Dear Friend of the Mission,

We will soon be celebrating Thanksgiving at the Mission.  Our men will enjoy a wonderful feast of delicious, homemade food.  We work extra hard at Thanksgiving to love and bless our men by preparing a feast fit for a King (in fact, we prepare our dinner as though we were serving it to Jesus Himself!).  Some of you have volunteered at the Mission on Thanksgiving Day and can testify that our Thanksgiving Feast is truly a wonderful time of good food, warm friendship and heartfelt laughter.

Thank you for your faithful and generous financial support which helps to make the Whosoever Gospel Mission such a warm and loving home for the homeless, not just on Thanksgiving but every day of the year.  Not only do our men enjoy good food at the Mission, but they are also given real hope – hope in the Lord, hope for a better tomorrow, hope for today, hope that will not disappoint, hope that will not fail.  For 120 years, the Mission has been a place of real hope for broken and shattered men who are homeless, destitute, crushed by despair, without jobs and facing a future that looks pretty bleak and hopeless.  Our men face mountains of obstacles that seem impossible to overcome.  But through God’s amazing grace, our men are able to rebuild their lives.  Achievements that may seem ordinary to us truly are miracles in the lives of our men – miracles such as getting a good job, earning a GED, overcoming a stubborn addiction to drugs and/or alcohol, rebuilding destroyed relationships, getting their own home, becoming a member of a good church, regaining their health, learning to read, and developing a purpose driven life that is productive and fulfilling.  Your kind and generous support makes possible these miracles.

I hope you and your family have a truly happy Thanksgiving.  As you enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner with your friends and family, my family and I will also be enjoying Thanksgiving Dinner with our friends and brothers at the Mission.   And together, we will thank God for you – our giving friends who keep the Mission going as a place of real hope!

Working together with you,

Robert A. Emberger, D.Min.
Executive Director