When Paul assembled all the volunteers in the kitchen for prayer, it was packed. There were so many volunteers that they flowed out into the hall. Closing the door for privacy was not an option tonight. Most were youth and adults from Simpsonville First Baptist Church and East North Street Baptist Church. It is always a pleasure to have local youth come out and assist us in ministering to the homeless
After the preaching, many of the youth set up a table of pictures as a way of sharing the gospel with the homeless. For instance, they asked them to pick out photographs that reflected their current situation and their interpretation of God. These questions lead to further discussions to consider. Even though many of the youth were very young, they were not intimidated dealing with the homeless.
In addition to unusual amount of volunteers, we had a packed house of homeless who had come to get out of the heat. We served 110 meals with the assistance of 32 volunteers.
~Marc
