the U N E X P E C T E D

For anyone that has come across my latest Facebook post they will know what this is about, and for those who do not I'll re-post it here to get you up to speed real quick.

B R E A K I N G N E W S from the Hendrixs:

This past Monday during prayer our base prayed for the refugees flooding into Europe from Syria and surrounding nations. The Lord spoke so clearly to me and told me that I needed to GO. I had no idea what to do, I had already planned an entire outreach for our team to Indonesia & Papua New Guinea. Within the past 5 days every single thing that needed to fall into place to change our 3 month outreach has happened. Now we are GOING TO GREECE. We will be working with Syrian refugees, giving them food, water and blankets and ultimately sharing Jesus with them. Right now there are 6,000 refugees trying to cross into Greece EVERY DAY. These people need help & they need hope. 

If you want to give specifically to the refugees that we will be helping, message me.

To fill in the blanks that come with this post I want to take a minute to answer the obvious questions:

When are you going? How long will you be there?

We leave December 7- February 20. So we will be there for just under 3 months.

Where in Greece will you be?

We will begin in Athens and also be in the island of Lesvos (in-between Greece and Turkey).

What exactly will you be doing?

We will be handing out supplies to the refugees, water, food and blankets. We will also be spending time with them individually in hopes of building relationship to share the gospel.

How many refugees are in Greece?

Over the past while 6,000 have been crossing the border into Greece everyday. Just as of last week that number jumped up to 9,000.

How can I help?

The best and most effective way to help is to donate. Our Paypal account is a link on the side of our blog, you can donate using debit or credit. If you would like your money to go towards only buying supplies for the refugees you can message me and request that. 

If you would like to write a check you can address it to:

Sarah Hendrix

Mailing address: 2707 Hipawai Place Honolulu HI 96822

Below is a video made by Samaritan's Purse. The work they are doing over there is exactly what our 3 months in Greece will look like as well. 

Hopefully this answers a lot of the questions regarding our change in outreach. Thank you everyone for your prayers and support. This is such a real need in our world today and anything you can do to help makes a huge difference in people's lives.

Love,

The Hendrixs

lend a helping hand

Last Thursday our school had the privilege of working with another ministry on the island that dedicates every Thursday to feeding 600-700 homeless people that live in Honolulu. It's titled "Feeding the Hungry" but they do so much more than that. They also clothe them and provide an atmosphere of trust and respect where people can talk about their lives. Dozens upon dozens of bags of clothing were given away, and two truck loads of food were brought in. Over a matter of 5 hours we had given everything away. The food brought in was not just a ridiculous amount of non-perishable cans, there were mountains of fruit, milk, yogurt, bread, desserts, literally anything you could possibly find in a grocery store. The clothes given away did not have holes or stains, but there were items for all shapes and sizes. I realized in working with this ministry that trust and respect were not only given to these people through our words and conversations, but also in the food and clothing that we gave away- we gave them our best.

Some of the team unloading the first truck load of food

Prayer for some new friends

Working at the clothing table!

As this becomes the month of Thanksgiving for all my Canadian friends and family, and in the following month it will be Thanksgiving for Americans, I just want to encourage everyone to serve the homeless and hurting in their community. It honestly is such a blessing to be able to serve someone, or even a group of people who might not have the means to help themselves this time of year. For the next three months my team and I will be doing this every Thursday, this isn't a ministry that we've personally started, we chose to find something that was already happening in the community and lend a helping hand. So my prayer for everyone reading this would be to find something happening around you, to join in and serve people that aren't currently able to help themselves.

Much love,

The Hendrixs