WHAT DO WE NEED;
MONEY NUMBER ONE, TO PURCHASE THE BUILDINGS AND THE SITES, THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT NO
MAN CONSTRUCTS ANYTHING WITHOUT FIRST COUNTING THE COST, NONE OF THE BUILDINGS WE ARE LOOKING AT ARE CHEAP, THEY ALL COST
AROUND A COUPLE OF MILLION TO SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS EACH.
SECOND, FOOD;
WE NEED FOOD FOR THE OUTREACH TO THE HOMELESS AND THE HUNGRY, WE PLAN TO OPEN A FOOD PANTRY AS WELL AS A RESTAURANT FOR
THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR JUST HUNGRY.
THIRD CLOTHES;
CHILDREN, MEN, WOMEN, AND SENIORS HAVE NEEDS THAT THEY CAN'T EITHER KEEP WARM DURING THE WINTER, OR THEY RUN OUT OF CLOTHS,
I WAS AM,AZED TO FIND OUT THAT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T HAVE SUITABLE CLOTHING TO GO TO JOB INTERVIEWS.
MOST OF ALL, PEOPLE;
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS, TO DRIVE, TO DELIVER MEALS, AND TAKE KIDS TO SCHOOL, TO TAKE PEOPLE TO DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS, TO THE
GROCERY STORE, WE NEED COOKS, WE NEED SERVERS, WE NEED PREP PEOPLE, AND WE NEED THOSE WILLING TO KEEP THE TABLES CLEAN AND
TO KEEP THE TRASH OUT OF THE CANS SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE ART OF FLOW.
I KNOW THIS IS A LOT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME IN MY LIFE THAT WAS NOT VERY LONG AGO, I DID ALL THIS AND MORE,
ALL BY MYSELF IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND VIRGINIA.
I DID HOPITAL, JAIL, AND BED SIDE VISITATION, I DID PERSONAL PRAYER WHEREVER I JUST HAPPENED TO BE, I DID DRIVING
FOR THOSE THAT JUST HAD TO GET STUFF DONE, AND MANY TIMES I GOT OUT OF BED AT TWO AND THREE IN THE MORNING TO GO GET SOMEONE
OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE NEEDED AND STILL HAD TO BE AT WORK BY 7:00 AM EVERY DAY, I DID GROCERY STORE RUNS, TAKING PEOPLE
TO DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS, AND MUCH MUCH MORE, AND KEPT UP WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON AT MOUNT OLIVET CHURCH, WHERE I WAS THE SEXTON,
A FRYER CLEANER, AND MR. FIX IT AROUND THE CHURCH, SO I AM NOT ASKING OF SOMETHING THAT I MYSELF HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE, AND
I DID IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME BEFORE GOD SAID MOVE TO NORTH CAROLINA.
IT'S TIME TO BRING IN THE HARVEST, BUT WE HAVE NO LABORERS, THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL AND IT IS RIPE, IT'S HIGH TIME TO
MOVE, THAT THE FAVOR OF GOD FALLS ON ALL OF US.
SO AS YOU ARE WILLING AND WE GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE, THEN WE WILL BEGIN TO CALL ON THOSE THAT ARE REQUESTING WORK, FOR
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FORGOTTEN MINISTRY OF FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD ON UNIVERSITY PARKWAY, WHICH IS A GREAT AND
NEEDED MINISTRY FOR THIS CITY, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING IS EXPANDING WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY DOING TO REACH EVEN MORE PEOPLE
IN THE COMMUNITY AND ABROAD.