Harrison Square Fire

Meeting the families for breakfast and supplies and fellowship the morning after the fire.

Joan, my new friend

A New Home for our New Friends

As the year end approaches, I am convicted to share with you all three videos over the course of the next three days about the work I am blessed to be a part of at Mission Southside. Whether you are near or far, I invite you in to join Greg and I in making a monthly donation, or a one time tax-deductible donation or volunteering to help. We all have our time, our treasure and our talent we can offer. Mission Southside honors what you bring.
This video is near and dear to my heart. One evening at 10:28, one of the 15 year old kiddos in our Leaders in Training Program, reached out to me just as i was getting into bed. He lives right down the street from this apartment and was worried about the residents. He had helped at a free garage sale just that day at the apartment and met several people. Greg and I reached out to the management and headed there. My husband was amazing. He left to get milk and chicken nuggets for a family of 3 kids who hadn't eaten yet when the fire broke out. He got water and tons of snacks from Quik Trip for all the residents who were outside. He ran to our ministry center, just one block away, to see if we happened to have shoes in 5 sizes for a family who ran out with out shoes, and to God be the Glory we had all of their sizes. Because of Mission Southside we were able to put these families up in a motel at 3:30 am and come along side them to help them navigate this tragedy for the months to come.
The thing about being a part of Mission Southside is that is allows us to LIVE OUT our faith. Jesus commands us to love God and love our neighbors.....Several of the families I met that night have become near and dear to my heart. I just met one of the ladies for coffee last week. As the volunteer in this video says, it's not just about going to church, its about BEING the church.
Please consider donating to this Mission of loving people right where they are. No donation is too small. www.missionsouthside.org