This week we had the opportunity to share about our Ministry and what GOD is doing in Pacific Beach, with another class from the Horizon School of Evangelism. It's always exciting to share about the Ministry that GOD has raised up from just a simple married couple spending a few dollars on pasta.
We came prepared for the storm that was supposed to hit Friday night, but there was no need to assemble to pop-up canopies after all. I'm pretty sure we were all thankful for the rain to be held back.
We had a large youth group team up with us this week. There were kids from every age down there with us, all handing out baggies of items, compiled of His great Love for men & women alike. It was really neat to see so many young children telling older folks that Jesus loves them!
There are rare occasions when we actually see families with small children standing in our lines, but they do happen, and that was our experience this week. An out of work father, a disabled mother, and their 3 children: 3, 6, 8... all living in a mini van. It had been a long time since they've eaten a hot home-cooked meal. My heart broke when I saw the excitement on the children's faces as they shoveled the pasta into the little mouths with their little hands.
My special highlight for the evening was when a group of maybe 6 or 7 young ladies loved on these kids. Their group leader went to the local store and picked up a few coloring books for the children. (When it rains, the kids have no choice but to sit stuck inside their family mini van.) The older girls had the children sitting on their laps, hugging them, and doing what they could to keep the kids warm. When I noticed this, the verse that immediately came to mind was Mark 9:36, 37 - He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”
We serve a Mighty God who knows exactly what is needed and when it's needed. I'm confident without a shadow of doubt, that those little children will not forget the love that they experienced on Friday night.
I do not know whether or not, if the family will return... or if we will ever see them again. That is why it's so important to 'see' every moment as an opportunity available to share the Gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ.
