Dec. 2015 Toronto
We were so blessed when suddenly the Holy Spirit opened the door for us to assist some Syrian refugee families. This is what happened: Our church, Catch the Fire (Toronto) agreed to become a depot for donations for refugees. So they needed help to sort and organize thousands of donations...
At first we thought, "OK we will help but we certainly don't want to head it up!" However the Holy Spirit had other plans and quickly recruited us. He gave me as willing heart the moment I heard Him say, "Faith without works is dead." Jam. 2:17. Amazing how He can change our hearts in a moment by His truth!
This operation was the brainchild of One Free World International, empowered by the Holy Spirit! Many volunteers from our church came out to sort all the thousands of basic necessities - warm coats, clothes, hats, mittens, scarves, boots, food, furniture, kitchen ware etc. The operation took us 4 days to prepare and the Lord even provided some Arabic interpreters to be on-hand when the dear refugees arrived. There was a tremendous sense of unity as several ministries joined together for the cause! And about 100 refugees were blessed over several days.
We met 2 brothers and they were telling us how their other brother had lost his legs due to a bomb explosion but they were so grateful that the Lord had spared his life. A woman shared how they had to flee their country and live in another country (which was not very safe either) before finally being permitted to come to Canada. They were so blessed to receive all the generous donations and we were thrilled to be a part of what the Father was doing!
It was the best Christmas of our lives because we re-discovered that "it is more blessed to give than to receive". (Acts 20:35)
We were so blessed when suddenly the Holy Spirit opened the door for us to assist some Syrian refugee families. This is what happened: Our church, Catch the Fire (Toronto) agreed to become a depot for donations for refugees. So they needed help to sort and organize thousands of donations...
At first we thought, "OK we will help but we certainly don't want to head it up!" However the Holy Spirit had other plans and quickly recruited us. He gave me as willing heart the moment I heard Him say, "Faith without works is dead." Jam. 2:17. Amazing how He can change our hearts in a moment by His truth!
This operation was the brainchild of One Free World International, empowered by the Holy Spirit! Many volunteers from our church came out to sort all the thousands of basic necessities - warm coats, clothes, hats, mittens, scarves, boots, food, furniture, kitchen ware etc. The operation took us 4 days to prepare and the Lord even provided some Arabic interpreters to be on-hand when the dear refugees arrived. There was a tremendous sense of unity as several ministries joined together for the cause! And about 100 refugees were blessed over several days.
We met 2 brothers and they were telling us how their other brother had lost his legs due to a bomb explosion but they were so grateful that the Lord had spared his life. A woman shared how they had to flee their country and live in another country (which was not very safe either) before finally being permitted to come to Canada. They were so blessed to receive all the generous donations and we were thrilled to be a part of what the Father was doing!
It was the best Christmas of our lives because we re-discovered that "it is more blessed to give than to receive". (Acts 20:35)
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