Sharing Life Together

Today we loaded up our truck with furniture that a departing resident picked out. A couple guys are helping him move in as I write.

It’s been real neat getting to know him over the last couple months he worked with us. I came to appreciate his struggles and challenges more, and it’s fun to celebrate with him on getting his own place. He was smiling and wanted to be sure we were coming to pray over his new home. He may be coming back to volunteer some with us. Our lives have become better as a result of the opportunity to share life together for a short time.
It’s pretty amazing to think of the large number of people working together to make all this possible for him—counselors, furniture donors, pick up scheduler, truck driver and helper, caseworker, landlord, friends who lent listening ears, every donor who gave to his welcome home gift box, doctor, prayer warriors, and others I missed- but most of all God who orchestrates all this as a demonstration of his love and ability to redeem things that some of us would see as hopeless!!

- Dean Wenger, Redistribution Manager, Water Street Ministries