Feeding the needy today here in Sumter.

Today we teamed up with a number of folks from our church and other churches from the Sumter area at the Garden Circle Apts. kitchen  . God blessed us to be able to make and deliver 475 Thanksgiving meals. These folks might not have had a traditional Thanksgiving meal at all this year. As we moved around town from home to home or tent to tent, we were able to visit shut ins and and some very sad folks. It was heart warming to see the smiles and kind conversation that took place today. God truly blessed today here in Sumter.


Delivering to Randolph Manor

Would you consider for a moment just how much God has blessed you this year?  Think on the good things God has done for you. How truly wonderful He has been to us all.  Read this verse ...And just let it in....Psalm 95:1-6

Hopemobile full of good food

"O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is His also. The sea is His, and He made it: and his hands formed the dry land. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker." (KJV)


Thank you all for your donations,  help and prayers today. We are stronger together than apart.



Were we in the wrong place or the right place at the right time today??





Today while we were delivering the food for the needy, I took a wrong turn and needed to turn around so I could get back on the right path...."I thought that I was in the wrong place" but as I was turning around we noticed that a Trooper was arresting a bad guy right there in front of us. In a split second the bad guy began to fight and knocked the trooper down. Matt and I jumped out of the Hopemobile and ran to the trooper and jumped on the bad guy. After a short struggle on the side of Hwy 378, the Trooper was able to get the handcuffs on the bad guy. We held him on the ground until other help arrived.(SEE THE PHOTO).  Wow what a day!!!!

Think about this ...Even when you think you are on the wrong path in your life or in your travels ..You may be just where God needs you to be in that moment!  I feel sure that we all just experienced a devine appointment for that Trooper and that bad guy.  I would ask you to survey your surroundings...take a look around.  Are you in a God moment right now !!!??? It makes me smile when I think that when I woke up this morning ..The last place I thought I would be was on the side of Hwy 378 in the ditch fighting with a bad guy. Thank you Lord for sending us and protecting us.

Please remember all of our Troopers, Sheriffs, Police and Military in your prayers tonight..... God please keep them all safe and alert as they protect us. 

Psalms 37: 23-26 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholdeth him with His hand. I have been young and am now old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread. He is ever merciful and lendeth and his seed is blessed.  KJV

Sunday at the homless breakfast kitchen and the runaway shelter...



Loaded Hopemobile

Today before church, we went downtown to the kitchen for breakfast with our friends who live outside. There was a very nice devotion message and a nice breakfast as well. (This takes place 7 days a week) For today however, we brought winter coats, socks, hats, and gloves with us. After breakfast God blessed us to be able to give 37 coats, 10 pr socks, and 4 hats. After we left the kitchen, we stopped by the local run away shelter. There, we found that there was only 1 young girl there. She did not have many clothes at all. We were able to give her a very nice new winter coat and a new light weight jacket to wear to school this winter.
In total this winter we have been blessed to give...143 winter coats, 120 pr socks, 60 pr gloves, and 64 hats. God has helped many needy people here in Sumter already this winter. We thank you so much for your donations and prayers.


He even sends His blessings in a big red van..



Today as you read this, we hope you will take just a moment and consider giving God thanks for all He has given you and blessed you with this Christmas season.  This week take a look around while you are out and about town, see if you see an opprotunity to help or bless someone.  If so...Please consider stepping into a God moment and meet someones need.  
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Ministry missons from now until Thanksgiving...

This Sunday we will be with the Hope Street Ministries at Mt Pisgah Church kitchen for a community breakfast. We will be bringing many, many winter coats for those in need. Hope Street Ministries will be providing the food and the WORD !   We will write next week of this event to keep you updated as to how God blesses these folks...

The day before Thanksgiving we will be joining with a few ministries here in Sumter to provide and deliver in the neighborhood of 350 to 400 Thanksgiving meals and companionship to those in need and the homeless across the city. We will update you as this mission unfolds. We would like to solicit your prayers for this mission. It is our desire that the recipients see clearly the love of God in these acts of kindness and that God is exalted in all that we do .

Thanksgiving morning we will be picking up many of our friends who live outside and taking them to a very nice breakfast at our local IHOP. We look forward to a very meaningful time at breakfast. It is our prayer that at breakfast, that God's will for these folks are realized and that real deliverance takes place. We will update you as we go.

We hope and pray that God's blessings will rain down on you and your family this thanksgiving season. We would like to thank you all for your support and prayers this past year.. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!