I’ve been longing to share this story about a sweet widow OnRamp has been able to help through your generosity. To protect her identity, we’ll call her “Naomi,” a widow from the book of Ruth in the Old Testament. She lives out in the country in a home of her own off a dirt road. She and her husband built a family there, with four generations living under one roof. But just like Naomi, both her husband and her son died, leaving her on her own to care for her family.
Read MoreIf we had to guess what form of communication God loves best based simply on the word counts of various genres in the Bible, STORIES would easily win. Narratives dominate the pages of scripture because they simultaneously inspire and instruct the human soul. We were made for stories
Read MoreTwo months ago, on Aug 9 (which happens to be my wedding anniversary!), we got to celebrate OnRamp client #75... and this one's extra special! We were blessed to donate this reliable #Toyota Rav4 to Naomi, the new Director of Survivor Advocacy at Unbound Bryan College Station, a ministry that supports survivors and resources our community to fight human trafficking in the Brazos Valley.
Read MoreThe more you know... I did some research for a talk on "The Faces of Poverty" with the Young Men's Service League at A&M Consolidated High School. The results surprised me. The 2019 poverty rate in US = 10.5%; in TX = 14.7%; in Brazos county, excluding A&M students = 20.0%, or 1 in 5
Read MoreToday I’m giving thanks for the amazing generosity of a summer project team at Grace Bible Church who bought this great minivan for an Afghan refugee whose family desperately needed reliable transportation. They escaped their country right before the Taliban took over and began violently persecuting their community. Now settled in Houston, they needed a large vehicle
Read MoreToday, September 24th, was a DOUBLE DONATION day for OnRamp! What a joy to give TWO Toyota Corollas to well-deserving clients!
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