by ttripp | Apr 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
James and Amy Gandy shared their stories with us to help us understand their passion for helping others. Listening to their tales, Dorri and I wondered how their ministry would spring forth from such hardship. How would two people, once addicted to drugs and...
by ttripp | Mar 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
In our last blog, Dorri and I told Amy’s story. But Amy’s story is not complete without James’s, her now husband. One might ask, why would James keep going back to a woman that appeared so broken. The reason was that James understood broken. He, himself, had been...
by ttripp | Mar 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
When we first entered the building known as the Hands and Feet Foundation, people scrambled about preparing for the day. Bags of donated Panera bagels lined the small hallway; James and Amy would distribute them to the homeless later that day. The house was small; in...
by ttripp | Feb 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Jared’s faith in God is what ultimately changed the course of his life for the better, he tells Tracy and I, at Hands and Feet Ministries in Jacksonville. The clean-shaven young man with a ponytail says he now feels a calling to the ministry. “In...
by ttripp | Feb 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
We met Joel at Hands and Feet Foundation in Jacksonville. They are one of the faith-based outreach programs helping the homeless. Tracy and I interviewed the couple who run this program and will be posting their interview on the blog soon. Joel, age 67, is an army...
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