Miracle waiting to happen for hungry in Orlando

I am asking you for help for a change

If you belong to one of the groups I've helped over the years, you know it has been a labor of love from me. It is what I have been called to do, no matter how small or large. I wouldn't have it any other way. All the good work being done, especially in the Orlando area matters and should receive more attention than all of your hard work gets.

One of the groups holding onto my heart needs your help. As you can see by the screen grab below, they have been supporting the work I do.

First Unidted Church of Christ Orlando

Today in church Pastor Joel announced the food pantry was running out of food and the church has had to buy what they lack. This is a small church but they feed on average 200 people a week. Please watch this video and then you'll understand what I have to say next.


Pastor Joel met Staff Sgt. Wright because of the food pantry. His son had searched for him for most of his life but didn't find him until he read a blog post I wrote about his Dad's funeral. His son, a Marine, also a Staff Sgt. named Andrew, was serving in Iraq at the time. Imagine being so far away from home and seeing the words homeless veterans funeral linked to your father's name. What came after was that the son came to the church, was given the flag from his Dad's funeral and so much more. See, his son never knew the story about how he ended up without his family, but above that, he never knew how much his father loved him or the fact he had never given up on finding him.

Young Andrew ended up finding the rest of his family because of a blog post but that is only what some claim. See, I take very little credit for this because it had more to do with God's hand at work and the love of this church for total strangers.

First United Church of Christ needs your help to feed the hungry, like the homeless Vietnam veteran they loved. They need simple things like peanut butter and anything with protein in it. They are expecting more hungry senior citizens during the winter because of the cost of their prescription medications.

We always seem to pray for miracles wanting to be reassured God still pays attention to us yet when He sends someone to help, we fail to see it was His hand at work. When we feel we don't matter all it takes is someone to spend some time talking to us, smile or just say hello. When they show up to help, it makes a world of difference. Please show up to help this church feed people in need. You never know when your tiny contribution will end up causing a miracle for another family like Andrew's or how far your help will go.