2010 Winter Coat drive update

So far this year we have been able to give to folks in need .....

143.......Winter Coats

29........Stocking Hats

80........Socks (PR)

12........Thermals

God has blessed us to be able to help so many folks this winter. When we meet the need where it is, I think we are in the will of God. As I recall when salvation came to my house...Jesus met me where I was.

Ministries involved in this drive are...

The Help Out Guys Rescue Ministries

Bethesda Church of God

Christian Medics of the Midlands

Shopping for our friends in the woods.

Between the food pantry at the Bethesda Church and Help Out Guys God was able to stock our new friends with some good solid food. We were able to spend a very nice afternoon with them. I am sure God has a plan here.

(I will write more about this as we go)

Thank You God for our new friends.... Please Bless them.

God sends us to tent city.

While we were in the park giving coats away this afternoon a man told us about some folks that lived in the woods behind the Walgreen store. After we ministered in the park, Jason and I made a beeline for the woods. We found three tents with folks living there. One man had been living in a tent in those woods for 10 years.

I will write about these new friends more in the weeks to come. God sent us to the woods today to make new friends. Thank you Lord.

It is Cold in S.C. this week. God sends us into the Cold.

The week was very cold in South Carolina. JUST PLAIN COLD !! Jason and I prayed for direction and wisdom in our assignment. We were sent to the downtown area and found some folks we had never met before and a few old friends. It was in the 20s in the daylight and really cold at night. Some of our friends live under a tarp, some live in a shelter, some live in abandoned houses, some in houses that have no windows and holes in the walls. Where ever they are living it is just cold. This day we were able to give 26 winter coats, 5 stocking hats, 4 pair of gloves and a few toys for some of the children. God allowed us to minister to these folks in a very close way today. After Jason and I had had a great church service at Bethesda Church. We were able to spend the whole day outside with many folks that were looking for warmth and a friendly smile.

God was able to show His warm love today in Sumter. You know...God is love, that good, solid, warm feeling you have when you just KNOW you are loved. If you don't know God, today is a great day to get to know him. If you do know God would you consider sharing that warm love that God has given you?

Think how cold your life could be without God. Would you share him in some way today with someone ?