People of HOPE

          As I write this I am overwhelmed with the overflow of love from the people of Hope Church!! I have been going to Hope for about 3 years now, and they have adopted me as their own. Parents allow me to hang out with their daughters, Pete gave me a chance to love on the youth, Nicole Unice has been my mentor and great friend, High School girls want to hang out with me, Women like Krista Quinby, Amy Robinson, Lisa Marshal, Melissa Robinson and Shannon Shaw have loved on me well and my faith has grown. And I have been connected to women my own age FINALLY like Meredith Rose, Clair Isenberg, Stacie McGeever and Kristy Younker. However, the most recent out pour of love has gotten my choked up a few times.

       As many people know, I have a huge love and heart for the homeless. And Nicole and Pete have let me run with my own homeless service project with the youth that involves Hope Church as a whole. This project has allowed me the awesome pleasure of meeting new people at Hope, and has allowed me to see that people at Hope WANT TO HELP. People I do not know are bringing in clothing for the Homeless and a whole plethora of food and drinks that we will be giving out. People are going out of their way to help this project out, and since this is my PASSION I feel an overflow of love personally as well.

      Hope Church has this awesome love for other people which comes from their love for Christ, which makes this love extraordinary and genuine. I feel honored to be a part of this Hope Family. Thank you so much to all of you who have helped me carry this project out. Thank you to the youth who are pulling together to buy food for Saturday and for all of you who have been asking me what I need more of and how you can help. Thanks everyone, I feel overwhelmed with your love and your love for Christ.