Sons!

-- Behind Every Door Ministries

Congratulations!

We are very excited to honor the Village Oaks kids for their MANY academic achievements last school year.  Great job!  Let's cary this in to the new school year!

-- Behind Every Door Ministries

Village Oaks B-Ball Camp

Recently, we made a new friend: the great Winston!

Winston moved in to Village Oaks and agreed to help out Jayda in the Kids Club.  Winston is about 6' 4, and an incredible basketball player.  Each evening, Winston would hit the Village Oaks basketball court for a shoot around.  Being so tall with a great shot, and the ability to dunk, he drew a crowd quickly.  After a few days, there were plenty of kids to join him.

So, Winston took it upon himself to teach the kids how to shoot a basketball, how to dribble, and how to pass.  The kids had a blast!

Thank you, Winston!

-- Behind Every Door Ministries

July 4 Celebration!

We had the third annual July 4 Celebration at Willow Pond this year!  The basketball tournament was a blast, and the food was tasty!

-- Behind Every Door Ministries

In With The New!

I have a special place in my heart for this elderly gentleman that's lived at VO for over 20 years. His name is Mr. Eddie Wilson.  Yes, Mr. Wilson sells sodas and ice cream out of his apartment, but sodas and ice cream never hurt anybody. The children love him for it. He automatically adopts mostly every child that comes to buy from him as his God-child.  "Mr. Eddie" is known and loved property-wide.

The other day, I finally got Mr. Eddie a new couch. He has been using a really old couch for a long time (pictured above), and I knew we could help improve his situation. It only took me a year to do it, but I'm learning that it's never about my time schedule, but the Lord's. Jesus is always right on time.

I just want to say thank you to Sherwood and Anthony for stepping up to help move out the old and move in the new in 105 degree weather. Mr. Wilson was so happy. He sat down, crossed his legs and said, "I don't think I wanna get up from here anytime soon."

-- Jayda Ekundayo

SMU Basketball Camp at Village Oaks!

Las week, the SMU girls basketball team came to Village Oaks to put on a basketball camp for the kids.  We had a blast!  Thank you to the SMU basketball team!

If you would like to read a short story about the camp, the SMU website has one posted at the following link:

http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/080112aab.html

-- Behind Every Door Ministries

More from KAA

A few more pictures from when the Village Oaks and Willow Pond Kids Clubs went to KAA Summer Camp!

-- Behind Every Door Ministries

Extravagant God

Debbie was frustrated and discouraged.  She has lots of mouths to feed at the Kingdom Culture men’s house, where Rickey Fanning lives.  She is also serious about nutrition.  Even though other types of food are available to the house, the small budget just doesn’t allow for the purchase of many healthy fruits and vegetables.

The other day, when she left the parking lot of Sunflower Market with a tiny amount of produce she cried out to God for help. “God, you have got to help me figure out how to get fruits and vegetables to feed the guys in the house."  That was Monday.

On Tuesday, a man showed up at the door of The Father’s House, whom Debbie had never seen.  He explained that he lived in the neighborhood and had noticed the long lines of people who we feed there.  He went on to say that he was the manager of Sunflower Market, and that the normal pickup of day old produce by the North Texas Food Bank was not going to happen for the next 5 months due to the Bank’s remodeling.  “Would you be interested in picking it up every day for your use,” he asked?

Yes!

Now, we receive a daily TRUCKLOAD of fruits and vegetables….enough to feed the men’s house, the women’s house, the Willow Pond Kid’s Club, and yes, the residents of Willow Pond apartments.

Everyday the truck pulls up, and residents help themselves to cherries, grapes, tomatoes, and a multitude of other produce.  They are all so grateful.  For the residents at Willow Pond, such extravagant delicacies are beyond their reach.  But, not beyond the reach of an extravagant God!

-- Suzanne Wallace