Raymond D. - Cascade Divisional prayers

Good Evening Everyone,

Here’s hoping you are settling down for the evening and are able to enjoy a bit of praise from Albany where Lts. Charles and Dawn DeJesus lead the Corps and services for the Lord, the community, and in this case, truckers passing through the area:

The Salvation Army Albany Corps set up Trucker’s Table at Exit 233 in Albany to provide free meals for truckers because many of these essential workers are having trouble finding somewhere to park and get a hot meal to eat amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first 10 days, Trucker’s Table provided 200 meals to truckers. Lt. Charles DeJesus said the idea for Trucker’s Table came from a conversation with his wife. “My wife (Lt. Dawn), who is from out East, was talking to her friend who is a trucker, and she discovered that many truckers are experiencing food insecurity,” he said. “They can’t pull through a drive-through window, and when they were finding food supplies, they were overpriced or weren’t good quality.” Volunteers are preparing and serving meals such as barbecue chicken, meatloaf with mashed potatoes, spaghetti and gourmet hamburgers with bacon.

DeJesus said he has enjoyed getting to know the truckers and hearing their stories. “It’s been less a ministry of feeding and more a ministry of presence. I’m just blown away by the character and work ethic of these truckers. They have a good sense of pride in what they’re doing.”

“It’s nice to be appreciated,” one trucker said. “Being a trucker is a tough job, with long stretches of boredom with doses of sheer terror and anxiety. What Charles is doing through Trucker’s Table is really nice.”

Matthew 25:35 tells us, “For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in.”

 

Let’s pray,

 

Lord, we love You and are thankful for the many blessing You send our way. May we gladly receive them, be strengthend by them, share them with those You send our way, and present You as we do that. Thank You for feeding us in so many ways. Thank You for the salvation You offer.

 

Tonight, we lift up Lts. Charles and Dawn DeJesus as they lead the Albany Corps, present You, and love their people. Their service to the truckers who are passing by their community is not only a unique new way to minister to other but covers an important need that this time of virus has presented. Thank You for the resources given and the volunteers who helped to make this ministry happen. We ask that You give Charles and Dawn the strength and rest they need to meet the challenges of tomorrow and the blessing of another day.

 

Please be with all the people receiving this email. These are difficult yet important days as we find our way through this pandemic and this time of soul searching, so that we may all stand together as brothers and sisters in Christ. Give us the rest we need and the strength for tomorrow. To You be the glory.

 

Amen.

 

Send us your stories when you have a moment. Goodnight everyone!