Saturday Coat & Warm Clothes Distribution

It was very cold today (single digits) when Pastor Lance & I set out to check the streets for people unequipped for the weather. The wind chill was somewhere below 0 degrees and we were still able to find people that did not own coats walking the streets. One guy was wearing an insulated flannel shirt and I asked him where his coat was, his reply was right here meaning the shirt and that it was all he had. I threw him a very warm ski jacket and a big smile came across his face. He did not have gloves either and we were able to equip him with everything he needed.

As you can see from the above picture of Main Street in Elkhart that there were not too many people out on the streets.
The wind was blowing very strong to the point that when you did see someone walking most of them were walking backwards to keep the wind off their face.
We went to the Faith Mission to help them with some coats.Above - At times it was white out conditions and very hard to see.

This guy (below) rides a bicycle back and forth to work. He stopped us to see if we had anything really warm that people could see so that he would not get hit by a car. We just happened to have just the right coat. Thanks to Mr. Bowman in Union, Michigan!!! Below - We were able to get him some gloves and some food for his kids.
A huge thanks to all those that have helped us in equipping the less fortunate. We have had people coming to the house all week dropping things off and this all started with a church service at Grace Community in Goshen. We continue to get boxes in the mail full and we will soon be getting 3 boxes of socks and warm items from Texarkana. A representative of The Elkhart Truth (newspaper) dropped off a big box of socks yesterday. We had a gentleman 89 years old that came to the house and dropped of items.

Again, a huge thank you from all of us at RAVEN MIDWEST!!!!!!!!