A Story of an Elder and an Oven

We recently heard from a new “regular attender” of Hope Fellowship named Charlene that her mother, a widow named Helen, desperately needed a stove. Her old one had died back in the spring and she had been cooking for her grandkids, great grandkids and everyone else in the home on a propane camping stove all summer and fall. Charlene wondered if we could help. Some folks down in Santa Rosa, CA from Redeemer Presbyterian got the money together and Mary and I went to Home Depot and picked one out. David and I delivered and installed it the next day. Helen was so happy she had tears in her eyes. She started talking about all the things she was going to cook on her new stove (biscuits and cookies were at the top of the list). Helen lives in a very old and very run down doublewide trailer. After installing the new white stove I stepped back to look at it and realized it was by far the prettiest/nicest thing on her property times ten. The next Tuesday night at Hope Fellowship Charlene (Helen’s daughter) was beaming! What a joy to see the body of Christ love our first neighbors well! Pray for Helen, Charlene, and their family. Pray that the rest would join Charlene and us at Hope Fellowship. Thanks to those at Redeemer Pres in Santa Rosa for providing the stove for this sweet lady.