Transforming Communities Through Kindness
Recently at an aifc conference we heard from various speakers. Josh Wilkins, founder and CEO of One Voice spoke to us about being kind to the homeless, stating that there’s a large number of youth on the streets who are there by no choice of their own.
Video – Not My choice
Video – Mobile Shower Bus First Shower Testimony
One Voice provides buses to homeless youth on the streets where they can brush their teeth, do their hair and take a hot shower privately and safely. On average 18 people use the free service daily.
What has God put in your heart?
As individuals we can make a difference. As a team we can do much more! aifc partners with One Voice to make a difference in our community.
Luke 10:30-37
Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. …
Mark 12:30-31
“30. and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
Proverbs 19:17
“Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.”
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