A total of 26,500 meals were packed in 5 hours and they raised $2500 more than was needed to fund the whole event!

As I finished washing the last of the dirty dishes, an elderly lady came up to me and asked if we were from a church.  I said we were from Calvary Church.  She immediately reached in her pocket and pulled out $3.  She gave it to me and asked if I would give this to the church.  I assured her that was not necessary, but she insisted and commented, “God and I know what we are doing.”  I graciously thanked her and put her $3 in my pocket.

I closely guarded her $3 for the remainder of the day until I could put it in the offering plate during the Saturday evening service.

My experience that day turned out to be a blessing to me.  I saw this little lady give out of her poverty because she was grateful for the meal.  It was a blessing that I did not expect to receive.

So…give “Unleash” a try.  You never know how the blessings will be poured out.

Gale Schmidt
Calvary Church Staff

A week later, we arrived at Bible Study carrying these:

Doing an informal and quick survey with other moms, I found out that most women have 2 to 3 showers when they are expecting, and we wanted to give something similar to this mom. We wanted it to have a real shower feel, so we brought everything wrapped. We also gathered up a car seat, a bassinet and a bouncy seat. We prayed over all of the gifts, and then sent them off.

We may never meet this mom, and we don’t even know her name. But I hope she feels our prayers, and God’s presence with her, as she becomes a new mom, and brings this little miracle into the world.

-anonymous