Happy Easter!
We handed out something different today - an warm Easter meal! A HUGE Thank you to Deb for putting together individual dishes of Ham, macaroni & cheese and green beans with a roll and brownie for dessert. It was a cold and rainy day; however, the warm, homemade...
A Wonderful Celebration of Life for a Beautiful Soul
We had the privilege of attending a service for Jenifer (Jen) Roberts, to celebrate her life. She was an incredible person who touched the lives of so many others. We met Jen in the summer of 2022 and enjoyed watching her interact with others with a smile that would...
New Home and New Life
We are SO EXCITED to announce that Crystal, an awesome Mom of beautiful twin girls, just got approved for housing and will move into her new home soon! We can't wait to see her and her girls in her new home! It's been a long time and a very bumpy road that has led...
People Helping People
We are so grateful and overwhelmed with joy with how many people have surrounded this mission with prayers and support! We have a group of folks who make sandwiches and pack the lunch bags at the kitchen in Green Pines Baptist Church every Saturday morning, just...
How Does Someone Become Homeless?
What is your first reaction when you see someone who looks homeless, standing at a street corner with a sign asking for money? If you pass someone who looks homeless in the parking lot on the way to a store, do you look them in the eye and say “hi,” or do you look...
Elephant Reflections
Elephant Reflections Most of those that know me know my propensity to put the elephant on the table rather than pretending not to see it in the room. Some see those of us called to serve the unsheltered and disenfranchised as people out to meet our own need for...
Fishing in Heaven
An amazing soul transitioned from his earthly body into the arms of Jesus today. February 8th, 2022 was the first day we met Bruce Cruz. We met his friend Johnny at Bojangles one day. Johnny told us about his friend Bruce, who needed help getting off the streets...
Fellowship, Songs of Praise and Updates
We had an awesome meeting yesterday! The day started off with wonderful fellowship while we made the lunch bags. I am so grateful for the women of Green Pines Baptist Church for purchasing the items for the bags, helping with the assembly and packing, and then...
An Opportunity for a Single Mom
We have been blessed to meet a single Mom, A, and her baby N. C, a wonderful ex-Marine who lives in one of the camps we have come to know reached out last week after he encountered a young mother in need of shelter. We were initially able to get her in a tent, and...
Fellowship, Prayer, Singing and Healing
The meeting this past Saturday was just wonderful! We had members of Green Pines Baptist Church get up on a cold, Saturday morning and come to help us pack the lunch bags to hand out later that day. It was wonderful fellowship, talking while packing the bags and...