Almost two weeks ago, Aaron & I went to the refugee center in Kållered. While we were there we met people that came to the country with very little warm clothing, if any warm clothes at all. We hung out with them in a small room, that IKEA donated furniture for (see attached photo) for a few hours having fika, drawing and sharing stories. When it was time to leave, a few young boys were going through the “hats & gloves” box trying to find something to wear on their little 6 year old hands, one of them left with men’s gloves that were just too big and the other left with bright pink, “piglet” mittens. Both boys did find gloves which is good because it was more than what either of them had, but they weren’t ideal. We have challenged our churches, Fiskebäcks Missionskyrcka and Fisherscreek International Church, to go through their closets and find warm clothes to donate. We were hoping to get enough clothes for one car load to the center, but after telling the congregation about this opportunity on Sunday, by Tuesday night we had enough clothes to fill about 3 Volvo station wagons!!! and more clothes are still coming; it is truly amazing at how much the people in this church are giving! I’m truly amazed!One of our main goals with “The Well” (the service I’m here for, young adults) is to get people to “be the church, inside and outside of the church walls”. I think this is a great start and a good sign of what we are all capable of.
Keep praying!
Timmer
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