Dave Noble, representing WPPC's Mission Committee, presents
a check to Dave May, board member of Habitat for Humanity of
South Collin County, and Stu Dunkle, Director of the Interfaith
Partners for Habitat (October 18, 2007)

For more information on activities see Habitat for Humanity

We should be proud of our youth! I AM. On the last weekend of August (before Katrina captured the nation’s attention), 34 WPPC youth and advisors traveled to Waco to participate in a ministry that feeds the homeless. We found ourselves part of a congregation of homeless who come from all parts of the city to become a worshiping community. We made our way early Sunday morning after an evening of preparing food and preparing hearts - our hearts - for an experience we knew would be challenging. We learned from scripture that “Jesus was already under the bridge in Waco.” We learned that Jesus comes to us in the persons of those most needy. We learned to ask ourselves about the ways God is already at work within this community beneath the bridge. So - we prayed, gave our lives up to the hand of God, and plunged into an experience of relating with these folks just as if they were like any of us, . . . which we discovered they were, in very large measure. Of course, some looked like

what we had expected of the homeless, but many more looked no different than many of us. In short - all those under the bridge were found to be human beings, God’s children, eager for the respect and dignity that belongs to all who are created in God’s image. Upon our return, we spent an “electric” hour of debriefing as person after person shared her and his experience. I was floored by what I heard from our youth. A week later, Katrina hit our gulf coast scattering hundreds of thousands and rendering homeless more than a million of our fellow citizens. I think our youth know more about what these new homeless are facing than they did before the Waco trip. And - I think they are better able to see each one as a sister or brother we are called to serve. If you think I am hyping this experience, just ask any of those who went. You’ll be as proud as I am.

This January was a special one for the children at the orphanage. A team from WPPC helped deliver clothes and other needed items to the group, as well as to other needy families in the area. Anne Bowman and Jeanne Stone (left) help to hand out clothes and shoes to children at the Huejotitan Orphanage Frank Lugo (center right) helps dispense supplies at the Mountain School community Frank Lugo and Nancy Batchelder (left) checks vision at the senior center

Group portait and thank you message from the children at Huejotitan Orphange

Muchas Gracias por Todo WPPC Mission Committee!