Mat 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Mat 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Mat 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Mat 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink?
Mat 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or naked, and clothed [thee]?
Mat 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Mat 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.
Around 10 years ago, God began to deal with my heart about the practical ministry outlined in
Matthew 25. I wrote an article on it
(that is long lost), and sat it down because I did not know how to begin to do it. About 2 weeks ago, God again dealt with my heart about this same ministry. This time however, though I was still unsure how to get going, I was well ready to simply step out in faith. So after praying, I approached Sis Alvear last week to see if she would be able to pass out clothes as an outreach to the children of Brazil if I could send them to her. She said that it would be a blessing, so I started telling everyone I am personally in contact with what we were doing, in hopes of them donating some nice clothes for these precious children. I was intent, if need be, on filling boxes with my own money if need be. So far, not one person has donated anything. So anyway, my wife and I had plans to go this weekend and purchase enough nice used clothes to fill a box, and ship them on out to Sis Alvear.
Today while at work
(I am working for a thrift store that uses the profits to feed the homeless here in Knoxville) my wife came by and was speaking to the regional manager, and the regional manager is going to let her come in and sort through clothes, and is going to sell them to us for
25 CENTS PER POUND!!!! PRAISE GOD!!!!!! Not only is this going to let us pick and choose to be able to send more modest clothes, but it will allow us to send "more clothes, more often" than we thought we could.
Please keep us in your prayers. We still have to find out all the particulars about what is involved with shipping a box to Brazil. We also are hoping to have some future financial support. My heart is that unless this grows to the place that I have to quit working to do this full time, that 100% of any donations will go towards this endeavor.
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