Hey! We Need YOU.....
One of the lasting impressions from our time spent in Sabaneta is the true hunger we witnessed each day at the soup kitchen. We have since been thinking, praying, researching, and questioning Richard for ways in which we could get the soup kitchen up and running daily and also be a means of income for the ladies who cook and oversee it. In July 2016, a group from the Church of God in Linden, TN went to Sabaneta with Richard and they gave him $1000.00 to run the soup kitchen for the week. With these funds, Richard was able to feed 130 people, mostly children, and pay wages to six women who worked there. Richard was encouraged to see everyone breaking bread(or rice and beans in this case) and he caught a glimpse of what the soup kitchen could become.
A place to feed hungry tummies and hungry souls.
So Richard returns from Sabaneta and says, "You guys have been asking me for a budget to run the soup kitchen and help employ people to work there, here ya go, we did it, and it will cost $52,000 a year to feed approx 130 people and employ 6. There's your budget. $52,000 a year." And just like that he dropped the ball in our court. We have discussed funding options but most were lacking in sustainability and requiring too many moving parts. So we began talking about people we knew who were familiar with our friends in the DR. And then we realized that most of these people had different home churches and different circles of friends. And then we thought about how much the word UNITY has been coming up in our study times, especially UNITY among believers in Christ. And we said, "what if we got 52 groups to give $1000.00 each?" Together we could feed and employ women and children who are hungry and hopeless.
So guess what? If you have made it to this page, YOU are our contact person. You can have an active roll in loving your neighbors in Sabaneta. Who is your group? It doesn't have to be your church corporately, though that is more than ok, it could be your family(parents, aunts, cousins, in-laws), your small group, your mom's group, your coffee group, your fantasy football group, your hunting club, whatever!!! Just lovers of Jesus and people UNIFYING (like we are called to do) and using our abundance to meet the needs of friends living in scarcity.
So please prayerfully consider this. If your still unsure, read Matthew 25 and then prayerfully consider once more ;) .
You can make a donation in 1 of 2 ways:
1- Click here to make a donation online Donate
2-Donate via check to Journey into Hope (ear mark Soup Kitchen) and mail to:
Journey Into Hope
c/o Richard Taylor
507 Wilsdorf Road Linden, TN 37096
We welcome questions and would love to share more information with you! Click here to contact us.
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen." - Ephesians 3:20-21 NLT
We are now offering PayPal for online donations.
A place to feed hungry tummies and hungry souls.
So Richard returns from Sabaneta and says, "You guys have been asking me for a budget to run the soup kitchen and help employ people to work there, here ya go, we did it, and it will cost $52,000 a year to feed approx 130 people and employ 6. There's your budget. $52,000 a year." And just like that he dropped the ball in our court. We have discussed funding options but most were lacking in sustainability and requiring too many moving parts. So we began talking about people we knew who were familiar with our friends in the DR. And then we realized that most of these people had different home churches and different circles of friends. And then we thought about how much the word UNITY has been coming up in our study times, especially UNITY among believers in Christ. And we said, "what if we got 52 groups to give $1000.00 each?" Together we could feed and employ women and children who are hungry and hopeless.
So guess what? If you have made it to this page, YOU are our contact person. You can have an active roll in loving your neighbors in Sabaneta. Who is your group? It doesn't have to be your church corporately, though that is more than ok, it could be your family(parents, aunts, cousins, in-laws), your small group, your mom's group, your coffee group, your fantasy football group, your hunting club, whatever!!! Just lovers of Jesus and people UNIFYING (like we are called to do) and using our abundance to meet the needs of friends living in scarcity.
So please prayerfully consider this. If your still unsure, read Matthew 25 and then prayerfully consider once more ;) .
You can make a donation in 1 of 2 ways:
1- Click here to make a donation online Donate
2-Donate via check to Journey into Hope (ear mark Soup Kitchen) and mail to:
Journey Into Hope
c/o Richard Taylor
507 Wilsdorf Road Linden, TN 37096
We welcome questions and would love to share more information with you! Click here to contact us.
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen." - Ephesians 3:20-21 NLT
We are now offering PayPal for online donations.