From the Mouth of Babes

One of our participants responds to the promptings of the Spirit:

Our little family had a wonderful experience with a homeless family...after choir practice one late afternoon we happened to be playing on the side yard of a ward building which is on quite a busy street in Newport when this family of a mom, dad & little boy probably around 3 or 4 years old asked if the church was open. I went on to explain that there is no clergy here but if I could offer assistance. They were looking for any type of food voucher or hotel voucher. This father proceeded to tell us that they were homeless & they weren't familiar with the area. I explained that I wasn't either (too bad we weren't in Los Al, with WeCare). So with my small children by my side & listening so closely to this mans words we decided to help. We provided a hotel room for the night & amazingly (we know who was behind this, Heavenly Father) we STILL had a ton of canned goods in the back of the car from the Family Service Challenge activity. So we found a grocery bag & filled it with some food & water for the family. The kids had a lot of questions & it was a perfect opportunity to talk about how blessed we are & how important it is that we help others. And the sweetest part of this was that our 6 year old, on her own said,"Do you think Heavenly Father knew that we would meet this family & that's why we still had this food in our car..?" It really was an experience that our little family will never forget. We often talk about the little boy & how he was so excited to receive a fruit snack.