First load is headed to Jordan!

After about two and half months of collecting clothes, shoes, and blankets, our first load of donations are headed out! We have been overwhelmed by the amount of items that people, churches, our local high school, and my college have donated! We have a full storage unit that is completely bursting at the seams. We are excited to load it up and send it to the organization we are teaming with, Global Aid Network in Pennsylvania. It will then be shipped right to the refugees in Jordan.

Every week we receive several donations from various people or groups and it's always so exciting to see the things people decide to donate. This week I was particularly touched by several donations we received. A group of women from the Mexico First Presbyterian Church knitted a large load of hats and scarfs to donate; these are MUCH appreciated as it is getting very cold in the Middle East. The time and effort these women put into each one is very touching and I know will bless many people!

  

Another donation we received from Kentucky Road Christian Church - I was told a family went and bought several blankets to donate, going above and beyond to help others in need. And then, just tonight we received a call that a woman shared our efforts with a class in the neighboring town of Columbia, where several Syrians are a part of her class. They are very eager to help out and donate a large amount of clothing.

Next week, I will be going to Tennessee to pick up a load of donations, and a load from Illinois is on it's way! The following week, I will be going back to St Louis to pick up a load of clothes from Harvest Bible Chapel, where I had the privilege to share last month. 

We are very excited and blessed to have our fist load go into Jordan, but we still want to reach more refugees in the other countries as well. We are working on finding the connections and open doors into Iraq, Lebanon, and Turkey. It will take time and money, but God has already exceeded my expectations and I know He will continue to do so. God is the God of the impossible. He already turned one bag of clothes into a storage unit bursting with clothes! 

We cannot thank you enough for your donations! Truly from the bottom of our hearts THANK YOU!

Please keep praying and spreading the word. We pray and hope that this is just the first of many donation loads that will head overseas to help the Syrian refugees! 

All For Him,

Natalie