Juanita Faas - A Story of Service

As I read this newsletter from one of our eStore artists, it inspired me and so I thought I'd share.

"Since I last worked with Grace Ministries with the drug addicts and prostitutes on Phillips highway we got together and put on a Good Friday social for the area. We were located in an apartment project, inside a small church. It was a great day and I found myself overwhelmed with the plight of the children in the area. I received a strong message from God that I was to start a children’s choir with these kids. Over the next few hours and days I became so excited about this, it felt so right and I was so inspired. I prayed and asked my friends to pray about this. A few days later I made the commitment and started putting it together. I made up a flyer and Kathleen, Wayne and I went to the area and handed out flyers to interested people. We had a great response. A few days later AngelAID was contacted to make a pastry pickup at Publix (like Safeway) three times a week. After the Angel families were taken care of there was lots left over for the Southside Apartments(my choir kids) Wayne and I have attend several times now meeting residents, gaining their trust and detailing plans about the choir. We pray and ask for payer every time we go to the area. Its very dangerous, drugs dealers, hookers, pimps and all are black people and we’re the only white people there. There is tension and mistrust every time we show up but slowly barriers are loosening with the some of the men (teenage and young men). ... Miracles happen around us, from people getting saved to being healed, physically and spiritually. "