Dani, our Community Service Club leader, was called into the vice mayor’s office at City Hall. “I’ve heard good things about your group’s community service projects. We appreciate your compassion for our citizens. We know of a woman in need who has a young child. She’s been a victim of domestic violence and human trafficking in Italy. She’s now here, alone and frightened. Can some of the women in your group visit her?”

A few days later, Brenda and Nora visited the woman, whom we will call Mina, and listened as she shared how, after the government demolished her home for a military base expansion without providing compensation, she and her daughter had to sleep in a shop. The city eventually provided an old first-floor apartment in a rough area. Though grateful, Mina didn’t feel safe. The apartment’s large broken-out window had been covered with taped paper, and a group of men often gathered on her back porch to drink, triggering traumatic memories. “There’s only paper between these drunken men and my daughter and me,” she said as her voice trembled.

Brenda and Nora prayed for Mina and her little girl before leaving, vowing to return and continue offering support.

Dani and I are now seeking discounted materials and helpers to repair Mina’s home to make it safer. Jesus calls His followers to be His hands and feet in this world. Please join us in prayer that He will draw people to Him through our community service.

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