I Could Not Do This By Myself
Mrs. Brown is one of our HopeWorks widows in Macon, Georgia. She was raised on a farm in Twiggs County. “There were 6 girls and 7 boys in my family,” she said. “My daddy was a cotton farmer, and we had to harvest the cotton by hand. The fields were so big you could stand at one end and not even see the other end. We had to raise all the food we ate. Things like corn, butter beans, peas, sweet potatoes, and okra, just to name a few. There was no running water, so we had to use an outhouse; no electricity, so we grew up using oil lamps at night.”
Eventually, when Mrs. Brown moved to Macon, Georgia, she got married and had twin boys. One of the twins became totally disabled as an infant. Eventually, her husband passed away, and the other twin died, leaving Mrs. Brown as the sole caretaker of her now 48-year-old disabled son. Yet even with the burden of her son’s constant care, Mrs. Brown showed a remarkable peace as she trusts in God from day to day.
HopeWorks entered her life recently when her furnace quit working. She called a contractor in the area to take a look at her furnace. She explained to us, “He came out and told me it was not burning properly and producing carbon monoxide.” Mrs. Brown could not afford to replace her furnace, but fortunately, the heating contractor knew about HopeWorks and gave her our number. Mrs. Brown told us, “I could not do this by myself. I needed help from somebody.”
HopeWorks installed a new furnace for her, and now she has one less thing to be concerned about in her life. “I feel safer now,” she said. “It is a good thing you are doing this. You really do not have any idea of how many people need this kind of support.”
This is why God has called us to this unique ministry. James 1:27 provides HopeWorks with a clear mission to, “look after widows in their distress.” Thank YOU for helping HopeWorks relieve distress in widows like Mrs. Brown.