Brockton - October 20, 2024
Here is the update from Sunday’s LYNN Ministries team at The Fellowship in Easton that served 117 meals in Brockton.
What can we tell you that hasn’t already been said! While serving in Brockton we often times minister to the same people, with the same circumstances, but then there are always new people with new circumstances and concerns.
This time our trip into Brockton was blessed with warm temperatures and bright sunshine as we served helpings of macaroni and cheese, fruit, desert, and iced tea and lemonade.
Over 100 men and women enjoyed our meals as some also described the struggles that contributed to their hardships.
A man named Gary, who looked to be in his 50’s, explained that his wife had recently passed away. Meanwhile, he had to move his mother into a nursing home. “I’m dealing with a double whammy, plus I’m out on the streets,” he said. “I thank God that I have something to eat for the moment, but the loneliness is painful too,” he said.
Their stories are different but also hauntingly similar reminders that life is a bumpy, uneven road for everyone. There but for the grace of God, go any of us. This ministry reveals at least a glimpse of God in otherwise trying circumstances.
A good number of people pulled ministry team members aside and asked for impromptu prayers for their most urgent needs. We also collected prayer requests for a designated session that our congregation will hold this Sunday.
Here are this weeks prayer requests:
1) Haja - pray that he be reconciled with his young daughter
2) “k” - pray that he is not incarcerated for impending legal matter
3) Bob - Pray for God’s provision of a home
4) Kevin - Pray that God provides for his homeless friend
5) Mark - God hand on and for Health of his young children
6) Indie - God to restore peace and happiness into his life
7) Pierre - For God to maintain his health
8 ) Corina - Comfort in mourning the loss of 2 uncles – brother serious illness
9) Jackie - Police relations and Gods wisdom in interaction with police
10) Lynsey - Travel to NC – needs finances for urgent business
11) Lenai - Gods provision of food and medication
12) Milton- Safety on the streets
13) Barbara - Blessing from God for good Health
14) John - Gods hand as he does evangelizing work in Brockton
15) Gary - God’s Peace in mourning his wife and for health for his mother
16) Noriega - Pray that God heals her eye resulting from gunshot injury
17) Linda - Thankful for recent warm weather – more of the same from God
18) Wilfredo - Safety on the streets
19) Ashely & John - Protect daughter Ashely during visit to Grandma in Jamaica
20) Jean Baptiste - Needs housing asks for God to provide
21) Kevin & Wayne - Needs a place to live – getting off the streets
22) Lorenzo - Safety on the streets
23) Donna - Asks for God to provide housing soon
24) Callie - A Job and good health
25) Pierre Durelan - God’s provision of a place to live/housing
26) Llorraine - God’s help/healing of her disability that affects her ability to walk
27) Chris - God’s presence in her life to strengthen her spirit
28) John - Peace and comfort while mourning his friend who died recently
29) Brian - Daughter recently killed in an accident – pray for peace & comfort
30) Enoch - Pray for a job
31) David - Pray for God’s strength /sobriety while in detox
32) Jacquie - God’s blessing of good health
David praised God for providing him a coveted bed in a detox clinic for the next three nights. “My goal is to get sober and stay sober this time,” he said, adding, “Three nights is a start.”
Besides prayer and a meal, LYNN Ministries was joined by Restoring Reading Vision, a ministry that distributes off the rack reading glasses to anyone needing them.
We are so thankful for the help we receive from Fellowship volunteers who prepare meals that are served each month. We are blessed by all those who contribute to this ministry.