Our volunteers are the best!

People often hear me say that our volunteers at Love In Action are the best, and I mean it. They give of themselves to serve the homeless and needy, and they do it with so much love.

Our volunteers are a major reason why Martha and I can travel to other cities and other countries to minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ to others. You might remember that back in October, not only did Martha and I travel to Ecuador, but our two Celebrate Recovery Inside directors went too. And, the ministry in Dothan didn't miss a beat, because of our awesome volunteers. They make it happen.


Love In Action's ministry in Dothan will continue as usual while Martha, Mama Tuck and I are in the Philippines. We have tremendous ministry leaders and volunteers who do a great job each week. We held a volunteers meeting Monday night and the room was filled with our awesome volunteers. We talked about what God accomplished through each one of them and Love In Action in 2011. Check it out and praise God with us for the great things He has done:

- Many people accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior!
- We were a ministry without a home entering 2011, but we purchased a building, renovated it and moved into the new Love In Action Ministry Center. Now we have a permanent home. Praise God!
- We moved Celebrate Recovery Inside and Bible study back home to our ministry center after months of moving around from place to place
- Moved the LIA Health Clinic for the Homeless to the LIA Ministry Center.
- Began four new ministries: Lighthouse Cafe coffee house, Laundry Ministry, Shower Ministry, and Adopt-A-Block.
- Strengthen the following ministries: clothing, food pantry, food distribution, and hygiene supplies distribution.

Each of you who volunteer, pray and financially support Love In Action were a huge part of everything that was accomplished in 2011. We couldn't have done all of this without you. Thank you so much for your support and desire to show the "least of these" the love of Jesus Christ.

Please continue supporting us and encourage others to join you in supporting Love In Action in 2012. We've already had a great start to the New Year, and it's only going to get better. We are praying that more souls will be saved this year than ever before. We are also praying for God to continue to strengthen each ministry that we do and further expand Love In Action according to His perfect will and purpose throughout this year.

We thank each of you once again. We are like Paul, Silas and Timothy were in their letter to the church of Thessalonica, "We always thank God for all of you and pray for you constantly. As we pray to our God and Father about you, we think of your faithful work, your loving deeds, and the enduring hope you have because of our Lord Jesus Christ." - 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 (NLT)