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Faithful Servant
July 2024 |
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Food, Furniture and Hope
When we answered God’s
call to start a food pantry ministry on the
south side of Indy, we couldn’t imagine how
it would touch thousands of folks every
single month. Food that we supply a family
with each week helps them stretch the
resources they have to feed their families.
As they pass through the drive-thru most of
the folks thank us for being here for them.
When there is an emergency need for
furniture, our families have received
furniture, household items, beds, bedding
and clothing to start over or transition
from homelessness. God has always sent us
what we needed to have to help each and
every family that comes.
Grandparents came to me just last Saturday.
Their daughter had passed recently. Their
grandson’s 9th birthday was coming up. They
didn’t have money to buy what the grandson
had requested, a bike. We repair bikes as
part of the ministry, so I took them to the
bike shop to pick out a bike for their
grandson. They picked one of our brand new
bikes for their grandson for his birthday.
Grandma was so excited that she took it for
a test ride in the parking lot.
A couple of weeks ago, we had a young couple
came to the Knick Knack Patty Wack to shop.
I sensed the young man was carrying a heavy
burden. I asked him how he was doing. Then
he opened up to share he had just lost his
sister to a heroin overdose. He and his wife
were living out of their car and he couldn’t
find work. I couldn’t solve any of those
problems for them. But, I could listen to
their grief and share the hope that God
would. I laid hands on them and prayed that
God would surround them with His love.
Sometimes it isn’t about food and furniture
at all. It is about sharing the Hope that we
find in Jesus and that is priceless.
Serving the Community
2nd Quarter 2024
New Families………………….……….………….. 209
Total Visits…………………………………….…. 2,948
Lives Touched………………………………….. 10,836
Pounds of Food Collected……….….….....…
170,599
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