Tonight we had an opportunity to serve at Hope House. Hope House is a ministry that helps people in need, with food, clothing, furniture, etc. Kinda like Goodwill, except that the gospel is given to every person that comes through.
Our jobs tonight were to fill bags with food for at risk children.
By the time we finished, there were 437 bags filled. (We didn't fill all 437, there had been shifts of people throughout the day.)
437 bags=10% of children here in our area that will go hungry this weekend. 437 bags that are filled every single week to be handed out to kids on Friday's.
In fact, their last meal may be on Friday at school. So these bags with milk, bars, fruit, etc., will help tide them over throughout the weekend.
437 bags is only 10%!!!!!! How blessed my children are.
How blessed I am.
And blessed to have friends to serve along with. (LeAnn and Averi)
And I pray that we as a family can continue to serve others.
And maybe next time I start to whine about wanting a new camera, or table, or clothes, or whatever I'm whining about at that moment...
Maybe I'll just take a moment to think of those hungry kids, and just shut my whiny mouth.
Great thing you & your family did!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great thing to do. This will go a long with Hope and Pierce as they get older.
ReplyDeleteThat's neat. Sam and I did some thing like this one time. I don't know of a place around here we were could do it over and over. I am sure there are places though. You guys are cool!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great thing for you all to do as a family!!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you guys could go and take the kids too. We sure are blessed.
ReplyDeleteOur church does this with Blessings in a Backpack every Friday. It really does make you think about things. So AWESOME for your kids to be serving with you and see it! ☺
ReplyDeleteAs always we're extremely proud of you guys and the way you're raising our grandchildren. Love you.
ReplyDelete