Each day the Lighthouse Mission goes out onto the streets to share the saving Gospel of Jesus & to feed the poor. We go in the heat, rain & cold.
However, this winter has been colder then usual. One might think that the extreme cold would keep people from traveling to the lighthouse Mission street outreach & stand on line waiting to receive a few bags of food- that is not the case. In fact, HUNDREDS of people stood on line for food & coats in the 9 degree cold (many children, elderly & disabled).. I saw a poor man who was wearing only sweater that had a 12" rip in the side - I was standing 20 feet away from him and was able to see his body shivering.
I walked over to him & asked where his coat was. He explained that he gave it to his wife to wear- they have no heat in their home. I looked into his bag & noticed he had a coat for a small child tucked inside. He told me that he one of the Lighthouse Mission volunteers offered him the coat because he had a young daughter at home who also did not have a good coat to wear. So I asked him why he did not get a coat for himself. He said that he did not want to be greedy & take more then one coat. I walked with him to the pile of coats and was able to find a pair of gloves, a thick winter hat and a wool coat. As I helped him put the coat onto his body he was shaking so much that I could hardly get the coat onto the poor man.
He hugged me & told me that he was a Muslim & that his family had no food or decent winter cloths to wear & not one of his fellow Muslims would help them. However, the "Jesus People" (he called us) at Lighthouse Mission would help... what an honor to be the hands of Jesus to this poor man.
News 12 also showed up to see how people were handling the cold: click here to see the News12 video link.
- God Bless you, Pastor Jim
(posted on face-book)
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