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In the month of June, Wheeler Mission Ministries served 19,829 meals. If one person were to eat 3 meals a day it would take him over 18 years to eat that many meals.

There is no way that we could have provided that many meals without the help of the people who faithfully give to Wheeler Mission. Not only that, it also took a lot of people to serve 19,829 meals. That task could not have been done without the help of our wonderful volunteers. If we had to pay for staff to do the job that our volunteers lovingly do for free, it would cost Wheeler Mission close to 1.4 million dollars a year.

In the scriptures, we know of 2 times that Jesus Christ miraculously fed the masses. Today, the body of Christ is still doing the same. Wheeler Mission Ministries truly is a team effort. It takes everyone working together as the body of Christ to fulfill the mission that Christ has called us to do. I would just like to take this opportunity to personally thank every person who has been a part of Wheeler Mission over the years. It is because of your love and faithfulness that we are truly able to be compassion in action.

Rick

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This weeks blog is from Brian Crispin, our new Development Associate and alumni of our Hebron Program at Camp Hunt. Brian is a young man with an incredible faith and a great testimony. Enjoy his post:

Rick

John 9:25b “One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
The man that was born blind heard all of the skeptics saying that Jesus was not who he said he was. To this man, he didn’t know Jesus as well as he would later on in life, but at the time he was asked about what had happened, he knew what Jesus had done, and no consequences would stop him from telling what he knew to be true.

For the past two years, I had the opportunity to work side by side with graduates of our addictions program and see the works of God revealed in them. I have seen men raw and new in faith, but the fresh gratitude that comes off of them will penetrate your heart. It is like seeing a man that was just rescued from a burning vehicle. There is an absence of forged religion, but instead, desperation in his voice and actions to give thanks and share what Jesus has done. Men in our Servant Leadership Training (SLT) program serve others for Christ with an intense gratitude that is just like this man. They are powerful testimonies for Jesus - “Do you also want to become his disciples?”(vs.27). It makes me think about my own gratitude sometimes. Jesus saved me in my affliction as well. Do I still have that desperation to serve and follow Jesus Christ like I did that day he pulled me out of hopelessness?

Modern day graduate testimonies are posted on our alumni site. Please read about some of the men who were given sight by Christ right here in Indianapolis by clicking the following links:
"Ministries", "Hebron Center", "Hebron Alumni Site and Testimonies".

Brian

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The Psalmist was in desperate straights. His prayer was more of a pleading really – “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy!” This guy was at the bottom of the pit.

I heard a testimony from one of the men who has been on Wheeler’s long-term addiction recovery program for several months. He told about his desperate prayer – “Lord, please deliver me from this misery.” It was a prayer prayed from a barstool one night when he realized he could fall no further into the pit.

Now, he testifies to others that “God hears that little prayer you pray from that barstool.” Yes, God does hear every prayer, every pleading, and this man has made incredible progress toward a life of sobriety.

I am incredibly thankful that no matter where we are, how deep into the pit we have descended – God hears our prayers.

Rick

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Have you ever noticed that some of the best lessons we learn as adults, come when we watch how children make decisions? Let me explain.

A six year old girl from Fishers, Indiana was watching TV one day when a program came on describing the plight of poor people in another country. These people were in need of life’s most basic essentials – clean water, food, and shelter.

The images on TV were very disturbing to this young girl, so she went to her mom and asked how she might be able to help. Even as a six year old, she was insistent that she respond to their plight – after all – she had never been without food, water, or a place to sleep. Her logic was that she had the means to help. Following a discussion with her mom, she understood that she was too young to hop on a plane and cross the Atlantic, so it was decided that they look for a way to help a neighbor who might be in need.

Her mom explained that there are poor people right in her own community, and there is a place for them to go to get a meal. That seemed to be the answer for this determined little girl because she gathered some canned goods, and had her mom drive her down to Wheeler Mission. She presented the gift of food and was finally satisfied that she had accomplished her goal.

The little girl saw a need - she knew she had the means to meet that need and she did what she could do. What a great lesson for the rest of us.