Outpouring of Love

It has been exciting to watch God move in our community and see people responding and reaching out to those who are in need. We launched Deeds 4 Needs a couple months ago and things moved pretty slowly until the past couple weeks. We have received numerous needs- - -which we expected- - - and we have also had a lot of people volunteering to fill needs!! It is so neat to see the two come together. We are so very grateful to all of the people who are showing Christ's love by helping those in need! A few examples of needs that have been filled are:

1. A man getting his house cleaned out to avoid evictions
2. Disabled woman getting her house unpacked
3. Numerous furniture items donated
4. Services for an autistic child
5. Numerous financial donations for Boys & Girls Club & West Side Community Center

We are excited to enroll 11 children into Kumon, who otherwise would not have been able to afford it. A big thanks to Sung Park and Kumon who gave us a reduced rate and also to the West Side Community Center for paying for half the tuition for all kids enrolled. It is awesome to see people and organizations partnering together for the benefit of families and children.

We are also very grateful for our home church, Grace Community, and all of the support that they have provided to us. Our desire is to partner with more and more churches in the community in order to multiply the effect by uniting numerous churches under one cause - - -helping those in need and making a lasting impact in the lives of those we serve. All of this done for the glory of God and for growing His Kingdom!!

A big THANK YOU to everyone who has partnered with us!! We thank God for you!!

Happy Birthday Chris!!

Wednesday was Chris's birthday- - -one of the kids we have been meeting with on Wednesdays and Sundays. He is also one of the boys we took with us to Branson. He seems like one of our own now and he is so special!! He told us on Sunday that Wednesday was his birthday. He also told us that his mom was not going to be able to get him anything. Soooooo that was all we needed to hear. We had a special birthday night for him at Jude's with cupcakes and hot chocolate. As you can tell from the picture at the top- - -he is too cool to smile while we were singing him Happy Birthday, but it was obvious to us that he felt very special. We had asked him what he wanted for his birthday and he said, "A Bible". Wow, how can you turn that down?!?! So we purchased him a Boy's Devotional Bible- - -his face was priceless when he opened it. Here is the picture:

He wasn't cool enough to hold that smile back!!

Here are some more pictures:

The Whole Gang

Kayla H., Kayla G, Trinity, Briana, Trey, Raina, Camryn

Darius, Chris, Jalen, and Jerrell (love his new glasses)

Trinity and Rob

Thanks to the staff at Jude's for letting us invade the store while trying to clean up and close!! We appreciate you!!!