07/27/2010: "Urban HUG Team - A SUCCESS!"

It was an amazing night. For well over a month the Urban HUG Team had been planning their first hosting of the Feed the Homeless project at Peachtree Street and Trinity Avenue in Atlanta. This is an outdoor event held nightly, rain or shine in a parking lot in downtown. Tonight was the Urban HUG Team's first night to serve as a group, supplying and preparing the food for the event.

While at Community Bible Church loading for the event it appeared it was going to be all rain and no shine. Lighting flashed and thunder roared as the rain poured down as we hauled the tables out of the church, tying them on the back of a pickemup truck. Rain poured as we drove towards Atlanta, finally ceasing as we passed Langford Parkway (Lakewood Freeway).

Arriving at the site, it was overcast and sometimes misting, but well suited for the event. As the team unloaded and set up Eduardo stood between the lines of the homeless waiting to be fed and delivered a heart-felt message focusing on salvation.

The food was provided and prepared by Stacy Powell's small group. Although the volunteers did not eat because they were there to serve the homeless and not themselves, the rate at which the food was consumed was enough to serve as a great testimony to its flavor.

It was not just the Urban HUG Team serving tonight. Seven or eight churches from around metro Atlanta were represented, putting aside their differences in theology to serve those less fortunate.

At the end of the night the team was blessed by a performance of a homeless husband and wife team, singing a praise song they had themselves written. Their performance was nothing less than astonishing.

A lot of people were blessed at this event; some of which laid in their comfortable beds as they said their prayers that night while many others struggled to keep dry under a bridge or in a doorway as they thanked God for the meal they had received.

If you are interested in volunteering for the Urban HUG Team or preparing food for one of their events, contact Eduardo at 678-544-1062.