The churches finest moment

I met many pastors and churches during our trip. Many of these folks have stepped up and met the need in communities where no one else is helping. We met the above church on the coast which had suffered tremendous damage inside from flooding and storm surge. In fact the pastors home was equalled damaged.
When the pastor and his family returned home and found the condition of their home, they did not complain. Instead they turned their church into a distribution center and put their own needs on the back burner. They took out the pews and the other amenities and got to work. We were informed that this small damaged church with a congregation of almost all retired folks, had served 17,000 meals to their community during the past nine days.
This is the case with a number of churches we saw, though most not to that level. I heard many comments that the people were so thankful for the local church and the work they were doing. The reality is that unless the church community had risen up, many many people would be in desperate condition. Remeber to pray for those who sacrificially are serving their community at the expense of their own personal needs.
A FEMA representative came to one local church and thanked them, with tears streaming down his face, for the work they were doing and apologized for the fact that they had not been there to help.
The Christian community has risen to the challenge and shown the heart of Christ.