Service & Thoughts 05 Dec 2008 01:39 pm
LifeGroup awesomeness
Day 173 - Dec 3
Once a month our LifeGroup meets at Mercy Ministry to bag groceries, help with sorting clothes and stock shelves. About 10 of us were able to be there and Rosa came to share some of the awesome things we’ve been a part of this year. She pulled some statistics for us and this year alone we’ve served roughly 17,000 families. 17,000 families in a city of a population of about 1.1 million. That number is astounding for several reasons. Seeing what a dedicated group of people, staff and volunteers can do with limited resources amazes me. It’s only through the power and generosity of God that we are able to accomplish that.
It also amazes me that we are only feeding and clothing roughly .01% of the total population and .02% of the estimated 587,000 people living in OKC below poverty level. Is there something more we can do? Is it possible to unite the body of believers through an initiative like One Prayer to get the poor in cities around the world fed, even for one day?
