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| At Tompkins Square Park |
Lockdown in NYC can be challenging as it is everywhere. There are a lot of homeless people who are finding it difficult to find food as many of the soup kitchens have shut down. Street LIFE Ministries has increased our times out so we can serve some hot food and drink. We also bring some food for them to carry away.....all at a proper distance to keep us safe. So many are grateful. Here's a link that shares a story of God's divine leading in the life of one woman at Tompkins Square Park recently.
In Flushing (Queens), there are a lot of day workers who are mostly Hispanic. They stand on different corners of Northern Blvd each day in hopes of being hired for the day or two. The grocery store shelves have been quite empty, especially for paper and cleaning products. Since we have been blessed with some extra funding through the United Way of NYC, we are able to bring some food out through a mobile loving drive-by. We simply load the car with food items as well as some hygiene kits that have been donated by Samaritan's Purse. As we drive by some of the street corners, we then stop and hand out the supplies. There are so many needs but we are grateful to do our part. Click the link below to hear about one of the times we had gone out.
We are thankful to God for some extra funding that has come in this past month, As you can imagine, all of our March and April teams had to cancel, and that meant less help but also a major loss of revenue as well. So your prayers and support are needed more than ever right now, especially as we are GOING out 5 days a week, as the needs are so great, with so many out of work, and far less places to receive help. Street LIFE Ministries is one of the few who are BLESSED TO GO AND SERVE to the least and lost and homeless of NYC! We are so grateful for United Way who helped with an emergency gift for food which we have used and receiving 1 more shipment of goods this week through Driscoll Foods. 
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