Living in Mission, "Springfield's Free Store"

Even when business is good, it's bad. Serving a total of 2,053 families, they picked up 18 new ones on the day I visited and 31 the day before on their grand opening at their new site. More business means more people are in desperate need. You can find the Free Store at the corner of Selma and Sunset in an old Springfield strip mall. Eddie, one of their volunteers, walks clear across town just to serve there. Others show up for free clothing, food, house ware items, and a whole lot of God's love. Pastors Bruce Gischel, David Yingling, and Sherri Blackwell have much to be proud of. Having just moved into and their new facility, they were up and running in full operation. In this part of the country, the city is the most underserved of Methodism. But Jesus said in Acts 1:8, the movement of the Spirit will begin there and then spread throughout the region. Our prayers go out to all their faithful who are preparing for the next great awakening and to all who have given themselves to reaching the least, last, and lost.