My wife Kim and I decided to open a 501(3c) Non Profit Organization called: Time For Action!
This isn't the finished Logo yet but it's what I have right now! Mark from Alive Again is so amazingly talented and he is going to work on this more! Thanks Mark.
Our idea to open this Non Profit came from me reading ACTS 20:35 where Jesus says, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." Our church is located just outside Lakewood and many of our congregation teach and coach at Lakewood High School. As you may or may not know, this area has been hit hard by the recession.
During the Sunday Luau yesterday, we met a family who is in dire need. Our friend Lew has been filling me in on this family all week and it's been weighing on my heart. Long story short, after meeting with them we knew it was Time for Action.
The family consists of father and mother, and 3 children. They were living with their mother but her house got condemned and will be homeless by Thursday. The older mother got placed into a 1 bedroom house and cannot have anyone else living there because of state regulations.
We sat with the family yesterday and talked about jobs, needs and options. The father has an interview today and most likely will be hired on the spot. My friend Joe DeFalco is driving him and hour and a half away for the interview. Thanks Joe. The mother also has a per diem job but cannot get there because where they are currently placed doesn't allow for her to travel to work. Cost vs. wage doesn't make sense!
So we immediately jumped into action and found them a place to stay in Lakewood. Time for Action is helping with the security deposit and first months rent. I, as a financial advisor, will be meeting with them monthly to help them budget with their income and bills.
But there are still needs for this family! We need a car. One that can be donated or one that can be purchased at a great deal. They will be moving into an apartment starting from scratch. No beds, no plates, no anything! I have already called my good friend Jim who gets cars in from impounds from the police. He just so happens to be getting some cars in this week. He thinks he can help us out.
I am not asking for donations of money from any of you! I am asking you to think of your life and look around and look at your possessions. We at Time for Action are doing this not for us, but to Glorify God. All the glory goes to him. I wouldn't even be mentioning this on my blog if I didn't feel that there was more help out there for this family. Clothes, lamps, silverware, tables, chairs, etc. Just look around your house and everything you see is everything they need.
All donations will be tax deductible on your tax return as I can give you a receipt. So today I just ask you to pray! Pray for Time for Action to succeed in this mission, pray for this family, pray for yourselves to look at your possessions and really think if you are using them the way someone less fortunate could use them. To us they might be just possessions, to the family they might just be a life saver.
During yesterday's event at the park, this family showed up. They didn't ask for help once they just asked for prayer. And even though I knew what was going on, no on else did. And they praised Jesus through song and prayer and told Him that they trust this is HIS will and leave it up to Him. How many of us in times like these could do the same thing? AMEN? They are a family of God! They need our help! You can contact me through email if you have any questions or concerns at scottowel@aol.com.
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY: Luke 12:33-34 Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
SONG OF THE DAY: "IF WE EVER NEEDED YOU" (CASTING CROWNS)
I thank all of you for listening to me this morning! Please let me know if you can help in anyway!
Thanks and God Bless You!
~Scott
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