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Throughout this past week, I continued to pray earnestly that your team would be able to reach my home before the DPW deadline of August 31st. Then, yesterday, Thursday, August 28, I received an unexpected call from one of your team leaders—another miracle! He told me a team had finished their assignment ahead of schedule and could come to my home that very day. Within an hour, a team of 15 volunteers arrived, led by Isaac Hopper and Joshua Wright. I was completely in awe. The volunteer team arrived in their bright yellow shirts, full of joy, singing, laughing, and radiating the love of Christ. They worked in unity and with efficiency, and in just under three hours, my basement was cleared and cleaned! They made sure every damaged item was removed and sanitized the space thoroughly. They even discovered two serious safety hazards: a leaking roof contributing to the mold problem and an unstable stair landing with a dangerous hole beneath the carpet. Your team not only informed me—they fixed it, creatively using a solid wooden door from my basement to create a temporary and safe landing. Only God could orchestrate such love and resourcefulness! I will never forget the prayers, encouragement, and personal testimonies your team shared. It amazed me that volunteers traveled from as far as Cincinnati, Ohio and Wichita, Kansas—at their own expense—to help a complete stranger. The love of Jesus was evident in every single one of them! I want to especially thank Chaplain Terry Smith for taking time to sit with me in my dining room, lovingly share the Gospel, and present me with a Bible signed by each volunteer. His encouragement to pray while laying hands on that Bible was deeply meaningful. I’m also grateful to have met Chaplain Cathy Duggar and Chaplain Brittany Cramer, whose warmth, humor, and joyful spirits helped bring light to even the darkest corners of my basement and situation. Before they left, your team surrounded me with love, spoke words of life and encouragement, and prayed over me once more. They then returned to the church for rest and nourishment—deservedly so, after pouring out so much. I will never forget what you’ve done for me. Please accept my heartfelt thanks and appreciation. Your ministry is a living, breathing example of Mark 10:45 – "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." And as Jesus said in Matthew 25:40 – "The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’"
May God continue to richly bless each of you, your families, and your ministry. You are the hands and feet of Jesus—and I am forever grateful.
With love and gratitude, Maureen Gunn
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