Thank God for the LDS Church....

[Jack Shephard]

So this was a story that was related to me first hand. Some friends of mine that are Pentecostal, UPC, etc. were in need of financial assistance. They were talking to a friend of theirs that is LDS about the financial situation. The LDS person asked my friend if their church has any way of helping them. Mt friend said that the only help that was offered was to set down and create a budget, but the needed to provide all their debts and check book to the pastor and he would help them out.

From talking to my friend that was not the help they were looking for. They weren't looking for a million bucks, but maybe some gas money or groceries for a week, etc. Anyway, my friend told the LDS friend this and the LDS friend was sad. My friend also had asked their family for help, but there was not much their family could do as they are not that well off themselves. So the LDS friend asked her Bishop if they could help because the LDS church has a place called the Bishops Storehouse. The Bishop agreed they would help.

My friends met yesterday with the Bishop that is from the closest Ward to them and he went through a good discussion so it seems with them and promised to help. The Bishop never said anything about them coming to the LDS church other than the offer is open if the couple wanted to attend, but there was no pressure and the on-going help would not be predicated upon them attending any service. My friend told me that they offered to help clean the LDS Chapel occasionally as a way to "pay it back" the Bishop said that would be nice and so it seems they made an agreement. The Bishop also said that they could help out with bills as needed too. My friend was excited as am I. I am not able to help them at this time, but thank God for the LDS that is willing to help.

I wanted to let everyone know about this and gather opinions about this. I have seen TONS of bad things on here about the LDS church. I wouldn't join, but there are too many bad things said that I thought it would be interesting to see what people say about this. Should the Pentecostal church that the people attend be helping them? The church they attend is a pretty decent size church too. So what do you all think?

Sorry so long!