Ministering to a Family in Need

Okay, I emailed this to lots of people and even put it on Facebook...so here is the deal with our crazy lives the last few days!


As some of you may know, God has led Cory, the kids, and I to minister to a family in our community that is in great need.

Here is a little background about this family:
The mother has 7 children, ranging in ages from 16-5. Their home burned down in mid April and lots of people in our church pitched in and got them furniture, clothing, appliances, etc. to get them set up in a new home.

We were some of those people. But this time, God had more in store for us. Instead of just donating a few items to the family, God kept telling Cory to check on them. He probably talked to LuAnn (mom) 5 or 6 times over the next few weeks. She would call if she needed something or he would call to just check on them. Our family was able to help her with a few minor things during this time.

After talking with our Sunday School class, Cory got the idea to spend more time with this family and really show them God's love. So he organized a cook out with our class and the family one Sunday after church. On May 16th, he went to church, picked up a van, and went to pick up the family. LuAnn, her husband, and all 5 of the younger kids.

Since then he has continued to pick the family up each Sunday for church. We take them out to lunch and have even let them come play and get a shower at our home. I am not sharing this to brag and say "look what we have done," but look what GOD has done!!! Each time we spend money feeding them, buying them shoes, etc. God has brought us blessings, either financially or spiritually!

Recently this family was evicted from their trailer house...not their fault! So we took the kids in to live with us for about 4 days. Once again God took care of everything. We had people buy the kids new clothes, provide food, entertainment, etc. Because they can't live with us forever, we have arranged for them to be in a hotel for at least a week while we figure things out...THANK YOU to all who donated $ for this.

Many people have asked us what they can do to help this family SO HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP...

Immediate needs:
1. Rent House - they need a temporary place to live while we get a more permanent home for them. We have leads on the permanent home, but need time to get it worked out.

2. Transportation - they have a fairly new Pontiac Grand Am that hasn't run in about 3 months and has a couple of flat tires. It needs to be towed, looked at, and fixed.

3. Dressers - once they get a home, they need somewhere to store their clothing. This is the one item of furniture they didn't get after their 1st home burned down.

4. Child care - Mom works 5 days a week at Sonic from 4pm -12am...so the kids are alone with their 16 year old sister. Could use some planned activities to keep them busy.

5. Clear Burned House and Level land - they owned the home that burned, so we can put a new home on the land once it is cleared.

6. Build a new home - this is our ultimate goal...no real details yet but praying!

We want to have some kind of fundraiser for them to help with rent, building materials, and building the home but are in very, very beginning planning stages. So pray about this too!


THANK YOU SO MUCH for being the body of Christ!!!