Savannah's Bags of Hope

Thank you Growth Group for the amazing package you sent!!!! You helped a lot of kids and showed God's love to a lot of special people. Thank you so much for your generosity.

First thing we did was to share some of the stuffed animals with an orphanage nearby. The kids LOVED them! We also gave them some of your beautiful hats.

 

 

 

 

We also were able to share some of what you donated with our Digital Closets mission with Hope of Glory. More hats and stuffed animals went to them and they were thrilled. We wish you could've been there to see the happy faces of the children! It was difficult to take pictures while everything was going on but here are a few of the many sweet faces you blessed.

Then, the final phase of your donations: Savannah's Bags of Hope! In each bag we were able to put in a jacket or sweatshirt, hat, gloves, suntan lotion, food, gospel tract, note from Savannah, water, stuffed animal and a few more things. Without you those bags wouldn't have been so full of such quality and thoughtful items! Below you'll see pictures of Savannah getting the supplies organized, the final product, and a few pictures of some of the people you helped. It was GREAT to have those wonderful bags you sent as well. Thanks so much!

 

It's really hard taking pictures when we give out the bags because we don't want them to feel bad or make a weird impression. But oh how we wish that we timed it right to show you a picture we failed to capture. This precious little homeless boy in the two pictures above melted our hearts. When he found the stuffed animal you sent inside the bag, he turned around with the biggest most beautiful smile you will ever see. We wanted to scoop him up and take him home. It gave us joy to see that your generosity gave him a bright spot in a dark life. God bless you!

These two gentlemen are an interesting pair. One has no legs and is confined to a wheel chair while the other pushes him around. The able bodied man never asks for anything and if anything is received he always gives it to his friend in the wheel chair. You don't know what people's real stories are but there is something about these two that pull at our heart strings.

This picture is hard to see, but this is a sweet lady named Precious and her little girl. They are sitting sort of in the middle of the picture by the sign posts in the middle. Precious has the warmest smile and she always calls Savannah by name and the little girl just lights up when she sees Savannah. They are almost always on this street corner begging for food. You have blessed them with warm hats, gloves, sun screen, a stuffed animal a gospel tract in their language and all in the name of the Lord Jesus. Thank you!!! 

 

 

 We have a few more bags to give away over the next few days but we wanted to share the impact of your donations. It's hard to capture pictures at just the right time or even at all, but please know that the love of God has been shared with dozens of children and adults. On their behalf we say thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.