Stop! Did you see those men back there?” someone called out from the back seat.

Each Sabbath afternoon, as it begins to get dark, we head into the city with 30 or 40 hot meals prepared to share with those who are homeless and in need. They have come to anticipate our arrival at that time.

We almost always take Nok with us. She is building a relationship with many of the people and prays with those who are open. We also try to include a piece of literature with our Thai pastor’s phone number on it, along with a Bible text on top of the food box.

Our ministry began with taking a few boxes of vegetarian Thai food left over from our fellowship meal. We soon realized that we were only scratching the surface of the need. As our ministry has grown, we try to take different Thai people, young and old, to accompany Nok in the distribution. It usually takes only five to 10 minutes before we run out of meals and have to start turning people away, vowing that we will bring more hot meals the following week.

Just at the end of our street, along the local man-made lake, we also find two groups of people who tend to live off the fish they catch there. Bruce and I have recently begun taking food to them as we walk along the lake each morning.

“Swa-Dee-Ka,” we say to each of the people. Our familiar greetings with a smile and warm meal are always welcome, even if we cannot converse with them in Thai.

“And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me’” (Matthew 25:40 NKJV).

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