This past week a group of teenagers arrived at Union Mission to help us wherever we needed it. There were about 15 or so of these young missionaries. They stayed at the local hotel and came over every morning to work. They stepped out in faith that there was something to do in Roanoke Rapids, NC and traveled to Union Mission in faith.
Right after their arrival on Monday I received a call from a fellow missionary here in the area. He indicated that there was a farmer in Hobgood who was having difficulty in getting in his crop. It turns out he had, on faith, planted several acres of corn, squash, and okra not for the purpose of selling but for the purpose of giving to those in need. He had done this for a few years and for some reason this year he was having a difficult time in getting people to come to the farm and harvest.
I gave a resounding YES to this man and on Tuesday and Wednesday the teens, their chaperones and I drove over an hour to Hobgood, NC and worked in the 100 degree heat harvesting about 1000 pounds of corn. On Wednesday we looked at this huge pile of corn in our pantry at Union Mission and realized that we needed to bag it up and get it to people in need.
On Wednesday morning, I sent the teenagers to Enfield, to give out the corn to the neighbors of Faith House, our shelter in the area. To my surprise came a group of Children on Wednesday afternoon from Roanoke Rapids. They came in faith that there was something to do at Union Mission. They were coming to help wherever they could. I watched these children aged 6-9 years of age work like little busy bees bagging up corn. They bagged it all . Now it was ready for distribution. Over the next day we gave out corn to those who came to Union Mission for a food box, and we sent it out into the neighborhoods through our regular channel of food distribution. At the end of Thursday all 1000 pounds of corn we had received on Tuesday was in the hands of families who needed food.
Steppin out....
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