Missions of Love

It all began with a nickel……..  Last summer, MOL put out a plea for VBS programs to collect nickels to pay for shipping costs for meals from Feed My Starving Children.  The kids at Blue Grass Church in Evansville, IN were so enthusiastic about raising money that they challenged the adults to MATCH whatever they raised.  When all the donations were counted it totaled over $2,000 paying for shipping more than 40,000 meals!

This nickel drive prompted Blue Grass to seek more information about Feed My Starving Children.  We discovered that for just 17 cents a meals, Blue Grass could host a Mobile Packing Event.   A few phone calls later, Blue Grass has signed up to pack 100,00 meals as their kick off event for a Year of Service.  Beginning in January, Pastor Doug Heiman began his sermon series with A Hole in the Gospel and kicked off the FMSC Packing Event to be held Feb. 5th – 7th.  Just a few weeks after the kickoff, the congregation had so many volunteers and had raised nearly $13,000 of the $17,000 needed for the event.  Pastor Doug then challenged the congregation to step out in faith and commit to 700 volunteers, 150,000 meals, and $25,500 to pay for the meals.

As we all know, disaster struck in Haiti soon after.  Once again, the congregation was moved to do more and help in anyway that they could.  Next weekend, over 1000 volunteers will pack 200,000 meals at Blue Grass Church.  All of these meals will be distributed in Haiti.

MOL has seen first hand how the FMSC meals can make a difference in the life of a hungry child.  MOL distributes the meals at the school in Marotier and in the Jolivert community.  FMSC has already sent 6 million meals to Haiti and more are on the way.  Visit FMSC Haiti Relief for more information on how your church/organization can host a Mobile Packing Event.

Blue Grass has raised nearly $30,000 of the $34,000 needed to pay for the meals.  Additional packing events are currently in the planning stages.  Visit the Blue Grass website for additional information.

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