Feed
More People
Homeless Ministry
Report
3-30-08
Our Team this time…
Not necessarily in order:
Kelvin, Paco, Dillon, Travis, Lynn, Lexie,
Stacy, Miss Drew, Miss Garcia, Miss Angelo Neal, Mary, Scott, Brenda, and
myself.
What
a day!! This was not your ordinary FMP!!! God was in control but we were
certainly NOT! I think we need that lesson sometimes. We like to live in the
illusion we have some control. God is not a safe God and we need to be reminded
of that. Today we were REMINDED!
As
you may remember we no longer had a place to feed the homeless after last
month. The city of
Mary
showed back up and sure enough she had found SEVERAL homeless a few blocks away
but too far to walk. We decided to split into teams and one team stayed at the
facility and prepared food and the other team took food and drinks and Bibles
and headed to the area to serve the homeless there. From the moment we rolled
up it was a MADHOUSE. There were about 10 homeless visible at first and within
minutes the place was swarming. Mary parked her van illegally and started
feeding chili right from the road. We parked across the street and brought over
hotdogs (pre-wrapped by our prep team) and chips and cookies and all the other
side items as well as toiletries. During the mad rush we ran out of dogs and headed
back to the prep base to get more from our prep team there. We took what was
ready and agreed to meet the prep team at the feed site in a few minutes when
they had completed prepping the remainder of the food. Paco and I took the dogs
and more chips that were ready and zoomed back to the feed site marveling out
loud about how God was in control and provided all we needed once again.
We
met the rest of the feed team back at the feed site and continued serving as
fast as we could while some of the team there started talking with some of the
homeless and building relationships there. Our prep team showed up soon after
with the remainder of the food and we served until everything was gone. We met
so many wonderful street people (a different crowd then we had known from our
previous locations). Please pray for Kenneth, Mark, John, Tom, Derrek, Bo, and many others whose names God knows.
We
finally began packing up and said our farewells to our new friends and to our
team members.
Our
base at the
The
Prep Team in Action!
Onsite
at the feed area:
Today
we fed hotdogs, chips, cookies, pies, brownies, chili, cheese, coffee, bottled
water. Special thanks to Mary and her team for organizing this.
Thank
ALL of you again who prayed and who continue praying for this ministry!!
We
also gave out Bibles. Please pray for those people who took them to find wisdom
and God’s Love in them.
Please
contact any of us or Dan Thoemke if you have ANY items for next time (pants,
coats, shirts, sweaters, gloves, socks, hats, scarves, backpacks, shoes/boots,
duffels, sleeping bags/blankets) or if you would like to come along or donate
toward the food. PLEASE pray about our efforts and especially for these people
listed here!!! Prayers do not cost you ANYTHING!!
Matthew
25:35-42 (New International Version)
35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was
thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me
in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick
and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
37 Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see
you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40 The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you
did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Thanks!
Eddie