Rwanda? Kenya? No trip sounded right. So, Katie kept searching for the perfect short-term missions trip on the International Mission Board’s Go Experience website.
For 10 years Roby Baptist has been meeting its small community’s clothing needs through its Helping Hands ministry, a retail store that charges nothing for its items. The expanding ministry just added a food pantry.
Ask Rick Gage about Go Tell Ministries, and the conversation turns quickly to evangelism and seeing people’s lives transformed through the power of God’s Word.
Matt Thackerson, the Baptist Convention of New Mexico’s Missions Mobilization Team leader, said the primary desire for these supported hunger ministries is to provide not just a “temporary hope” but also “eternal food.”
“‘What does the future look like?’ … I feel like (this) is the hardest question to answer,” said Rocky Komatsu, pastor of Waiehu Community Church. “Yet, I think if we’re totally honest the answer is, ‘We have no idea.’”