It has been another productive week for Boaz. Thursday night we arrived at Neville St. on an extremely chilly night. We had lots of kids present as usual and we had a special gift for the kids. a friend of our ministry donated some brand new hats and gloves to us and we distributed these things to every person that came out. Every child, teen and parent present was blessed and warmed up. It was another practical way to meet a felt need.
Friday night the weather had warmed up and we had a good turnout once again. We went through so much food again and we gave away the last of our hotdogs we had been able to get ahead on over the last couple of months. It seemed like people were really hungry. One particular family was.
As we were serving, one of the teens we have come to love asked if she could talk to Ashley and then myself, She proceeded to tell us that her family of five had no food in the house. She shared how desperate things had become the last few days. I went to her home and talked to her mom. As her daughter had stated their fridge was empty as was their freezer and cupboards too. Heartbreaking.
I was able to give them a gift certificate that night as I had just bought some through the benevolent ministry of Morning Gate. We also made a commitment to help and of course we enlisted the help of facebook to make people know of this immediate need. People have responded. One family went out and purchased a load of groceries, another family bought a gift cert. and some other foods and one other lady bought and prepared a turkey and turkey dinner for them. Beautiful.
Once again I am reminded why we have this ministry. Through this simple act of trust we have built with this teen, she was able to share her families need with us. We were able to respond and now this family has food to eat and even more important know that we are about more than just talk, but we love them.
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