This Christmas the Manor House Foundation decided to provide an underprivileged single mother, who has a nine year old son and an eight year old daughter. For less than $200, MHF purchased several games, toys and candy for the two children and some fruit and a ham and assorted side items (vegetables, rolls, dessert, etc) for a Christmas meal for the family. The mother has recently lost her job and did not know how she was going to provide Christmas for her two children. The MHF board of directors voted to purchase these items to make sure that this family was able to celebrate Christ's birth with presents and with a feast. When MHF board member Nate Gibson and I delivered the food and gifts to the family's home, the mother recounted a trip she made to Wal Mart that morning. She told us that she had only $10, but that she went to Wal Mart to see what she could get for her kids. When she got to Wal Mart, she made eye contact with a man she had never seen before. He came up to her and gave her a $50 gift certificate and told her that God had put it on his heart to give her the certificate. It was encouraging that God was using his saints to minister to this woman and her family. May the Lord be praised.
The young mother was extremely appreciative and cried a little bit upon our visit. With the gifts MHF provided and the $50 gift certificate the unknown man of God gave her, she and her two young children will be able to celebrate Christmas like those of us who have been so richly blessed.
We wish everyone a blessed and merry Christmas this year. May the Lord's Spirit be with you and your family in all ways and through all things.
Peace
Phillip Gibson
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Very good. That is the Spirit of Christ + mas (and more) at work. Jesus said we would do greater works because He went to the Father - I think when WE are His hands and His feet we are doing greater works...well, He is doing greater works through us.
Awesome story.
- Al B.
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