Watertown Evangelical Free Church

After getting settled into our lodging church, we worked on preparing for our Sunday ministries with Cedarcrest church and Good N the Hood ministries.  We will have a full week of assisting families in need in not only Minneapolis, but globally as well through FMSC.

This week a lot of our focus will be at centers focusing on assisting people with meals and clothing needs. 

Today we went out to the needy to bring water, socks, and homemade scripture cards.

We had the opportunity to hear some amazing stories, see some challenging things, and bring hope through prayer.

This morning we helped make Mana food packs at Feed My Starving Children.  The packs are going to Haiti and potentially some of the same communities that our Minneapolis friends are from.  

The Twin Cities has the largest population of Somalians in the US and globably outside of Somalia itself. We are getting help locally and globally all at once.

This afternoon we are working with Good n the Hood food ministries sorting shoes.  

Donations are received for their Shoe Away Hunger which are then sold for a small amount.  They the purchase bulk food from food banks for their Food n the Hood.

Every month they feed over 4,000 individuals from these ministries!

This morning we are assisting with Open Arms food delivery for cancer patients  living around the Twin Cities area. 

We are getting the chance to bring specialized food and encouragement through the love of Christ.

Tonight we are helping Food n the Hood.  The money gained from our shoe sales is used to purchase food for those in need.  It is set up like a grocery store with people choosing what they need.

A catered meal is provided before they shop.  We have been helping with the grocery carts, restocking, interacting with people, and loading cars.

Every event they give a week's worth of groceries for over 150 individuals.

This morning we are helping clean Cedarcrest church so they can tackle another week of ministry.

Today we partnered with Good N Hoods community home" the Lutheran Portage center".

We held a community BBQ giving out over 300 hot dogs and connecting the community more with our partner ministry.

We had one college student who is living off waitress tips and was planning on skipping lunch until they saw us.  

Being His hands and feet.

This morning we have been working alongside Loaves and Fishes foodbank helping out at their community farm.

The vegetables we collected will be used in community meals this coming week.