Backyard Mission

.…repairing homes, restoring hope….

Mission Statement:

1. Get people warm and dry by providing free home repairs, using volunteer labor and buying materials with donated money. Demonstrating the love of Christ!

2. Give Christians/Service groups the opportunity to put their belief into action, by loving and serving their neighbors.

3. Help other churches start a Backyard Mission program. ______

“Remember, it’s not just abouthome repair.”

I am a “task” person, and it is really easy for me to just focus on the “project”. God has been gracious to remind me over and over that the project is secondary to the “person”.

He gave me 3 good reminders this week:

After measuring a roof for this man, who was going to do the labor himself, I asked if I could pray for him. He began to weep and said, “I just miss my wife so much.” She had passed away earlier in the year, and his heart was broken.

Next I stopped by a house where the roof had been completed, to pick up leftover materials. The woman met me at the door and proceeded to share that her boyfriend, who had put on the roof for her, had come back high on drugs and beat her up. She was still limping and bruised.

And my third reminder came from a woman who came by the office to pick up a voucher for a window A/C unit. She turned to leave and I asked if I could pray with her before she left. She spun around, eyes wide, and said, “That has never happened before”.

People need shelter, but even more, they need to know there is a God who sees them, loves them, and hurts with them.

July 2015

Projects to date –1211

ROOFS,ROOFS,ROOFS

This spring we had a great thing happen. Five builders/roofers in the West Texas Home Builders Association adopted one of our old roofs and replaced it free for Backyard Mission.

We cannot thank these guys enough for their big hearts and willingness to “love their neighbor” here in Lubbock!

JORDAN WHEATLEY CUSTOM HOMES

DAN WILSON HOMES

JAMES JORDAN – BETENBOUGH HOMES

KEVIN TOSI – TOSI ROOFING

KEVIN REED – CLEARVIEW HOMES

Thank you John Elliott for setting up the meeting with Jordan Wheatley of West Texas Home Builders Association!

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Board Members:

Jim Taylor (chrmn) Jackson Ashburn
Lindy Fruge’Darrel Goss

LAURIE FOSTER, Founder/Director

8205 Quincy Ave (806) 300-0184

Lubbock, TX 79424

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