Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Dinner with the Nations provides outreach

If you live or visit Lake Tahoe or Truckee during the winter time, the sight of kids trying to hitch a ride on the side of the road is a common one. If you have ever stopped to help, you will often find these young adults are from Argentina, or Chili, or maybe even New Zealand. Every year a new batch appears in our towns, looking for housing, usually already set up with work, and buying up the cheapest cars for sale to help them get through our harsh winters. But have you ever gone beyond the occasional lift, and delved deeper into who these young men and women are? Well, Beverly Schnobrich thought about it, and after giving numerous rides, decided to start asking these people to dinner. With more dinners, a plan was hatched between Beverly, Pastor Wayne Hoag and the deacons of Sierra Bible Church to provide a weekly dinner prepared just for our international workforce. And so ensued The Dinner with the Nations, an ever growing event that has served over 100 people at a time a plentiful meal, friendship, and thankfullness for their service to our community, no matter how short. To read more about this amazing ministry, check out Dinner with the Nations.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Very cool story. If I see an American hitchhiking down here in Argentina, I will stop, pick them up, and have them over for dinner, to return the favor!