| Upstate New York Church Gets a Double Portion! |
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Like the Multiplication of the Loaf of Bread and the Fish, God's Spirit is Still Multiplying Donations that will Help Many in HaitiMark Barbero, a member of Risen Christ Lutheran Church in Fairport, New York, is very familiar with that miracle in the scriptures but he didn't expect to see it repeated in his own life.
 At six a.m. the next morning, Mark checked his e-mail before going to work and found a reply from Damien. He told Mark that Bostwick-Braun would match his order and send him double of what he had ordered! By Tuesday a good portion of the order had arrived and the rest would be delivered before the final collection day, this Sunday, February 28th, and in time to place it before the altar at church with the other donations that were dropped off this week. For more information about Debbie Supply Inc., visit www.debbiesupplyinc.com For more information about Bostwick-Braun, visit www.bostwick-braun.com |
Last Sunday, Mark Lillie, one of the coordinators for the Haiti Collection Site at Risen Christ, updated the congregation on the progress of the collections as the worshipers could visually see the donations growing around them in the sanctuary. After the service, Mark Barbero, the owner of Debbie Supply Inc, a 53-year-old family owned and operated hardware store, asked what else he could do to help with the collection. Debbie Supply is already a collection site for the community. They are also donating the pallets and the use of a fork lift to load the shipping container from Orphan Grain Train. Mark learned that they needed tools in Haiti to help dig through the rubble (the Haitians have been doing this by hand) and decided that since he owned a hardware store, and tools were his business, he could donate some tools. 