Last night I had the pleasure of joining the LOVE Ministries team to deliver meals to the homeless in Atlanta. WOW! What an experience! There is much prayer, thought and time put into preparing these meals for delivery . . . then, in a matter of 17 1/2 minutes, we distributed 200 meals! Looking into the faces of these many individuals of different sizes, different colors, different ages and different sexes, they all have one common need - hunger. . . obviously, the physical hunger, but also, the spiritual hunger for Jesus Christ. Several of us fell in love with a precious little boy, energetic, excited, social but probably born into this situation - no home, no food, and maybe only the clothes on his back. Who is going to train him up? Who is going to teach him a trade? Who is going to introduce him to God, the Almighty Provider? Many critics look at ministries like this and question, "when does it end?", "how are you helping them?" or make statements such as "they did this to themselves" or "how are they going to get up on their own feet with individuals catering to them", but who are we to judge? Jesus said "Go, make disciples!" The LOVE Ministry team may only be meeting an immediate, physical need, but who can share Jesus with someone and preach to them about spiritual hunger when their physical hunger is not being acknowledged. The LOVE Ministry is planting a seed that perhaps they will never see come to fruition, but the seed has been planted and hopefully others will come along and continue to encourage and share the love of Jesus Christ.
Even if you are not able to join on Monday nights to deliver the meals, there are several volunteer opportunities within the ministry:
* Donation Pickup at Kroger on Hwy 155, Monday-Sunday from 8:00am - 10:00am
* Washing and organizing donated clothes
* Organizing and helping with fundraisers
* Accounting/Paperwork
* Cooking and preparing meals
* Hosting Monster (large restaurant size cans) Can Drive
If you are interested in volunteering in any way, please contact Tyra Parker @ 678-878-9364.
2010 Meal Deliver Dates (Mondays)
July 12th
August 9th
September 6th
October 4th
November 1st
November 29th
December 27th
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Following is a comment from one of the ladies who volunteered with LOVE Ministries yesterday in a different capacity . . . I wanted to share her comments with you.
ReplyDeleteLast afternoon, I too, had the pleasure of working with the LOVE Ministries Team. I was not able to go to Atlanta with the team to deliver the meals but I was privileged to help put the meals together at The Rock House. Looking at all that perfectly good food (that would have been thrown away) I wondered just what Ann wrote...the different faces, the lives. What can we do? We can't solve the massive problems they have... we are simply called to do what we can and Christ Himself will handle the rest. Please, do what you can.
-Beverly Pittman