Dear Nelsons Family,
I recently started working at HALO and found God calling me to do H.O.T.S. which is Halo On The Streets where we go out and serve meals to the homeless who won't or can't make it into the cafe. These street homeless truly bless me - they always have a smile despite their circumstances and the love they share is incredible.
This past Monday night I was with another HALO volunteer as we went out to pass out meals. The first stop we made there were about 6 guys - more than usual - and one of them had his 10 month old baby with him. Luckily we brought some formula and baby food with us as we had seen him before. He and his wife are not homeless - they live in a motel - but they are very poor and can't afford much. So we handed out the meals to which there was much thanks and for some reason delight when they found out they were getting peas and carrots. Can you imagine being excited about getting peas and carrots? Anyway, we then pulled out the survivor kits and told them a local church, Nelsons, had made these up for them. They were more excited about those kits than they even were about the peas and carrots! One of them yelled, "Goodie bags!" And then another one looked closer and shouted, "SOCKS!" They were so appreciative and happy to get those bags and I wanted you to know since many of you don't get the chance to give these out yourselves.
Thank you for making up those bags - they are truly blessing the homeless. You are making a difference in God's Kingdom.
Love,
Lisa
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