DownshoreDrift

This is Cathy. We met her today as we were out visiting people who have come by Pathfinder seeking assitance. We have already gotten her a storage pod to put her stuff, but we wanted to go by and check on her, see how she was doing, and see if there was anything else we could do to help. We have about 16 folks down with 6 more joining us by tomorrow and we broke up into groups of 3 or 4 and fanned out across the community to pray with people, assess their further needs, help them with things, and check on their situation for the camp's further work with them. Cathy was a really sweet lady who loves Jesus, prays to him all the time, and is very sincere in her faith. Her Catholic church was destroyed in the storm, so we invited her to join the Thursday night Bible study we've started at Pathfinder.

One comment that she made really touched my heart. She's living in a FEMA trailer and does not have very much money. She is totally dependent on volunteers coming down to help rebuild her home. So many have come, but there is still so much to be done for people like Cathy who cannot care for themselves.  We prayed with her that God would continue to move the hearts of Christians in Ohio, Oklahoma, Missouri and all points in between to not forget people like her and to continue to come down and make a difference. It was a sweet time of prayer.

A success story had us running into Jeanne, who I met a couple of months ago. She works at the local Wal-Mart. She was so happy to see me, as I was her! A group from Michigan came down a couple of months ago and rebuilt her house. Pathfinder helped her with a toilet for her bathroom that we had salvaged. We invited her to our 4th of July party that we are having and she said she was coming and was going to bring her daughter.

One other thing: We ran into a guy today named Charles. He likes to boil shrimp and is pretty good at it, too. We got to pray with him and share the gospel over the course of about an hour long conversation. I invited him to our 4th of July party and asked him to come and share his gifts with us and boil us some shrimp to go along with the BBQ chicken. He said that he would, so hopefully, we'll get to spend some time with Charles boiling seafood on Tuesday. I also asked him to bring some shrimp if he ran across any! Our goal is to be a hub for the community and to serve them in bringing them together. The more that we partner with them, the closer we'll be.