Saturday, the Holy Spirit provided and allowed us to see it and now bear witness to it. There was an army, OK a small squad of volunteers ready to help set-up tents, tables, chairs, and oil changing stations. God even provided a person to help get the paper work together. Then it was off to the Napa for the supplies.
We got there early, 7:45 AM shop opens at 8 AM. Some of the Napa contacts had changed. Howard, the previous manager, moved to Westminster and we were not sure if the new guy, Ken, would extend the same courtesy to this ministry. What courtesy is that? We get to bring supplies to the church and return what we do not use. That might not be surprising if we did it just once. But we make this exchange at least 5 to 6 times in the course of 7 hours. On one of our trips, Ken made the comment, "When I heard what your church was doing, I had to call my wife." Once again, the Holy Spirit showing me our service to others is being used to share the light of the gospel in a dark world.
By lunch (12:50 PM), we had served over 26 cars. Changing oil, oil filters, air filters, and checking fluids on at least 24 of them, replacing brake pads, rotors, and even checking an alternator on another. After a meal of the Best Fried Chicken in the World, from the Forest Dinner. We went back at it and cared for another 6 cars before closing at 3:00 PM.
There is more to report, but I will save it for future blogs. Right now, let me just share with you some of the numbers.
Total Cars Served: 32
- 26 Cars we have serviced in the past
- 6 Cars were new to us
- 10 people are Chapelgate Members
- 13 people attend Rebuilders
- 6 from other places
The servants came from: Chapelgate Presbyterian, Oak Ridge Community Church, Calvary Community Church, City of Hope Presbyterian and the Rebuilders at Chapelgate
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