This past week I had the great opportunity to partner with Eastridge Baptist Church. They are a congregation that ministers to the most diverse and one of the poorest areas of Amarillo. The church offers ESL classes, helps refugees fill out any needed paperwork, they offer services in other languages and much more. They have a kids program after school and in the afternoons in the summer. It’s an open gym time where kids can play in a safe environment. They also serve a hot meal each and every day.
The program is run by the senior pastor, Mike Garmin. I was thankful to help him this past week. My help was simple yet was something I believe blessed him. I put together a tool bin, vacuumed their artificial turf, helped prep the meal time, swept floors and hung out with the kids.
On Thursday and Friday I was able to open up the gym and oversee the days program. Pastor Mike was sick and asked me to cover it for him. This turned out to be a blessing because if I was unable to help those days he would have had to cancel. I was happy to help out.
The church is doing some great things for their neighborhood and I look forward to working with them in the future. Pastor Mike definitely needs help taking care of the program and I will be a voice for him and what they’re doing in hopes more people will get involved.
I’m so grateful for the opportunity to help them and serve a different community.
Michael
