Families Find Warmth in a Local Church's Fellowship Hall

Due to the lack of electricity and power in our family shelter, about 50 family members were transported to the warmth of the Fellowship Hall at Highland Baptist Church. Pastor Joe Phelps welcomed the Wayside group as they arrived on the Mission's bus this morning and directed them into the newly renovated room. He prayed with the families for God's help in this difficult situation. Later he secured videos for the children and played them on the church's projection screen. Mission personnel prepared lunch and the dinner at the Men's Jefferson Street Campus and transported it to the church and served the families. The families are expected to return to the shelter about 5:30 PM after several furnaces have been linked to the generators from the Louisville Coalition for the Homeless. They will likely stay in the shelter tonight if the generators can keep the furnaces running.