Lot Ministry

This Fall Montreat College hosted their first ever film festival. The festival began by the college hosting movie nights. The films included iron man, shawshank redemption along with others. The students had the option of participating in the film festival not only by attending the films and discussing them afterwards but also by creating their own film and entering it in a student film contest at the end of the week.

My friends and I decided to accept the challenge. The film had to include three things: a spatula, the line of "I wouldn't do that if I were you.", and the theme of devotion. We got to work right away. We sat down and started coming up with plots. These plots ranged from two friends having an argument to a runner trying to finish a race. It was getting late and we were running out of ideas fast. We were all tired and were coming up with crazy plots. We decided to pray. We asked God to show us what he wanted us to do with this film and how he wanted it used.

Not even five minutes later we came up with the idea to do a documentary on LOT ministry. LOT ministry is a ministry that provides breakfast to the homeless on Saturday mornings in a church parking lot. No matter how cold it is or how wet it was, these people had breakfast on Saturday mornings. This ministry is devouted to helping the homeless and showing Jesus's love to them. We contacted the man in charge and he was more than willing to come let us do a documentary on the ministry. Below is a link to see the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yUXUWIyzZo
Sometimes we get so caught up in our own lives we are not able to see the hurt and need in other's lives. By going out early in the morning, and I do mean early, I was able to gain a new perspective of life. Homeless people are people too. Sometimes I am not able to get beyond the title of "homeless" to see them as people. This experience changed that.

God has called us to serve him as well as others. I Peter 4:10 says "As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." This experience has changed my life for the better and has opened my eyes to see people as God sees them.