This thing that we get to do as part of the #ActionChurch family is simply indescribable. To serve our Winter Springs community is a privilege I wouldn’t trade for anything. Having people stop by and ask who we are and where we’re located; while others ask why we’re doing this and what’s the catch? This was nowhere better exemplified than with a young mother at the gas station who ran in to pay for her gas while leaving her sleeping child in the car seat in the back. She dashed out with a panic stricken look on her face and I encouraged her to calm down and know that she was safe. I offered her free gas and she looked harried and suspicious. I assured her there was no catch but she still looked hesitant so I left her with Ashley Odendhal. A few minutes later Ashley was pumping gas into her car and as I approached her she kept saying, “I don’t understand this. No one does this. Why would you give away something for nothing?” I told her it’s simply because God has given us more than we deserve, and she broke down weeping uncontrollably. I asked how we could pray for her and she told me the story of her step-son, Aiden, who’s been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Ashley and I prayed for Aiden and her family, then invited her to join us at LCA. When we were done praying she asked if she could hug us!!! This stranger went from being suspicious of me and my motive, to asking Ashley and I for hugs. Only God! She left shaking her head in amazement that we’d do what we do with no strings attached. I conveniently ‘forgot’ to mention that, as we prayed for her, we attached her to the “heart strings” of her Heavenly Father. I love what we get to be a part of!!! #ServeSaturday #ActionAmen #ComeAndSee #LoveInAction (at Winter Springs, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt83m6hnrrY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c8yohh55879d
