Letters Received - Disaster Relief
One Friday evening in February we received a phone call from a distraught lady telling us that a group of people had just been evicted from where they were living (close to HOC). She had seen our vehicles in the area and looked up our number. We visited the site of the eviction and decided to help accommodate about twenty people at the HOC farm. We worked late into the night in conjunction with the local disaster manager committee, to get some of the people settled into a few of our vacant bedrooms and a hastily erected army tent. Through the help of an attorney, our guests were able to take their case to court, which decided that their eviction was illegal and ordered that their original accommodation be re-instated.
It was a blessing to hear that during their stay with us, many of the people had been ministered to, and some of them had experienced God's love. "It seems that God was blessing us while we stayed on the church's property, as some of us found jobs during this time", commented some of the people.
I was reminded of the scripture in Isaiah 1:17 = "Learn to do good; seek justice; rebuke the oppressor; defend the fatherless; plead for the widow".
Please continue to pray for us at Hands of Compassion, and thank you for your support.
Ps Alan McCauley