Our world is full of migrations. Recently a co-worker in the Northeast visited some asylum-seekers, a family who really didn't know how to get any resources in their new situation. Yet this family was the host as my co-worker visited them. All the family had to offer her was water, and a marshmallow—that is all they had in their empty apartment. Yet they had something, and they were allowed to be the host.
During the pandemic, many ministries in New York City instituted “grab and go” programs – giving people food or other needed things outside so people could safely receive help and then move on. Josh Johnson with a team at Graffiti 2 instituted something else: a “stop and care” ministry. They would buy food or coffee for someone and for themselves and then eat with them outside.
Giving courage to Christian believers who want to Meet the Need First.
