Ellen was in prison. As a young mother she witnessed her husband abusing her small children. She felt helpless to stop it and cried out to God for her children’s protection. A teacher at school discovered their secret. Her husband went to prison, but so did...
Tonya came to shop. She just found out she’s expecting a baby and is newly off drugs. Her food stamps have not come as promised and her needs are great. During her shopping experience, at very different times, two leadership people were drawn to pray for her....
The clarinet music sweetly flowed out the door and down the hall as guests came to shop. One lady stood trying to decide whether she should come or not. As she struggled with that decision, the music seemed to be calling her to come. She slipped into the building...
A family came to our Johnston County outreach for the first time with their school age daughter who is struggling with gender identity. A volunteer from out of town visiting for a local church conference was able to relate about a similar struggle she had in her life...
It was Tuesday before Thanksgiving and the last day we would be open to the community for that week. Stacy, a honored guest, noticed that there was a scripture taped to the back of another shopper. They engaged in conversation over this odd little advertisement of...
Rarely but largely casino players can happen to win at games. Normally, big winnings are pretty rare events that attract all other casino customers’ attention and sometimes even medias. Always and ever a casino winning comes unexpectedly, as a sort of gift....
A Partnering church did an amazing “bumper crop” for us and delivered it recently. What is a “bumper crop”? It’s when a local church passes out grocery bags to their members one week with a list of needed food items and other resources...
Ricardo is a young man in his twenties, who responded to the gospel and wanted to ask Jesus to come into his life. He admitted he had been pushing the Lord away but was now ready to surrender. Jennifer approached a volunteer to share that her teenage son had...
It was a busy Saturday and God blessed us with a good staff of volunteers. Keisha and Nick came to serve too. They moved among our guests praying for people as God led them. We love when we have the opportunity to simply move among our guests and offer to pray...