In an effort to encourage La Luz Apartment residents to help their neighbors and themselves, we strategically moved our Baskets of Hope Thanksgiving initiative for the La Luz residents. We rented the commercial building next door to La Luz [across from Dairy Queen], Production Services Unlimited. Cheryl Kemp, our BoH leader coordinated this effort along with Susan Byrd our BoH logistics person for assembly of the baskets.
Our prayer was that God would bring the necessary workers from La Luz to help assemble and pack the Baskets of Hope. And that’s what happened! We had about 12 La Luz residents working together to prepare the Baskets of Hope for their neighbors and themselves. Not only did they have fun, they thanked us for allowing them to get in on the work! For you see, working to help themselves improve their self-worth and ownership as they get involved in this overall process!
Pastor Dave Bickers led our worship for this evening, and Chris Straw shared the devotional and the gospel. We had three (3) folks who raised their hands for prayer and our counselors prayed with them. After the service, we distributed 27 Baskets of Hope to the families living at La Luz Apartments. Christmas BoH for La Luz will be Thursday, December 16. Residents will begin preparing and packing at 5 PM.
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