The Wingard Home Blog

 TO ALL WHO PRAY FOR & SUPPORT THIS MINISTRY:

I would like to report to you that our accountant has brought us up to compliance on the new laws governing 501-C-3’s and we have filed our 990 forms for ‘06/’07, ‘08, and ‘09. We had previously gotten an extension and now should be in great shape. We are blessed to have the fine folks at Stribling and Associates ( Mr. James Earnest and Mr. Jake Heard) working to help us keep our accounting up-to-date.

Not including day care and pre-school, we had 3 elementary, 4 middle, and 4 high school to start school on Monday. We sincerely thank all of you who gave school supplies and gift cards for uniforms so the children of Wingard Home could start school with proper clothing and adequate supplies. You are some real heroes to all these young ones here. I explained to one little girl here that Jesus just sent things through some nice people…..and she curtly replied right back to me, ” but they don’t even know us and they helped us anyway??”

Clearly! that child summed it all up for all of us, because that’s just what God said for us to do….to love our neighbor as ourselves!

Bills are due on several utility accounts so we are needing your help to get these paid…….

1)     through collective donations,

2)     prayer for folks who can help to be receptive to the needs of the homeless,

3)     or,  just by telling others about our needs and spreading the word.

ENTERGY….$2,170.28

PHONES……$  472.16

HOME DEPOT….(BUILDING SUPPLIES & MAINTENANCE & GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES) …..$2,472.79

We do have a smaller household needs list of things that we use every day. Please feel free to call my cell for questions or updates….601-906-1976

NEEDS LIST FOR WINGARD HOME

• TUNA
• RAMEN NOODLES
• MAC & CHEESE
• OIL FOR FRYING, SPRAY FOR PANS, & OLIVE OIL FOR DRESSINGS
• COFFEE CREAMER
• SUGAR
• COFFEE
• FIGS- IF ANYONE HAS EXTRA ON THEIR TREES
• HEALTHY DRINKS FOR THE CHILDREN AFTER SCHOOL
• SALAD DRESSINGS & BANANA PEPPER RINGS & BACON BITS & CROUTONS (THINGS THAT ENCOURAGE KIDS TO EAT HEALTHY SALADS)
•     CLEANING SUPPLIES……..ESPECIALLY BLEACH
•     DISHWASHING LIQUID (we wash dishes by hand)
•     PERSONAL CARE SUPPLIES
•     PRESSURE WASHER
•     ELECTRIC OR BATTERY HAND TOOLS….SOME OF OURS WERE STOLEN
•     SHOP VAC
•             
• A MINI VAN THAT RUNS WELL AND WILL CARRY WOMEN AND CHILDREN SAFELY
•            
•  MAIN HOUSE AIR SYSTEM MUST BE REPLACED—WE NEED THIS BADLY!!!!
•            
•  WE DESPERATELY NEED SOMEONE TO FIX THE COOLER UNIT AND THE FREEZER UNIT ON OUR WALK-IN COOLER AND FREEZER! THEY ARE STILL NOT WORKING SINCE KROGER DONATED THEM AND WE BADLY NEED OUR COOLER AND FREEZER.

Please remember that we are totally available to come to your church, club, or company meetings and speak about the ministry, our job in the community and how you can help. It is always easier to know HOW to help if you can ask direct questions and get immediate answers. Just call to arrange a time for us to come to you…..601-906-1976.

On our website is a “donate now” button where you can make secure online donations. You can also arrange on this service to have a monthly donation sent to this ministry and you don’t have to remember to fill out a check every month.

We are extremely grateful for any help you feel led to provide. We are right here …..24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and will continue to serve, assist, and house the homeless and needy until God tells us different.

I am Charlotte Wingard and I am running with the King!

Thanks go out to all of you awesome prayer warriors who have been praying for our Kroger pick-up (see last post) ……we have our Kroger back. We were two long weeks without the everyday bread, dairy products, grocery dry goods and the meat that we had come to depend on from our Kroger pick-up four times a week.

However, God moved in a mighty way and delivered the pick-up back to us and now we pick-up 6 times a week and it is just AWESOME, OVER AND ABOVE….MULTIPLIED! WITH OUR CUP RUNNING OVER! God is not a half-way God and He is not a God of lack and He has never left the rightous forsaken nor begging bread ( or dairy, or groceries, or meat!) We are so grateful and blessed to have the finest grocery store on the planet in our corner. Kroger really cares about the community they serve and they prove it by being involved.

Please know that we still need your prayers as we are already in out “slow” time of the year as far as financial support. We have in the neighborhood of 6 thousand dollars worth of utility and operating expense payments due for June and there is about a thousand dollars in the ministry account at this writing. I do not say this to whine or beg…..I want you to be informed so you are in line for an opportunity to be a blessing and not to miss out on being able to lend a helping hand to folks in need. We are asking for tools to do this job. You can easily go to our “donate- now” button on our site and help right now. We appreciate your help and will continue to do the work here as long as God has those tools in place through good folks like YOU!

Please visit Charlotte or Roy on Facebook, too! We are excited about the opportunities to make new friends and have you keep up with the everyday goings on here at Wingard from a little bit more personal viewpoint.

Please send me a friend request to    http://www.facebook.com/charlottewingard

OR  http://www.facebook.com/rwingard

Since this ministry came to the Jackson area in 1990, we have been picking up the day-old bread and out-of-date dairy products from the Kroger store on County Line Road. This was a great thing for our home, because we house up to 42 people who are given three meals a day and snacks.

This adds up to 126 meals a day….give or take a few.

Not only are we able to feed the ministry, but we are also able to share our excess from Kroger with the daycare who is so kind to our young working mothers. We are also able to trade excess bread from Kroger for produce from local farmers in the spring and summer…..when we so desperately need  fruits & vegetables. We have been the best stewards we know how to and have used every usable part of the products we picked up from Kroger.

TODAY, we were told that we can no longer pick up from the Kroger on County Line in Ridgeland (or any other Kroger) because the regional manager gave our store to the organization that picks up at all the other Krogers in this area.

Now, we are seeking guidance on what to do because we will no longer have the bread, meat, milk, cheese, (and all the other wonderful things found in the dairy section of the store), the bakery products, the post-seasonal items, chips, snack cakes, and all the other things that we picked up every week day at the back door of our one wonderful Kroger store.

No one told us that we did anything wrong…..we just cannot pick-up because a mega-organization in this city thought they had to have our one little store to be complete, I guess!

Mississippi Food Network does not fit into our budget, because we do not have X-amount of dollars to spend on food and products every week and their inventory cost a certain amount per pound. We just do not know what to do at this point except pray and believe God for miracles.

I am making you all aware of the problem, so you can believe with us, pray for us, and, if you know any connections or have any ideas, please contact us so we have some direction. One of my main witnesses tools in this ministry is the fact that God feeds this home through people who care….we don’t need or want food stamps (EBT) cards here. The folks who live here see God supplying needs every day in this ministry. Kroger has been so good to us through that one little store for all these years and we do not know why Chuck Head made the decision or why Gleaners wanted one more store when they had so many, but God is in charge and…….

 I’ll just run with the King if you don’t mind!

601-906-1976

That’s what we’re talkin’ ’bout, COWBOY!!

A couple of months ago, Wingard Home was presented the awesome opportunity to purchase Horse Haven (in Jackson at the corner of McCluer and Henderson Road). This is SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY because the price is far below appraisal and the place is fully functional and already set up as a dude ranch. It is 44 acres of country “heaven” inside the city limits and falls under a “special use” ruling that allows for the riding, roping, rodeos, and farm animals. This will allow us unlimited ministry opportunities and possibilities for helping all types of children and teens. We are so excited, too, that this property is only minutes from the downtown area where our main ministry campus is located.

The deal is for all 44 acres @ $6,795.45  per acre which comes to $ 299,000.00! Now! Just the land alone is worth more than that…….but, the land has 4 ponds, a flowing brook, 3 barns, riding arena (lighted with announcers stand & concession area & bleachers), round pen, wash racks, large party room, and a three bedroom house in good condition!

Our vision for the Trinity Acres Ranch (as we have already given it a name) is MINISTRY!

PHOTOS OF THE RANCH AS IT IS RIGHT NOW!

Please tell everyone you know who wants to invest in the life and well-being of a child. We have about a month to produce enough money to purchase the property…….NO! we are not going to apply for one of those “easy” government grants! We do not accept monies from city, state, or federal programs. We do accept private donations, private foundation’s gifts, and support from groups, individuals, corporations, and churches. God’s got an army out there and we just have to believe and have F A I T H. We are going to “stick our foot in the water” and stand in awe as God “parts the Red Sea!”

 To all Friends and Supporters of the Wingard Home,

CAUSE AND EFFECT:

Most of you have probably already heard about Roy’s horrible accident on November 3rd. As we are entering an incredibly busy time of the year for this ministry, suddenly we are thrust into a spiral of ambulance, trauma unit, hospital stays and two surgeries so far. We are now waiting on the all-clear for the third surgery. We are blessed to have had Christian friends and supporters who have been praying without ceasing. Miracles! are what we are seeing!

OPPORTUNITY TO HELP:

As we go through the just-before-December slump every year, we have to do a little shaking of the bushes to raise the extra support. This year, because of Roy’s accident I have not been “at full capacity” to make folks aware…….that we are getting seriously behind.

 We have close to $ 5,250.00 in bills for the month of November and only  $1,000 in the bank.

To quote a friend of ours from a local church ” there are goods folks out here who are willing and able to help, but you have to let them know where the need is!”

ON TASK: 

As far as the ministry is concerned, we are still running as usual- taking people in, making pick-ups, counseling, doing the interviews for the Christmas Festival and having Chapel four times a week! Supper is prepared every day for 40 people. We have on-going projects and are still in need of volunteers. We are full-steam-ahead with the big Christmas Festival for the hundreds of needy children.

WE ARE BLESSED:

Roy has round-the-clock care here at the ministry because of God bringing us an awesome nurse named Joe and a volunteer ministry intern named Amanda who is working in the kitchen and food pantry. Our children have been wonderful helpers through this whole ordeal and I, personally, am leaning on Jesus and one of my favorite scriptures- “Not by might, not by power, but, by my Spirit, says the Lord.” I have no idea how anyone could survive the trauma this family has been through the past two weeks without a personal relationship with Jesus Christ……I could NOT do this without God in our life!!

We love you all and thank-you for your prayers and support in the past: we pray you choose to continue.

Love in Christ,

Charlotte Wingard and family 

Next Monday, November 2, our Christmas assistance flyers will begin to go out to strageic areas all over central Mississippi. Our prayer- that we would be led by the Holy Spirit to the families MOST in-need this Christmas Season. We love to be able to help the children of families who are really trying to help themselves, but just need a helping hand this year.

We also have a brochure that explains the Christmas Programs and details the ways you can help. We are truly excited about the many opportunities for  blessings this year and invite you to join us as we minister this Christmas.christmas-brochure-09.pdf

Wingard Home has been plagued for the last month with lots of viruses, flu, and strep throat. We are quite sure that we are not the only ones who have been fighting this fall flu season. Many of the schools in the area have had the same thing going on. We are “seeing daylight” and are praising God for the victory. As I catch up on my paper and “cyber” work, you will notice the Christmas plans and projects being posted and just in time, I might add.

Thank-you for all of your prayers through our tough times. I will be getting a “total ministry update” to you all in the next few days.

November Projects include some of the following suggestions: 

1) The House Next Door: We have recently obtained a two story house that adjoins the ministry property on the south side of the Chapel. The house must be cleaned out, stripping out the bad wood, sheetrock, etc and renovated according to code. There is a 10 foot wrought iron fence that has to be cut, dug-up and rerun on the opposite side of the house. Talents needed are electrical, carpentry, demolition, painting, sheet rock mudding, general clean-up, plumbing, HVAC, fencing, welding, tree removal, insulating, and flooring. There will also have to be some minor ground moving of the surrounding yard– filling in the low areas and pushing down the high places – landscaping. We would like to finish the house up with vinyl siding and a metal roof – talents in roofing & siding.

2) We have a small playground started, but would like to add to the chil dren’s area with lots of physical play options. The keyword with this pro- ject is “sturdy” to the point of being virtually indestructible. The project would involve planning, producing, and implementing the play areas. In the photo is what we have so far– our population has included up to 26 children at one time….so you can see why this is not sufficient.

3) We have an ongoing project in the men’s dorm that will include some carpentry, sheet rock mudding and sanding, and painting (cut-in & rolling) to finish up the men’s dorms and the family dorms. 4) We have an unfinished library in the commons area of the ministry. The completion of this area will require two different types of labor.a) Carpenter to raise the front entrance door, level the floor, and finish around the inside entrance

b) Flooring talents to lay the plywood, backer board, a wood floor

c) The other project talent in the library area, would be to gather some bean bags or juvenile type seating so the children are drawn to the library area. We want someone to take on the task of making the library area bright, inviting, and user friendly to children, teens and adults in the Home. This will involve talents in interior design & decorating, and organizational skills.

5) Tear Down & Replace a Barrier Wall: The old decaying crossties on the North side of the ministry propertyact as a barrier wall to keep the yard and fence from eroding into the street. This whole area needs to be redone (removing the rotten crossties and replacing them with landscape stones, concrete and rebar, or crossties in good shape)

6) Cook A Meal: We serve supper every night at the ministry. We prepare for 40 people and serve at 6 p.m. On Sunday, we serve at 5 p.m. and have church at 6. You can split up a pre-determined menu and cook things separately at your homes (like you would a “church social”); then all bring the meal to the ministry and serve the meal, eat with us, and clean up the kitchen afterward. -OR– Bring the things you prepared and leave them for us to serve. –OR– Bring the things you prepared, serve, eat with us, and then have a short chapel with us. The sky is the limit! You could even bring ingredients for whatever you plan to serve and come together as a group in our kitchen to prepare the meal.

7) Adopt A Dorm Room: We are almost ready to move the men back into the renovated men’s dorm and need groups who are interested in supplying bunkbeds (man size metal), mattresses, twin sheets and comforters, heavy-duty chests of drawers, footlockers for shoes (and other such items), and pillows. We will also need the same for two rooms in the women’s area (only in “feminine” color scheme) & no footlockers. If you want to throw in some color-coordinated towels & wash cloths– we will count our extra blessings.

Christmas: At Christmas, we do all sorts of “extra” stuff for the children and less-fortunate families of the tri-county area. We strive the reach the folks who are not able to get help from anyone else, because of their situation. I am enclosing a Christmas brochure with this mailing to give you an idea of how these projects would have a lasting effect on this area’s needs. 9) Anytime Volunteers: An inner city ministry like this has many, many different opportunities for you to help. We welcome you to set up time slots in your schedules that would be best for you and reserve that time with us. Whether it is an hour, or several hours: once or twice a week or once a month, you will be able to touch so many lives for the better during the time you spend here as a volunteer. The tasks include everything from minor “fix-up” to raking leaves: examples are washing dishes, organizing food pantry, sorting donations, painting, baby sitting, tutoring, reading books to children, cleaning, doing office work,……..and the list goes on and on.10) Take on an Apprentice or Student: If you have a talent or a trade that you could share, then share it with one of the folks here at the ministry. For instance, singing, playing an instrument, welding, knitting, drawing, painting, dance, etc. are all talents or trades that you could share.

11) Organic Garden: We really need someone to come and build and set up a compost area and oversee it. We always have a need for herbs, fruits and vegetables. A lots of time folks will give us fruit & veggies that have rot mixed in with the good. We could keep the good and place the bad in a compost heap.

12) Birthday Volunteers: Here at the ministry, we try to make birthdays a very special time (especially for the children). If we could have some volunteers to be on standby, we could present a list of all the birthdays for the upcoming month and then count on you to come and bring the party with you. That would mean, bring the cake, ice cream, treats, gifts, or whatever you will. Making folks feel special in times of trouble is a very necessary part of the healing process.

13) Do A Drive Or Scavenger Hunt for Supplies: All the things that we use to help folks with come from folks like yourselves. Some examples of fun and helpful drives include: cleaning supplies; canned food; cereals and breakfast foods; personal hygiene; men & women’s underwear & socks; laundry supplies; winter coats, hats, and gloves; feminine hygiene and beauty supplies; or bedding supplies.

14) Thanksgiving: The season of parties and get togethers is upon us and what better way to help someone and share your favorite family holiday recipe, than to sponsor Thanksgiving Dinner for the home. When you are baking all those special treats, entrees, and sides for your Thanksgiving table, just make an extra for the ministry’s Thanksgiving table. These folks won’t be going home or to grandma’s house for the holidays, because for most, this will be their home and family until they can get back on their feet.

On Saturday, May 30, 2009 (just the other day) our ministry campus in downtown Jackson was buzzing with almost a dozen Wal Mart Associates…….most were the Asset Protection Associates from Richland, Flowood, Vicksburg, Hazelhurst, Highway 18, Clinton, and Brookhaven. They came armed with gloves, yard tools, woodworking tools, flowers, sand, soil, BIG SMILES, and such servant’s hearts. They spent the better part of the day with us on Saturday and accomplished a ton of “yard stuff” that badly needed to be done ( including the hanging of “old Glory” after repairing the flag pole) !!

Praise the Lord for Wal Mart !!!! Please watch the slide show and be blessed.

WalMart Photo Show

To up-date you all on the progress at the Wingard Home Main Campus, we are very soon to finish up all the work in the dining hall and kitchen of the main house. We now have ready a list of supplies needed before we can begin to go to work on the men’s dorm bathroom and laundry area. We have closed the men’s area and moved the male residents remaining into 1/2 of the women’s dorm.

We need to move as quickly as possible with this project, because we are 10 beds short as long as the dorm is closed. Please look at the list below to see if you can help:

Please forward this list to others if you would like……we desperately need the supplies before we can start this phase of our renovations:

3    2 x 6 x 16 treated wood

9    4 x 4 x 8    treated wood

2    boxes of 16 penny nails

9    80 lb. concrete mix

53    green board  4 x 8 x 1/2   (or yellow)

22    2 x 6 x 8  spruce boards

12    2 x 6 x 8  treated

48    2 x 4 x 8  spruce boards

60    2 x 4  spruce studs

12    2 x 4 x 8  treated

4     2 x 4 x 16  treated 

4     1 x 8 x 10  treated   

4     2 x 4 x 16  spruce

4     2 x 6 x 16  spruce

4     2 x 6 x 10  spruce

4     1 x 6 x 12  spruce

16    1 x 6 x 8   spruce

15    4 x 8  T/G 3/4″  Flooring Plywood

20    3 x 5  #500 Hardie Backer Board

8     4 x 8 x 1/2″  blue insulation board

12    4 x 8 x 1/2″   silver insulation board

2    shower floor pans  5′ x 5′ rubber

1    roll  12-2  electric wire (250 ft.)

1    box of wire nuts (red)

1    box wire nuts  (yellow)

5    5 lb. boxes of sheet rock nails

2    5 lb. boxes of sheet rock screws    

1     toilet    

1     urinal

2     32″ interior door units

2     rolls sheet rock tape

2     5 gal buckets of sheet rock mud

2    5 lb. boxes 16-P nails/ sinkers

2    5 lb. boxes 12-P nails/ sinkers

1    5 lb. box 8-P nails/ sinkers

1     5 lb. box 12-P nails/ casing

2     bathroom vent fans

4     florescent light fixtures 3′ with cover

11     light switches

7     switch cover (single)

2     switch cover (double)

1    case of Alex Plus Caulk

1     Heavy Duty Washing Machine

1     Heavy Duty Clothes Dryer

* Please be in agreement with us that God will provide the materials or the resources for the materials….in all things, let us Praise God!

With Great Expectations,

Charlotte Wingard

601-906-1976

Please! If you are in the Jackson, MS area anywhere and hear of, know of, or HAVE job openings where you are, please e-mail or call me. We need your help in getting these folks who live at Wingard Home employed. They are clean, sober, and well dressed individuals who have fallen into dire straits and are quite capable of working to get themselves out of homelessness if they could just have a chance. This is your opportunity to bless someone and help them get back on their feet.

What is that old saying??? ” Don’t just give someone a fish, but, instead, teach them HOW to fish……in doing this, you have really done them the greatest of service. We do not teach our folks how to get on public welfare, food stamps, and government “giveaways”; but, instead, we give them job counseling and assist them in getting interviews for good jobs. Then, we teach them how to save and spend money when they do start working. All they need is a chance to get employed.

My e-mail is wwjdcaw@aol.com

My phone # is 601-906-1976 ……..please help!

Serving with great expectations,

Charlotte Wingard

Thank-you’s go out once more to the Morgan Foundation ……this time, for the money to provide our main house on West Street with a fine metal roof. We had so many leaks that we did not have enought pots to catch the water: and now we have NO LEAKS !!!!  Don Sebren of Sebren’s Home Improvements gave us an awesome price on the roof and since we know him personally (he is also the youth pastor at Castlewoods Baptist Church) we KNOW that he is a man of integrity and sound Christian values. I always love doing business with one of God’s people.

Mr. Joel Price, of Southeastern Wood Products Co. brought a crew of his men and fixed the sagging ceilings in the main house of the West Street property. Thank God for Mr. Joel and his heart for the Lord. I tell you the truth, when his men told him about the severity of the situation at the house and let him know it was going to be a lot more trouble than expected to get it fixed, they had already told me that they did not think he was going to go for the fix-up project after that. Mr. Joel simply looked at them, once he heard their report, and said, “What do I think? Well, I think it is a wonderful opportunity to be a blessing!” What a man of God!!

We have so many projects going on here at the Ministry….and they are all going on at the same time, it seems. There are numerous opportunities for you to come over and use your talents to keep this place maintenanced. Joe Drake, from Pine Lake Baptist Church has also done extensive work on the entire property, as have Paul Atkins, and Darryl Thurman. God’s got an army, folks…..please remember these men in your prayers.

 We are still gathering money for the house next door and need you all to pray for the owners so that their hearts would soften toward this ministry. At present, we have gathered approximately 19,000 of the 39,000 they are asking. We are believing God that they will cut that price down some more.

More later and some photos of the roof will soon be on the blog.

This house you see in the photos is next door to our 1279 N. West St. ministry - it was a two story rent-a-room boarding-type house (1265 N. West St.) which has always been filled to the roof with crack deals, dope-smoking parties, prostitution, drunks, gun fights, and several killings.

We have prayed for the landlord to clean it up many times, but the landlord chose NOT to change it. We, now, have the opportunity, however, to purchase the building and land and we feel that this is exactly what God has ordained to happen to the house. We are claiming that house for God’s work; NO longer will it house the enemy!

The owner has finally agreed to sell and said that we can purchase the property for 39,000 dollars. If you break that down, all we need is 39 people to give a thousand dollars- tax deductible for you or your business, and a God-send for the ministry.

Please pray about this and get some feet on those prayers! If you can’t help, tell someone else about it, and maybe they can help–the “gift of gab” is one of those talents that God gives to some! ……use it to HIS glory.

I will keep you updated, you are encouraged to e-mail me and I can give you updates or answer your questions about it. My e-mail is     wwjdcaw@aol.com

Above are three picture of the house-I have had a contractor look at the house and the fire damage to the north room on the second story is very fixable.

We have a Christmas program in it’s 19th year of existence. It is the HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS! FESTIVAL. Through God’s guidance, we comb the surrounding communities and find children who are very much in need of things for Christmas. Now, I say things because, sometimes the three Christmas wishes we ask the children for consist of clothing, homework supplies, warm bedding, personal care items…….in other words, necessities! There are toy and bike wishes, too ….and skates, skateboards, CD players, etc.

We target the children or grandchildren of working parents or grandparents. The people our ministry helps (through you, of course) are the folks who are trying to provide and are just temporarily in dire straits. In other words, trying to work a start-up job and attend school to do better for themselves OR grandparents who are still working a little or are disabled and trying to support a household full of grandchildren in order to keep them in the family. We go to the home and meet and talk to the parent, interview the children and find out what their Christmas wishes are and then invite them as special guests to the big party for baby Jesus. We find special needs all the time by doing this …….like children without proper bedding, homes with no furniture, homes needing heat or air. We are so moved by the Christmas wishes we see from the children, that this is our most passionate time of the year.

We have grand opportunities to show the love of Jesus Christ at this time of year, so we want to grasp every opportunity that God gives us to bless families. Won’t you join us! You will be so blessed that this will undoubtably become a “family tradition” for your family, too!

We call the children who need sponsors, “Little Lambs” because Jesus is called the “Lamb of God”. We have written the wishes of the children on lamb-shaped cards and placed them on a Christmas tree at the Flowood Wal Mart on Lakeland Drive. If you are local, I challenge you to go out and sign up to adopt the wishes of one of these children. If you are not local, and want to have a hand in this anyway, call me and I’ll work out something with you……the opportunities are infinite!! The rewards are out of this world!!

Charlotte Wingard       601-355-9589   OR   601-906-1976

e-mail      wwjdcaw@aol.com

Don’t let this opportunity slip by you……..we have 400 children and each one of them needs a sponsor..IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES!!!!

From the front lines,

Charlotte 

We are so very excited to tell you the good news! Our cry for help has been heard and you are calling and responding to the needs here at Wingard Home. Praise God for you!

 This is not a one time shot, though; God wants you involved and you know that. We have met some awesome people in the past week……the timing was perfect for all of us. God used this dilema and was glorified in it as he turned everything around to bring us “out of the valley” and back up the mountainside.

One of the wonderful friends we have made during this “storm” is Amanda Wells, an incredible Mississippi writer who came to do an article on the Home. She has a blog called “Shamelessly Southern” where you can find a link to her article on Wingard. The beautiful photos were taken by Melanie Thortis, a very talented young photographer, who knew just how to capture the spirit of the Home and our people. All things have indeed worked together for good….and you know that we certainly love the Lord in the good times and the bad.

We have also received a call from the owner of Mac’sCove . This magnificent clothing wholesale fashion designer is also a fine Christian woman who was looking for a way to do what she loves and glorify God “in the mix”. Desire was there- God’s perfect timing- we had a need- and God put us together. Please follow the link to her web site and see how Natasha McLaurin is helping the homeless at Wingard.

I have so many “praise reports” that I don’t know tell you all. I know that God is in control……and that is exactly the way I want it to stay.

 Sept. 3, 2008    

To All supporters of Wingard Home Ministries,

Quickly, I would like to bring you up-to-date on this ministry. Many of you already know that Roy and I and our family have been working in this ministry for 18 years in the city of Jackson (plus two years in Lawrenceville, Georgia). We have dedicated the rest of our life to serving God in whatever capacity God needs for us….in other words, “here I am Lord: send me!” There have been a lot of trials and tribulations for us this past year and the burden of two deaths in our family and several really bad accidents have been both heart breaking and time consuming.

We have continued to pray and put God at the very front of our existence and cling to the hope and peace that only Jesus Christ can give. We are weary and very tired in the flesh, but, OH! our spirits are willing and ready to charge forward. We have seen families put back together in the past year at our ministry…..and we have seen people, who are beat down by life’s troubles, give their lives to Christ and start living right! We are here to teach people about Jesus Christ and His forgiving grace and abounding love. Lives always change for the better when Jesus is in charge.

For this reason, we are both perplexed and saddened by what we see happening at the ministry. A couple of months ago, I had to send out a plea for help in order to pay the high summer electric bill. We were able to pay it late- but it was paid…..until the next one came and it was higher than the last one! At this point, I asked God if this was the correct order of business or was I missing something. We are NOT extravagant at this home: we spend money wisely and are accountable for every penny. Not having resources to do the appointed job is not of God. We are supposed to ministering and helping….not begging and struggling!!

On the 19 th of this month, the power will be cut off because we have not the money in the account to pay the bills. Times are tough everywhere and here is no exception. Our phone bills are past due, our water bills are past due, and we juggle the ones we can keep current. Gas for the vehicles has just gone through the roof so we have tried to cut back on the trips we make around town in service to the folks here.

We have huge churches calling us to help the homeless people who have come to them for help; and, when we have the space, we take them. These huge churches do not send one penny of mission support for this ministry, but they write checks of support for thousands of dollars a month to the over seas missions. Something is wrong with this picture, don’t you think?

We and our family are willing to work and live here in inner city. We are willing to take referrals of the homeless and needy who come to your door for assistance. We are willing to be volunteers and not take a fat paycheck out of the donations. We are willing to give up our life as a “normal American family” and to work 24/7 for God’s work here- to preach the Gospel to a dying and desperate nation.

 WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO?

To help this ministry is an honor and a privilege…..you know you are putting your resources into something good and something right here; where you can gage the success for yourself.

If you think we are doing a good job, then support it. 

We are here! 

Dedicated to work for Christ, on the mission field…..the one that is right in your back door.

We love Jesus, we love Jackson, MS and we absolutely love seeing the homeless and battered get jobs and get on their feet.

Won’t you join us in this good work for Christ?  

Charlotte Wingard

1279 N. West St.

Jackson, MS  39202-2059

601-355-9589   (office)

601-906-1976   (cell)

www.wingardhome.org

wwjdcaw@aol.com

In the book of 1st John 3:17, God clearly gives instructions through His Word:

 “But whoever has this world’s good, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him?”

 Here at Wingard Home, we find ourselves in the unique position of having a need ourselves in order to continue helping those in need.  

To house and care for the homeless who live here, we need to have essentials like electricity, water, gas, and food. We know that so many of you would help and, indeed, look for opportunities to help………if you only knew what we need. This is an opportunity for you to bless God by helping with needs of the destitute……and the folks who live at Wingard won’t stay destitute, because our program teaches hard work, assuming responsibility for your own actions, respect for authority, advancing educational  persuits, and  learing how to spend, save and budget money–we like to call it a hand-up instead of a hand-out!

If you help your neighbor, there are certain promises in the Word of God …………

“If there be among you a poor man of one of your brothers within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother: But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wants…….You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him: because that for this thing the LORD your God shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to. For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.”                            Deuteronmy  15: 7,8,10, & 11

Your opportunity is now! Will you be a part of someone’s miracle? Isn’t it a joy to be able to help someone who is trying to help themselves?  Your assistance is very much needed and appreciated by all who live and volunteer at the Wingard Home Ministies.

Wingard Home Ministry

1279 N. West St.

Jackson, MS  39202-2059

601-355-9589

wwjdcaw@aol.com

God Bless You,

Roy & Charlotte Wingard  

We will be sending out the brochure by snail mail within the next few days. There will be two flyers included with the brochure so be watching.

If you are not on our mailing list and would like to be added, please email me and give me your address. If you would like to be added to get email notices, please email and ask to be added.

Around the house…. there are new families moving in and we seem to have a house full of boys, little boys. We are running short on things like twin comforters for the beds, good twin mattresses, and twin sheets. We also need some pillows.
We need one bunk bed for the women’s dorm- it needs to be a double on the bottom and twin on the top.

Please be in prayer for all the folks here at the ministry….they desperately need the power of God in their lives. They have a chance now to make some positive changes in their lives and to take the Word of God into their lives and learn how to live in it’s power. I tell you the truth, they have that opportunity because of folks (like you) supporting this ministry so we are able to take them in and help them. Thank-you for all you do.

We are loving Jesus and feeding the sheep,

Charlotte Wingard   wwjdcaw@aol.com

JULY 23, ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS…… We are looking at an empty supply closet and rejoicing in those last-minute-miracles! We know for a fact that God placed all these school age children at this ministry and He will assuredly produce what they need to go to school. I just wanted you to know that the need is still there….because, sometimes we all stand around and think “Well, surely they will have lots of people helping and they will have plenty!”WRONG !!!!! Everybody is thinking that somebody else is helping so nobody helps.

I will get off my soapbox and simply say this…..if God is speaking to YOUR heart to help this ministry with this need, then just do it. Don’t worry about what someone else is doing…because, you are doing this for God. You will miss a great blessing from God if you just stand around waiting for someone else to move into action.

These children are all different sizes and have different length legs and such, so we prefer gift cards so the children can try things on and make sure they fit. If you would like, we can send you copies of the receipts and show you what was purchased with the cards……we are very big on accountability.

Other things that are needed is school supplies, right this minute, we have children in these grades: pre-K, K, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, and 10th. We have 2 each in the 2nd and 9th. We have two more families coming in and I will update this soon. General supplies would be great.

You can use our Donate Now button on our web page to use a credit card, or send a gift card in the mail or bring it by. If you want to drop by and bring supplies, please feel free to do just that. Call me if you have questions: my cell # is 601-906-1976 and the office phone is 601-355-9589.

We thank-you you in advance for helping the children!

Charlotte

 I wanted all of you to know that the water bills are paid…..Praise the Lord!

We have also been able to pay the Atmos Gas bills today and also the Allied Waste.

PLEASE DON”T STOP PRAYING !! The other bills on the list MUST be paid also.

The Word says that God has never left the righteous forsaken nor begging for bread!! I refuse to beg anything. I am asking for you to be a blessing to homeless, needy, & battered folks….the ones who are trying to change their lives by doing something positive—not the ones who stand on the street intersections collecting YOUR hard-earned dollars in the name of “charity”and running a con on everybody OR lay up in a motel and drink beer while they watch dirty movies (all at your church’s expense).  Hey! It’s time to get serious about this problem and step un to the bat to do something about it!

We house lots of people here at Wingard: people who are NOT on welfare, NOT begging money from your churches, Not drinking and drugging. Our people are about getting their lives straightened out, working hard, saving their money, and learning how to live by the Word of God. Don’t you want to support something that really works and is producing good results….ask around; our record speaks for itself.

Below is the remainder of the previous list I sent……the ones that are paid are in purple…the ones still pending are in black.

• Entergy (due 8-1)……$50.66 & $49.73
• Entergy (due 7-21) ……$577.65,  $386.70,   $1,036.49,  &  $287.66
• City Services (water bills) ……$211.66 *due for cut off on 7-17   &   $367.20 (due on 7-18)
• Cellular South (due 7-27) ……$507.36
• Atmos Gas (due 7-14) ……$189.02, $16.62, $35.75, & $26.51
• Sam’s Club (where we get gas for the pick-up truck) $1,604.95  (due on 8-1)
• Aregood Technologies (past due) $192.49
• Allied Waste (due7-16) …… $101.16
• Bank of America (past due) ……$2,280.69  development of Natchez Trace Children’s Ranch

Add the figures….we are still needing around $6400.00 ………..

Expecting a Miracle and FIRED-UP for Jesus,

Charlotte Wingard

Bless you all in Jesus Name,

I feel as if the summer is flying too quickly and I certainly know that the “school season” is upon us. We have a whole new group of children this year. They must be equipped for the task ahead of them. Since we never know who we will serve from one week to the next, general supplies and gift cards (for clothing and uniforms) are best for us.  

This is your “opportunity time” to do something good for someone in need. Take it and run with it!!

There are homeless children here who need to go to school and have supplies just like every other child. They don’t need or want to be or look “different” from the other children. We at Wingard Home depend on God to work through you to help us meet the needs of these children and teens.

After school begins, we will need certain color notebooks and certain this and that —the teachers have their own special requests and there are workbook fees and athletic fees and such. You are in an awesome position to have a positive impact on the future of a child this year.

Our Spring grant from the Morgan Foundation has been a blessing all summer, but is gone now. The summer has been a hard one and the needs of families and battered women have been many times greater. We have seen some miracles out of these times and, I am certain, we will see many more. The good work must continue. If you ever wanted to reach out to someone in dire straits, homeless, battered, abandoned, or threatened, then, this is your time to “show out” for Jesus.

 WE MAX OUT AT 42 PEOPLE! TO ADOPT ONE OF THE BILLS LISTED BELOW FOR THE MONTH, YOU WILL BE HELPING US HOUSE ALL THESE FOLKS………WANNA BE A BLESSIN’ ?? NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY!

• Entergy (due 8-1)……$50.66 & $49.73
• Entergy (due 7-21) ……$577.65,  $386.70,   $1,036.49,  &  $287.66
• City Services (water bills) ……$211.66 *due for cut off on 7-17   &   $367.20 (due on 7-18)
• Cellular South (due 7-27) ……$507.36
• Atmos Gas (due 7-14) ……$189.02, $16.62, $35.75, & $26.51
• Sam’s Club (where we get gas for the pick-up truck) $1,604.95  (due on 8-1)
• Aregood Technologies (past due) $192.49
• Allied Waste (due7-16) …… $101.16
• Bank of America (past due) ……$2,280.69  development of Natchez Trace Children’s Ranch

 We present these to you for your prayerful consideration and for your help: a large part or a small part-any help will be a blessing and will, indeed, bless many!……We must move quickly, though, because these must be paid now.

May God bless you and keep you healthy, sober minded, prospering you above all measure physically, mentally, and spiritually.

Charlotte Wingard