Please support our friends at HOPE STREET MINISTRIES

Gracie Nydam and a few book bags



Gracie and a few more book bags














Today we are going to donate 20 new book bags to our friends at HOPE STREET MINISTRIES. These guys are the real deal. I am asking all of our supporters to please support these guys if you would. Please see the information below.

This is from the HOPE STREET Web site:....."This is our 2nd Annual "Bag 2 School" book bag and school supply drive! We are collecting donations of book bags and school supplies for elementary level children from now until August 12. Please help us by collecting and donating! You can call and arrange a pick up (8039346623), or drop off supplies at Bethesda Church of God on Broad Street Ext where there is a collection bin in the lobby. We will also be hosting a "Stuff-A-Bus" at Walmart August 4th, and at Staples on August 5th, where you can donate to us on site and help us stuff a bus! Together we can ensure no child goes to school empty handed! God bless!

I am asking that you all add this ministry to your prayer list as well.  These are real God folks.

One thing..... leads to another....

Today we heard of an out of work for the summer, school teacher who is a single mom and is ill and must use a  walker. Her air conditioner died and her house was in the low 100s. She had to call a repair guy for her unit to be repaired. The bill for this took all of her money for the month. She absolutely had nothing left for food or other utilities for the month. Her son became very frustrated with their situation. It seems that he had lost his hope in the situation. He even asked  his mom.."Where is God now?" how can this be happening to us? Where is God now??

On that same day we heard of her situation and  were moved to go to her home and replace the money that she had just spent on the repair. This check made her be able to afford groceries and the other monthly expenses they had. She was soooo thankful that God saw her need and would send us to deliver her blessing. we had a very nice visit and prayer of thanks for this miracle. She called her son and her sister to testify that God had indeed met her need on the same day she had a need!!!!

BUT.........While I was there I noticed that her yard did not look like the houses on her street. It looked very unkept and overgrown. I knew she could not take care of it and she could not afford to pay someone to help her....Soooooo

late that afternoon my Brother-in-law and I went back over to her house and went to work on her landscaping. She did not know we were coming at all. She just looked out the window and we were there.
Cleaning out gutters, cutting grass, weed eating and edging both front and back yard. when we finished with her yard it was one of the better looking yards on the street...if I do say so myself.

She cried and cried....How her son could see where God was in all of this. "RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT THE WHOLE TIME"  You see.... God knows where you are and whats going on with you right now. Just when you think ...WHERE IS GOD???   the door bell rings and things start to happen!!!

Just ask Him...I assure you He is there. He will answer.....

A very HOT Saturday here in Sumter today....

Rev. Hanks preps the new unit.

The home is in the Bushes

                                                         Today God sent us to a 69 year old lady who is alone and very ill with MS. She has trouble talking because of the way the heat affects her MS. She is wheelchair bound.  Her air conditioner has not worked in a very long time.

When we arrived we found her home and waiting for us... in this unbelievable heat.  Rev. Hanks and I had a very nice visit with her while we installed her new air conditioner.  I could tell from her conversation that she was losing her hope and faith. She was just beaten down in her situation. She was in a very dark place in her heart.
 During our visit we had a good opportunity to build her up and bring her some joy, all the while the new AC unit was cooling things off for her. She ask us to pray before we left her....But she did not ask for prayer for herself but for her sick friend. So we had a very powerful prayer for her, her children, her healing, her situation, and for her friend. I could feel the mood in the house lifting as we prayed.

You know in Job the scripture says...."And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before".

This is our prayer for her, that as we prayed for her friend today...that our new friend would be blessed twice as much as she was and her troubles would be turned.   Amen

Note..We noticed that her wheel chair ramp in the front of her home was in disrepair......This week we will return to her home and make that better for her as well.    We are so very blessed to be able to minister in this manner....Thank you Lord for sending us!!!

It was 102 in her home today and she was HAPPY!!

Today we were down on Kent street in Sumter. It was hot!!!  When we walked into Mrs, Peggy's house it was 102 in her bed room!!  She was sitting on the hospital bed in her room ,upbeat ,and in a great mood. She was singing a little song, and was all smiles.  Did I mention that she is in her late 70s and she was blind, a double amputee, in a wheel chair, and very ill?

She lives in a very small house down by the Fair Grounds. It takes all of the money she has on her fixed income just to buy food and medication. (Lots of medication)
She just could not afford any type of air conditioner. So she just lived with the heat.

That's right, all of this situation and sickness around her and in her life and she was HAPPY and in a GREAT mood! She was singing Gods' praises and and was thankful just to be alive... even in this situation.  Think about it for a moment....

We were so blessed to be able to install a new remote control air conditioner in her home for her.  Before we left her home , the temp was in the 70s and falling.  We had a great time with her and she ministered to us more than we ministered to her......God is so good!!!!