The temperatures have been raw with wind chill factors down to -30 below 0. We ran across this family that was not dressed for the conditions but we were able to set them up for the most part. We are needing winter boots in a bad way. Many of the people are wearing tennis shoes and complain of their feet freezing. This picture (below) was taken near the Washington Gardens Projects. Tomorrow the management is allowing us to have an apartment until the cold weather breaks so that we can sort everything out and be able to take care of the people more effectively. The family below had to stand outside and wait for me to find what they needed and it may not look like it from the picture but it was very very cold!!!
The kids were all happy especially when they were hooked up with a pocket full of candy!
This gentleman was walking uptown in Elkhart wearing dress shoes when I stopped and asked him what size shoe he has and I just knew that he was a size 10 that I had in an insulated Polaris boot donated by someone at Grace Community Church. He was over-joyed!!
Cassandra got a coat donated by a buddy of mine that was his dad's before he passed away.
Wayne holds food that a family needed that had recently had a fire in their apartment building.
This is the type of house that many homeless flock to. The police department closes them down many times because of being a drug house then the homeless will find a way to get in.
There were foot prints around the above pictures. No one would be able to last long in the houses or the vehicle. They have found people dead in abandoned houses before.
If you still would like to help we need winter gloves and winter boots. We are doing fairly good on socks for now. The face mask type stocking caps are asked for often. Again, we so much appreciate all the help that we have received just in the last week. Thank you to The Elkhart Truth, The Goshen News, and Channel 22 for letting people know our needs. God Bless!!!
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