amigos en el ministerio

We cooked 68 whole chickens for Iglesia de Dios Nuevo Filadelfia, a recently developed Hispanic church in Statesville.  Great turn-out for this fundraiser and Pastor Sifredo Rivera could not have been more pleasant to work with. We helped them raise funds to further their ministry to Statesville's growing Hispanic community. The prayer of blessing that they prayed for us before we left remind's us still that all Christians are unified by faith in Jesus Christ. Gloria a dios! (Glory to God!)

An interesting thing happened as we prepared for this fundraiser... On the day before the cook out, while seasoning the chickens,we discovered that we were short on flatware for the event.  Jeff and Gene had been looking for plastic forks, knives, and spoons packaged together at the supermarket and did not find them.  At the exact moment we realized we were short, Cody (Supervisor at Holland Transfer Co.) came around the corner with a pallet of Wendy’s pre-packaged plastic-ware that had just been released to us.  God came through at just the right time!