Let's say it's 5:25 pm and you're driving home after an unusually hard day's work.

2. You are really tired and frustrated. All of a sudden your chest pains. They are starting to radiate in the arm and jaw. It feels like being stabbed in the chest and heart. You're only a few miles away from the nearest hospital or home.

3. Unfortunately you don't know if you can make it...

4. Maybe you've taken CPR training, but the person running the course hasn't told you how to help yourself.

5. How do you survive a heart attack when you're alone when it happens? A person who is feeling weak and whose heart is beating hard has only about 10 seconds before losing consciousness.

6. But you can help yourself by coughing repeatedly and very strongly! Deep breaths before every cough. Coughing should be repeated every second until you arrive at the hospital or until your heart starts to beat normally.

7. Deep breathing gives oxygen to your lungs 🫁 and coughing movements boost the heart and blood circulation. Heart pressure also helps to restore a normal heartbeat. Here's how cardiac arrest victims can make it to the hospital for the right treatment.

8. Cardiologists say if someone gets this message and passes it on to 10 people, we can expect to save at least one life.☝🏻

9. FOR WOMEN 👭: You should know that women have additional and different symptoms. Rarely have crushing chest pain or pain in the arms. Often have indigestion and tightness across the back at the bra line plus sudden fatigue.
Instead of posting jokes, you're helping save lives by spreading this message. 💞

💖 COPY (hold your finger, click on the text and select copy, go to your own page and where you normally want to write, select finger again and paste)

10/26/2024

The greatest gift you will ever offer someone is far more precious than anything wrapped in ribbon or bought with wealth. It’s the silent permission you give them to feel safe in their own skin, to breathe without fear, and to embrace their true essence without the need to shrink or apologize. It’s the quiet, unspoken acknowledgment that they are worthy, not because of what they do, but because of who they are, in all their imperfect, raw humanity.

To gift someone the feeling of being enough is to hold up a mirror not to what they lack but to the brilliance they already possess. It is to strip away the layers of doubt and insecurity that the world has cast upon them, allowing them to see themselves clearly for the first time, radiant and whole. They no longer need to strive or perform in your presence, for you have created a space where their soul can rest, where they are loved for simply being.

This gift is not loud or grand; it doesn’t announce itself with fanfare. It is a whisper in the quiet moments, a gentle reassurance when their confidence wavers, a steady hand when they feel unsteady. You give them permission to stand tall in their own truth, knowing that they are not too much or too little. They are, and profoundly, enough.

When you offer this gift, you become the light in their darkest corners, the warmth in their coldest doubts. You become the one who sees them, truly sees them, beyond the masks they wear for the world. And in your seeing, they begin to believe in themselves again, trust in their own worthiness, and know that they don’t have to earn love—they already deserve it.

This is the gift that changes everything. It is the gift of belonging, of being seen and held without judgment, of being allowed to take up space in the world as they are. In giving this gift, you are telling them, with every action and word, that they are whole, worthy, and enough. And that is a gift that no one can take away.

Katie Kamara
[Art: Maria Amaral]

10/11/2024

Being at peace means that you no longer have the need to prove anything to anyone. You don't need outside validation,
you don't need to tell your side of the story anymore, even when you hear a dozen rumors that tell an untrue version.
You used to guard your heart, but now you guard your peace, because you know your peace is worth more than proving yourself to anyone.

-Stephanie Bennett-Henry