Postscript

I spent some time in New York this past weekend with two friends from college (Amanda Wachsmuth and Bonnie Stevens). We had a great time and reconnected. Amanda has been living in the city for the last four years. Bonnie flew in from Kansas City, and it was just a short train ride for me.

Beside taking in some sights and just visiting together, on Saturday we went along with the financial services fellowship group from Amanda’s church to the Father’s Heart Ministry in the lower east side of Manhattan. We participated together in their Saturday morning breakfast which is part of their hunger prevention program. Bonnie helped with providing water to people waiting in line, and Amanda and I helped with food preparation inside (I was the “bread lady” on our assembly line and Amanda did fruit cups). Together with the whole group of volunteers and staff, we fed and provided groceries to more than 500 people. What a neat experience.

There’s something so neat and so satisfying about helping people this way. It reminds me of Jesus’s words in Matt 25, verse 35 and following; He says that by helping these, we show our love and devotion to Him. In Orlando, Jeff and I participated a couple of times in Good News Ministries, which is similar, but with a few less people, air conditioning (because everything in Orlando has a/c) and very early in the morning (6am). We enjoyed it, and I think God touched us just as much as the people who came to eat.

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