A New Year, A New Trailer

I've been blessed with the opportunity to visit the Friends Center one more time this past week with a group from UNCG, and we've been having a blast. I'll let the rest of them elaborate on what's been going on, but I would like to talk to you about one big thing we witnessed this week.

Saturday, we helped out with a benefit lunch for Ms. Whitehead in an effort to raise money for her new trailer (she lost her old one in a fire). It was held at Home Gospel Church right up the road, and we served food as people came through with their orders. I believe the original hope was to raise enough money to make the down payment so that they could go ahead and move in the new trailer. The down payment was half the total cost of $5,000, and she needed somewhere around $1,500 to reach the down payment. To our amazement, not only did the benefit lunch (and singing that night) result in enough to make the down payment, the total amount raised was right at $4,000 - virtually enough to make the entire payment! When I think about the financial state of this community, on top of the US economy right now, it was nothing short of a miracle to see that kind of response. It is so awesome to see God work to provide a home for this special lady!

The new trailer is already in place, and several people are helping clean, paint, and set it up. Corey and I were able to help get a refrigerator in the kitchen just the other day. I know Whitehead is excited to see her new home come together!