Beds for formerly homeless abused single-moms & babies!

The joyous squeal of the formerly homeless 10 month old baby boy climbing on to his own bed is something I never want to forget!! We were able to help two different unrelated single-moms this past week. Both of their stories begin similarly as abused wives in very dangerous relationships. One western state and another from an eastern state, who both sought refuge in Colorado and landed strangely enough in Loveland.

No pictures of faces of these families for their safety.

On the same day we were able to help these two families!

Northern Colorado Family #1

She was an abused mom from a western state, with a 2 year old and a 10 month old, landing in Loveland, Colorado with no contacts and no friends here. She found help at a local house for abused women, but homeless. This Christian ministry shelter counseled her, took her through their program, helped her get a job in a local school, and provided an air mattress for her and her babies. This went on for 3 months and then she was able to get an apartment at a low income apartment complex, but she had nothing but clothes.

She told us that she was reasoning within herself saying that she could do without a kitchen table and a couch, but she really needed beds for her and her babies.

With a little help from her kids (2 yr old & 10 month old) my family and I were able to get her new beds & furniture together!

Through the help of our support partners, we were able to provide

• A bed for her, and a twin bed for her toddler, and a baby bed for her little 10 month old tyke!

• A glider rocker for her and her babies.

• A cube organizer to act as a dresser.

• A futon couch and a folding table with some sturdy safe chairs.

The little girl wanted everyone in the house to see her bed!

The little boy crawled at a feverish pace to get to his new bed and sit on it! I will never forget his joyous squeal, but also I will never forget it because it took us 3 times to get the blessed thing together!!

We prayed and thanked God for allowing us to be part of the answer to her prayers! We thanked the God of the Bible who redeems our lives, forgives our sins, answers our prayers, and give us a new hope and future. His name is Jesus! We have a good-good Father who is not abusive!

Pray for her and her babies as she starts this new life!

We could not have done this without our financial support partners!

And we could not have done this without our spiritual prayer partners who prayed for us to have openings like this!

We need both of these streams to continue this kind of work! Thank you all again!

Northern Colorado Family #2

No pictures of faces of these families for their safety.

This dear lady and her children came from a violently abusive relationship, and when her older daughter (20) was able to get her tax refund from working at a fast-food restaurant, they ran away from this violently abusive relationship. I was grieved hearing their pain, and I cannot write nor will I write all the evil that had happened to this family and the terrible grief they had been through.

This mom and kids had gone a few steps further down the line than the other family. They had been able to move from air mattresses to real mattresses, but they were on the floor. So we were able to get them some box springs and bed frames.

My family and I know what it is like to sleep on the floor for months. You never get rested, the bed never feels right, and as soon as your roll out you realize you are still in a terrible situation because you cannot even sit on the side of your bed, like one should be able to. If you have never been there, thank Jesus. If you have, you know the ongoing grief that this does to a family, but you also know the joy of simply having a real bed to sit on and sleep on.

Thank you again for your prayers and financial support! It not only means the world to us, but to these families now as well!!

 

If you would like to help support this kind of work, then please sign up on our SERVE 970 page to volunteer and/or you can help contribute financially to this work. The only way we can do this kind of ministry to help the community is through the donations of our partners.

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This week we were able to help a single mom who is having surgery and will be out of work for the week. We love families and it’s a joy to get to help meet the tangible needs of this mom and her kids!

We are so thankful for YOU, our supporting partners, who know the need of giving hope to people in their times of need!!!

Jesus said, “Do to others as you would like them to do to you.” Luke 6:31

 

I don’t want to tell you how upset I was when I found out this wonderful stay-at-home mom’s husband left and refused to pay for the needs of his family.

There are some things in life that should upset and anger you. This is called injustice.

The Well was able to bless this mom and help her get groceries and gas to take care of her children.

The Bible tells us that God takes care of the fatherless, widows, and those who are defenseless. And He calls and expects His followers to be his hands and feet here in helping them. We got the blessing of being able to help this family.

“Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.”

Psalms 68:5

 

Pray for my new friend Don. I would probably be homeless too if I went through what he went through.

Don was a chef, restaurant owner, married to his wonderful wife who was a child psychologist, and had a good life, until tragedy struck their family. Their 9 yr old baby girl was brutally raped and later died of anorexia at age 12. Don’s dad died the same year and his wonderful wife died 2 years later of a brain tumor. Don, a former Bible college student, lost faith became disillusioned with God, became bitter & angry at God, depressed, and ultimately homeless over 1,000 miles away from home.

Many years ago he left the place the place of pain where everything reminded him of his his daughter, his wife, and his dad.

I met Ron today on an totally unintended stop. He was hungry and hopeless, but feeling the need to go back home. He was emotionally broken, depressed, and disillusioned because he could not find a church who was willing to get him a bus ticket. He had already hitch-hiked over a thousand miles and still had a 1,000 to go. I did not know his story until I was driving him to get a bus ticket. I was able to tell him to thank Jesus for taking care of his needs today. Thank you to the faithful partners of The Well Ministries!!! Because of you we were able to give this man a bus ticket home, food for his journey, and HOPE that God loves him!!! You should have seen his face when he had a bus ticket in his hand, a sleeping bag, and food for the trip! I don’t think I have ever seen a smile that big!

 

 

 

I am thankful for friends with big hearts who helped this dear lady get a bed! We were just the conduits of blessing! We were able to get this wonderful hard working nursing student and single mom a bed.

She had severe heart problems when she had her last child 7 years ago which eventually led to congestive heart failure. This led to a heart pump attached to her heart and an apparatus attached to her that controls the left side of her heart. She is now on a heart transplant list.

She had to go into the hospital for a long stay, which meant she couldn’t pay rent so she had her things placed in storage. Because of her extended stay, she was unable to take care of her things in storage and lost everything. When she got out she stayed with some family, got a very small government house, and her friends got her some couches from Goodwill. For the past 3 months she has been sleeping on the couch and her kids on the floor. Our ministry, The Well, was able to buy her a new full-size bed from Sam’s Club with some good bedding from Target!!!

From Theressa:

Pastor Bill and his wife Stephanie helped my family by providing mattresses, bedding and bed frames for my family. We were sleeping on the couch and it was really getting to my back. It gave me so much joy and hope to meet a family that truly cares about you. The first day I messaged Pastor Stevens, I just knew he was a man Of God. I had lost my Faith for a minute battling with Congestive Heart Failure but after meeting this beautiful family and all them praying for me and my family, my Faith has been restored. I thank God daily for their blessings… Such a God fearing Family and I’m so blessed to have meet them. Thressa

PS. Thank you so much again for everything. Feel free to inspire anyone about my testimony. Never know who it may bring life back into.. Good Day.

Our hope and prayer is that she will be able to get rest, so that her body will be rested well enough to receive a heart transplant for her at the right time. And that she will thrive afterwards! Pray with us for her success! If you want to partner with us, please sign up to Serve With US and we will let you know about the upcoming opportunities, or if you want to help provide for this kind of ministry, please see our Ways To Give.

Why Are We Doing This?

1.  The Love of God says that someone had to do something! As we were turning down the street to her house a song came on by Matthew West, “Do Something!”  The song is all about helping the poor, and when we see a need, God is giving us the opportunity and the responsibility to meet that need!

2. It would have been a sin if we had not done something! James 4:17 “Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.”

3.  Jesus said to let our good deeds shine out, point others to Him through them, and let Him get the glory!
Jesus said, “No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for alltosee, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.” Matthew 5:15-16 NLT

4. Jesus is going to judge us on how we treated the poor and hurting.  Matthew 25:31-46

5. It reveals that we are real followers of the Living Lord Jesus! Matthew 25:31-46

6.  We are to use our money to do good.
“Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment. 18 Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others. 19 By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life” 1 Timothy 6:17-19

7. Legit followers of Christ help others in their time of need.