Love In Action experienced an incredible year of ministry in 2008. Hundreds of the homeless and poor made decisions for Jesus Christ and thousands were helped with hygiene items, food, clothing and other needs. Thanks to everyone who volunteered, prayed for us, and gave financially to make all of this happen. We could not have done any of it without you.
Christmas
2008
Love In Action had a busy
Christmas season with outreaches in Dothan, Ala., and Atlanta, Ga. We want to
thank everyone who prayed for these outreaches and who donated finances, filled
shoeboxes, hygiene items, food, toys and clothes. We also shipped socks, gloves
and toboggans to Brooklyn, N.Y. and northern Virginia to help the homeless stay
warmer during the cold winter months. Below, you can see the ministry that took
place during the month of December. We couldn't have done all of this without
each of you. We hope everyone experienced a joyous Christmas. Thanks to your
generosity, hundreds of homeless and needy people enjoyed a much better Christmas
than they had expected. We pray that God will bless each of you with a very
joyous and prosperous 2009. We're looking forward to another year filled with
more opportunities to reach the homeless and poor with the love and compassion
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Helping
needy children in Dothan
Love
In Action President Ken Tuck filled up his truck with toys and clothes
from the LIA warehouse and delivered them to Mama Tina's Mission House.
Love In Action provided some toys and clothing to Mama Tina's Mission House in Dothan, Ala., for their annual Christmas Angel Tree outreach. They always do an excellent job of providing Christmas presents for needy children in Dothan. This year they provided gifts for more than 450 children. Most of those children wouldn't have had presents for Christmas otherwise.
Under
the bridges in Dothan
Love
In Action President Ken Tuck places items on a makeshift bed under a bridge
in Dothan, Ala.
Click on
the photo for a slideshow.
Love In Action went under
the bridges in Dothan, Ala., on Dec. 20, to deliver Christmas shoebox gifts
to the homeless. Love In Action President Ken Tuck, Vice President Martha Tuck
and board members Dwight Deal and Brian Turner spent Saturday morning traveling
throughout Dothan going under bridges. The homeless will sleep under the bridges
and use them to get out from the weather.
Now that Love In Action has a warehouse, the ministry is stepping up its efforts
in its hometown of Dothan. In addition to going under the bridges to deliver
Christmas shoeboxes, Love In Action has provided blankets, food and hygiene
items for the homeless in Dothan throughout 2008.
Love In Action is also working closely with three homeless men to help them
get back on their feet. They are no longer living on the streets, and two of
them have jobs. There is a good chance that the third one will have a job after
the first of the year. The next step is to help them obtain permanent housing.
Two of them need some counseling and we're helping them get the help that they
need. All three men have great potential and they are all attending Love In
Action's home church, which is Harvest Church in Dothan. Please keep Dave, Bryan
and Russ in your prayers. They have made some good strides forward, but they
still have a long ways to go.
Watch the video below of Dave playing his slide trombone at Love In Action's
Christmas outreach to the homeless in Atlanta on Dec. 13.
Haiti Project |
Dominican Project |
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photo for a photo gallery Millions of people in Haiti are starving and malnourished. More than 850,000 people are homeless, including 300,000 children. The situation is beyond desperation. Love In Action is working to help the people of Haiti. We just delivered a 24-foot truck filled with food, water, blankets, sheets and towels. Click here for more information on how you can help, videos and for photo slideshows. |
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the photo for a photo gallery Love In Action is working in the Dominican Republic to help children who live in slums receive an education. Love In Action's first goal is to repair a building that will be used for a school to bring education to 162 children. In addition to education, LIA wants to provide at least one meal a day for the children, then for the entire village. Click here for more information on how you can help and for a video and a photo slideshow. |
Atlanta
Christmas Outreach to the Homeless
50 people make decisions for Jesus Christ

This
homeless woman has a college degree, but got addicted to drugs and ended up
on
the streets. She was recently shot while on the streets. Here, she enjoys a
good meal during
Love In Action's Christmas
outreach to the homeless in Atlanta on Dec. 13.
Click on the photo
for a slideshow from the outreach.
It
was a beautiful day for an outreach on Dec. 13 as Love In Action traveled to
Atlanta for its annual Christmas Shoeboxes for the Homeless. We once again joined
our partners Eagle's Nest Community Church for this outreach. It's always an
honor to minister with them. More than 200 homeless people were served a delicious
hot lunch and received shoebox gifts filled with hygiene items, gloves, toboggans,
Bibles, Christian tracts, candy and other items. Most importantly, about 50
homeless people made decisions for Jesus Christ following a message delivered
by Love In Action President Ken Tuck.
Love In Action was joined by more than 25 volunteers from five different churches.
Volunteers came from Dothan, Enterprise and Ozark, Ala., and Rome and Atlanta,
Ga., and they all did an outstanding job. Many people donated shoeboxes, items
for shoeboxes and donated money to purchase items for shoeboxes and food.
Watch the video below of Ken sharing a Christmas message during the Christmas
Shoeboxes for the Homeless outreach in Atlanta.
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Love In Action President Ken Tuck shares a Christmas message with the homeless in Atlanta. |
Dave Albertson plays the slide trombone during the Christmas service in Atlanta. |
Love
In Action President Ken Tuck and Eagle's Nest
Community Church Pastor Larry Arnold talk about ministry
after the Christmas Outreach for the Homeless in Atlanta.
Thanksgiving Day Outreach

These
men, who live in low-rent apartments in a poverty-stricken and dangerous area
of Dothan, Ala., were very happy to receive a delicious Thanksgiving Day meal.
Click on the photo above for a photo slideshow.
To
say the Thanksgiving Day Outreach was awesome would be an understatement. It
was an incredible day. Our goal was to serve 250 Thanksgiving Day meals to
the homeless and poor in Dothan, Ala. We ended up serving more than 350 meals.
As the plates were being prepared, we all laughed and said it was like when
Jesus blessed the fish and the bread and fed thousands. People really responded
to help us with this outreach. People cooked turkeys, dressing, green beans,
casseroles and desserts. There were more than 50 volunteers helping to make
this outreach so successful. We can't thank everyone who volunteered enough.
We also can't thank First United Methodist Church enough, either. They opened
up their kitchen to us. They have a wonderful kitchen and we were able to slice
the turkey, cook
the dressing, sweet potato casseroles and green beans there. Then, we formed
an assembly line to dish the food into the plates. Volunteers then wheeled the
filled plates outside on carts to Love In Action's cargo trailer. We stacked
358 plates in the trailer, then we delivered them to the most poverty-stricken
areas in Dothan.
Men, women, boys and girls who otherwise wouldn't have eaten a good meal enjoyed
a delicious Thanksgiving Day dinner. The people saw the love of Jesus in
every one of the volunteers and many of them asked for prayer. It was incredible.
To read more about this wonderful outreach, click
here.
Thank you again to everyone who volunteered, cooked food, prayed for this outreach
and gave financially so we could purchase the turkey, dressing, cranberry
sauce, sweet potato casseroles and rolls.
Watch a video from the Thanksgiving Day outreach
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Blankets
for Dothan
Love in Action provided blankets for the homeless and poor in Dothan, Ala. Click
here for more information.
Atlanta
Outreach '08
More
than 60 accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior
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Multimedia
from Atlanta |

Baby
Zechariah lives on the streets of Atlanta with his parents. A blanket given
to him by Love In Action
will help him stay warm in the shelters where he and his parents sleep.
Love In Action's two-day outreach to the homeless in Atlanta was a great success. More than 60 people accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior, and Love In Action provided food for more than 250 people. Click here to find out how God touched the hearts of the homeless in Atlanta through this outreach.
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First
food delivery
Love
In Action received its first food delivery from Old Dominion Freight Lines Friday
afternoon (Sept. 26) at its warehouse. Prior to moving into its warehouse,
Love In Action did not have anywhere to store a large amount of food. Now there
is plenty of room. The food delivered was oats, saltine crackers, onion
rings, spaghetti sauce, and mustard. The oats and crackers came at the perfect
time as those items will be used in Love In Action's shipment of food to the
country of Haiti. See the video below and check out our first shipment of food.

We're
in our new warehouse
Love In Action now has a
warehouse. We started moving into it on Saturday, Sept. 7. See the video below
to see footage of our 33,000 square foot warehouse.
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Love In Action helped reach the people of Haiti with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and with supplies to meet physical needs in August. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, and Love In Action teamed up with Love In Action World Ministries of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., to minister in Haiti. Three crusades were held and more than 150 people accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. We also helped ship a large container of supplies to meet the physical needs of the people. |
A busy summer for Love In Action
Helping
the homeless in three nations
As the summertime temperatures heat up, so has the ministry of Love In Action.
We have shipped hygiene items and towels to help reach out to the homeless in
Triangle, Va., Woodbridge, Va., Brooklyn, NY, and to the countries of Haiti
and Panama. We are helping Street Light Ministries in Woodbridge, Va., start
a bath ministry. It's the fourth bath ministry we have helped start throughout
the nation. It's a great outreach and a great blessing to the homeless.
New
leadership
Love In Action's leadership has changed. Mike Shroades and Ken Tuck founded
the ministry in 2001, and they have worked hard to grow the ministry and have
seen thousands come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Mike has
served as President and Ken as Vice President. For the past three years, Ken
and his wife, Martha, have ran the ministry. Mike has been extremely busy with
his church and his family, and hasn't been able to serve with Love In Action.
Therefore, Mike has stepped down as President. Ken is now President and Martha
is Vice President.
Mike will still be involved with Love In Action and will serve as Co-founder/Executive
Board Member. The mission of Love In Action has not changed. We still reach
the lost through acts of compassion.
This is and always will be a ministry that reaches out to the homeless and the
poor throughout this nation and the world.
Love
In Action Ministries.Com TV
Watch the latest edition of LoveInActionMinistries.com TV with Ken and Martha.
See the incredible amount of supplies donated to the ministry, and watch Ken
and Martha talk about this summer's busy time
of ministry and the need for a warehouse.
'They
had the biggest smiles on their faces'
July 16, 2008
Love In Action helped Arms Outstretched Ministry in Triangle, Va., with a special
outreach to the homeless. We shipped socks to northern Virginia for the outreach
and the homeless were very thankful for them.
Arms Outstretched Ministry Director Michelle Humphries said, "I gave out
the entire box of socks you sent me, along with drinks, boxed foods and care
packages. The homeless were
very happy to receive the socks, as usual. Two of the homeless guys were not
wearing socks at all; they only had shoes on. I gave them each a bag of socks.
Their eyes lit up and they
had the biggest smiles on their faces."
Thanks to those of you who support Love In Action, we are able to help reach
out to the homeless throughout the nation. Your prayers and financial donations
make it possible. What Michelle said wraps up what your giving means to the
homeless: "Thank you again Ken for helping me bless the homeless all the
way from Alabama. I wouldn't be able to afford to buy
the socks and hygiene items that you send me to give to the homeless. And sad
as it is, there are few people who have a heart for the homeless as I do, so
getting them to donate funds
or socks is tough to do. Without your help, not as many homeless would receive
the blessing that they are receiving because of your ministry. Your ministry
is a blessing to so many
people around the world. It is awesome!"
Love In Action could not do it without your support. As you can see, together,
we are making a difference for the kingdom of God. Thank you.
Socks
for the homeless
July 10, 2008
Love In Action shipped more than 33 pounds of socks to Arms Outstretched Ministry
in Triangle, Va. The ministry, which is located in northern Virginia near Washington,
D.C., is going to have an outreach to the homeless on July 16, and the socks
will help them provide an important need for the homeless. The homeless have
told Love In Action that socks are like gold to them, because they are always
on their feet. By meeting physical needs, it opens the door to share Jesus Christ
with the homeless. Please be in prayer for Arms Outstretched Ministry as they
minister to the homeless through a special outreach on July 16. Thanks for supporting
Love In Action so we can ship supplies throughout the nation to help the homeless.
Support
Our Troops
July 6,
2008
Love In Action's home
church, Harvest Church in Dothan, AL., is collecting supplies to send to the
US troops serving in Iraq. The program is called "Support Our Troops,"
and Love In Action donated soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, mouthwash and packages
of personal hygiene cleaning towelettes. If you are interested in helping with
this very important outreach
click here or call Harvest
at 334-702-6555.
More
blankets and towels for the homeless
June 27, 2008
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Love
In Action President and Vice President Ken and Martha Tuck traveled to Orange
Beach, Alabama, to pick up another large donation of blankets and towels from
Brett/Robinson Real Estate and Vacation Rentals. This makes the second time
this year Brett/Robinson has given LIA a large donation of supplies.
Love In Action rents a storage building to keep all of our supplies. Please
keep praying that we will be able to have a warehouse soon.
Another company has offered large donations of food, but right now we do not
have anywhere to store it. Please pray about giving financially toward this
great need.
Watch
LoveInActionMinistries.com TV from Orange Beach, Alabama
Helping
the homeless in Brooklyn
June 12, 2008
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Five
years ago when Love In Action traveled to New York City to minister to the homeless,
we met a pastor and his wife at a church in an impoverished area in Brooklyn.
Pastors Larry and Margie Pitta of Sunset
Park Community Church have a tremendous heart for the homeless and poor
and have been ministering to them for the past 25 years. Five years ago we helped
them serve lunch and minister to the homeless. We told them that we would continue
to help them reach their community. We have, and today we once again shipped
supplies to Brooklyn to help with their homeless ministry. We shipped 2,000
individual bars of soap, 25 pounds of hygiene packets and 27 pounds of towels.
Pastor Larry had told us they were in need of Christian literature, so we also
shipped to him 400 books of the Gospel of John (200 in English and 200 in Spanish).
Please keep Pastors Larry and Margie and Sunset Park Community Church in your
prayers. They do a great work for the glory of God. Thanks for giving to help
us help the homeless throughout the nation.
Starting
shower ministries for the homeless
June
3, 2008
Most homeless people
really do care about their appearance and hygiene. However, living on the streets
and in-and-out of shelters make it difficult for them to stay clean. That's
why it's important to provide shower opportunities for them. Love In Action
has helped start and maintain shower ministries in Atlanta, Brooklyn, NY, and
Dothan, Ala. We have just added a fourth shower ministry, this one is in northern
Virginia. Street Light Ministries does a terrific job of reaching out to the
homeless near Washington, DC They wanted to start a shower ministry, and Love
In Action was able to help. We shipped 155 pounds of supplies to them - soap,
shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes and towels and bath cloths. We're
excited to be part of this great ministry. We understand how vital a shower
ministry is, and how it opens the door to leading the homeless to Jesus Christ.
It also lets them know that people do care about them. They are use to people
ignoring them. A shower ministry shows the homeless that God has not forgotten
them. Please be praying for Street Light Ministries as they start this very
important ministry in July.
Reaching out to other nations
May
28 , 2008
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Meeting
needs of the homeless in Dothan, Alabama
April 19, 2008

LIA President Ken Tuck (left) and "Mama" Tina
Glasgow
talk and pray with Robert, a homeless man in Dothan, Alabama.
Love In Action President and Vice President, Ken and Martha Tuck, delivered
a large amount of supplies to Mama Tina's Mission House in Dothan, Alabama,
to help them minister to the needs of the homeless. Dothan is home to Love In
Action, so ministering to the needs of the homeless in our hometown is extremely
important. Mama Tina's Mission House is sponsored by T.O.P.S. (The Ordinary
People Society). T.O.P.S. has been ministering to the homeless in Dothan for
the past 10 years, and LIA has worked with them for the past several years,
including helping Mama Tina's Mission House begin a bath ministry for the homeless
and needy.
We filled our cargo trailer with a wide variety of items, including clothes,
soap, shampoo, lotion, toothpaste and toothbrushes, towels, blankets, pillows,
sheets, and other supplies.
"Mama" Tina Glasgow was thrilled to receive the large amount of supplies.
There are upwards of 200 homeless people in Dothan, and hundreds of others who
live in houses and apartments with no electricity or running water. The people
know they can go to Mama Tina's daily for lunch and dinner. They serve nearly
200 meals a day. The people can also take showers and get clean clothes at Mama
Tina's.
While at Mama Tina's, Ken and Martha prayed with a homeless man named Robert,
who struggles with alcohol. He is getting help at Mama Tina's, and he attended
his first church service with T.O.P.S. two weeks ago. Please keep Robert and
all of the homeless and needy in Dothan in your prayers. And, pray for T.O.P.S.
and Mama Tina's Mission House.
LIA is thankful to be able to help T.O.P.S. minister to the homeless and needy
in Dothan. We couldn't do it without your prayers and financial donations. Thank
you.
Watch LoveInActionMinistries.com
TV and see LIA's trip to Mama Tina's Mission House.
Love
In Action shipped supplies to Arms Outstretched Ministry in Triangle, Va., to
help them with an outreach to the homeless on March 26. We shipped 41 pounds
of soap (more than 1,000 individual bars of soap), 51 pounds of hygiene items
(tooth paste, tooth brushes, deodorant, shampoo), and around 120 pairs of socks.
Arms Outstretched Ministry does an awesome job of reaching out to the homeless
in northern Virginia, and these supplies helped meet the physical needs of the
homeless, which opened the door to share Jesus Christ with them. Arms Outstretched
Ministry Director Michelle Humphries said the socks and hygiene items brought
smiles to the faces of the homeless when they received them.
Thank you for helping us reach the homeless throughout the US
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This
wonderful group of managers and staff of Brett/Robinson Vacation Sales and Rentals
filled up Love In Action's cargo trailer with hundreds of blankets and towels.
They also loaded up the back of LIA President Ken Tuck's Toyota Tundra with
more than 4,400 pounds of soap and shampoo.
Below,
watch videos on LoveInActionMinistries.com TV about our trip to Orange Beach
and see all of the supplies in our rented storage unit:
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Taking
the Gospel to India
Feb. 23-March 6
Love
In Action Cofounder Mike Shroades traveled to India Feb. 23-March 6, to lead
a pastor's conference and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This was Mike's
and LIA's first international mission. Mike ministered to more than 1,500 pastors
at the conference. He also preached in villages throughout the region of India
he visited.