{"id":1951,"date":"2018-10-03T20:05:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T20:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2021-05-27T13:05:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T13:05:09","slug":"bed-brigade-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/bed-brigade-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Bed Brigade Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1952 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Bed-Brigade-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Bed-Brigade-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Bed-Brigade-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><strong>Our focus hasn\u2019t changed<\/strong>\u2026 providing for people\u2019s very tangible need for beds, while coming alongside them and offering hope and faith in Jesus.\u00a0 We continue to send our delivery teams into the homes of the families in need.\u00a0 This is exactly what sets us apart and gives us a unique opportunity to impact families for Christ.\u00a0 Your service, donations and prayers allow us to continue to do that more and more. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>A few memorable deliveries:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>We met a Muslim family\u2026 they were one of the warmest families we\u2019ve delivered to.\u00a0 It was a joy to be used by God to bless them and share some Bible storybooks along with the beds for the kids<\/li>\n<li>For one home, we delivered the requested one bed for the boy in the house. Two adults and two kids were sharing one room with the kids on the floor.\u00a0 The sister also didn\u2019t have a bed and REALLY wanted one so we brought back a bed for the sister, too.\u00a0 What made it all the more special was that the bed we gave her had a message with a Bible verse decorated on it, and she was so excited, that she was yelling to her friends outside to come see the message that was written for her.<\/li>\n<li>A couple of the wives of our team members came along one Saturday, and there was a family in particular that the kids just loved. \u00a0These two women gave them extra attention.\u00a0 Great big hugs before we left.\u00a0 We so value having mom and grandma figures coming along on deliveries to add that extra special element to the interactions with the kids.<\/li>\n<li>Last fall we delivered two beds for younger kids.\u00a0 It was at the grandparents&#8217; house.\u00a0 The kids are living there now because both parents had overdosed on drugs.<\/li>\n<li>We delivered to one home where the mom\u2019s boyfriend was verbally abusive to her in our presence.\u00a0 They had 5-6 kids of various ages.\u00a0 They also had other extended family members living in the basement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1953 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Bed-Brigade-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Bed-Brigade-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Bed-Brigade-3.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We are reminded over and over that many kids are growing up in homes and situations that are extremely challenging.\u00a0 Our prayer is that we can be part of an impact that God is orchestrating to give these kids and families hope to reach for God, to choose love instead of violence, and to want to help others instead of take advantage of others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information or to learn how you can be involved with Bed Brigade, please visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thenalc.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/11\/bed-brigade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Great Commission Society.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our focus hasn\u2019t changed\u2026 providing for people\u2019s very tangible need for beds, while coming alongside them and offering hope and faith in Jesus.\u00a0 We continue to send our delivery teams into the homes of the families in need.\u00a0 This is exactly what sets us apart and gives us a unique opportunity to impact families for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/bed-brigade-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bed Brigade Update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[79,7,15],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Bed-Brigade-Cover-Art.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}