For a feeding like ours, which reaches out to the chronically homeless and street people of this area, it used to be unusual to see any children amongst the crowd. As a rule, 80% or 90% of our guests each week are usually adult men.
Then a few months ago, we started seeing more families. We prepared a special table for them at the front of the dining room where they could be served first and receive special attention. We gathered toys and dolls and toothbrushes and cars to give the children as gifts. But this week was the first in my memory in which we seated the "family table" twice over because we had so many children and parents needing meals.
Towards the end of the feeding, one beautiful little girl walked over to me (with her dad close behind) and asked to put a prayer request in my bag. "Look at it!" she commanded. In a child's careful printing, she had written her name: "Precious".
Please pray for Precious, and her brother, and all the precious children who don't have enough of what they need. Pray for the families who are struggling to pay electric bills and to afford warm clothes and keep food on the table.
And pray that through our actions and words in service to our Lord, all those with whom we come in contact will know how precious they are to Him.
Blessings, Erika
-- For Scott, complete healing.
-- Praise report for Gypsy, whose permits for trapping and hunting are almost back in place! He will be able to resume working next week. He thanks you for your prayers, and says a special prayer of gratitude for his "angel" who paid for his permits to be replaced. (She IS an angel, as many of us can testify!! :) )
-- For Jamal to be prepared for next week's job interview, and for him to get the job.
-- For Robert, to have a teachable spirit.
-- For Errol A.W.
-- I pray more each day. For mom, grandmother, grandfather, family, our country, world and the globe.
-- For Micale, Zarria, Mike, Aaron. Keep them with much love and safety.
-- Mike: I pray for me to get my license back and to get to see my kids.
-- God bless you all!
-- Hi, my name is Eddie. I'm asking you all to pray for me to find a job. Thank you all and God bless.
-- Barbara on life support.
-- That I may be successful in all my endeavors of love.
-- Willie Mae G.
-- Bless my kids, Shemar, Joshua. Bless me to see what life is!!
-- Tray: God is good all the time.
-- Betty, David, BW, AW
-- Please help my friend Scott to straighten his life out...
-- William K. and family: Pray for my wife and my son Zachary.
-- Me, my children, and my ex-father-in-law who passed away 2/3/10. Please God, help me!
-- Tony C.
-- Jeff, Mike, Lorrie M. of Oxhill, M.D.: Good news you cause.
-- Jose: Lord, help me to help myself and my relationship that I'm slowly destroying. Put some sense of direction in front of me.
-- Quaseer S.: My son to be safe.
-- I have an Astro van 1994. It was given to me. I need help to get my title transferred and registration tag. I just need a hand-up. Will you help me? God bless.
-- Kevin B.T.: A good attorney to help me adjudicate my case in District Court. Thank you.
-- I feel like my life is in a downward spiral. I need help getting my head above this.
-- David: Lottery.
-- Michael T.: Foolishness resides in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction drives it far from him. Strength, so I won't lose heart or quit on the one I love the most.
-- Charlotte: Please pray for my protection.
-- Earl F.
-- God bless Richard, Tara, Casper, Zoe, and watch over us.
-- Pat J.: Pray for everyone and me.
-- Help me to get through this sickness.
-- TL David RL
-- F.M.: I pray to the Lord, Jehovah the Father, in the name of Jesus for my deliverance.
-- Cowboy: I ask for my daughter in the Lord's loving arms. The Lord's salvation for my mother, ex-wife, ex-love, and for forgiveness for those who wrongfully persecute me.
-- Mike M.: Pray that I get the cooking job so I can find a place to live.
-- R.L.: Please pray for my friend's brother. He had a stroke. And for all his family, and for me as well as my family. Thank you.
-- Don W.: Employment, safe shelter, change of lifestyle.
-- Randy: For humanity.
-- Pam T., Betty, BW, HW
-- Robert J.: To come back to the church and get back on my feet and get a job and get off the street.
-- Pray for financial blessing.
-- I love you, Lord. Lead to relationship with kids, job, and place. Reunite my family, please.
-- Please keep my other son Keith up in prayer to release him from porno and drawing it also.
-- For Tony and Laura to get a van.
-- VW, SW, JW, David, VC, TC, TL, RL
-- Pray for world peace.
-- Get close to you, Lord. Get me out of streets. Get sober.
-- Pray for me to find work and a place to live.
-- Johnnie: I pray that everyone in my household be honest with each other and very successful.
-- Nina: Bless and protect all homeless and neglected animals and their caregivers. Keep the animals big and small warm and well fed and out of harm's way. And keep them safe.
-- I, John E. W., need a full-time job.
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