I attend Spirit of Faith Christian Center and today I had an INCREDIBLE opportunity to follow my Pastors around as they surprised several people at 3 community grocery stores. For the last few years, they have chosen, at random, people to have a 5 minute shopping spree for groceries! They can pile as much stuff as possible in their 1 cart and the church would foot the bill. For some people, Pastor Mike just walked up to the register and paid for whatever they already in their baskets. I lost track of just how many people were helped today. Off the top of my head, I would say about 10 folks in total. As you can see from the photos, some were over taken with emotion. There were some who were taking their rent money to buy food for their family, there were others that came to the store with just enough money to buy the items on their list. We were out for a total of about 5 hours. It felt like a TV show as we were in a 5 car caravan going from store to store. The highlight for me happened to be when one of the ladies who won the shopping spree came up and gave me a hug!!!
A THANK YOU HUG
PASTOR MIKE TALKING TO A DAUGHTERS MOM ON THE PHONE AFTER SHE WON THE SHOPPING SPREE
ONE TOTAL
PASTOR DEEDEE DOING WHAT SHE DOES!
MEAT ANYONE?
YOU COULD TELL MOST OF HER SHOPPING WAS FOR HER CHILDREN
SURPRISED AT THE REGISTER
HAVING A GOOD LAUGH WITH A SHOPPING SPREE WINNER
DINNER IS AT HER HOUSE
BIGGEST ONE OF THE DAY
seeing God at work, through such a small deed, just to pay for someone’s grocery….that is inspiring!
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