Village Grace Cleveland Has Break-in
Posted by Terry White on October 30, 2009
Rich and Reida Bartley of the Village Grace Mission Center in Cleveland, Ohio, send along the following report of an incident and request for prayer:
I feel that I need to share the information about an incident that occurred at Village Grace Monday night. An unidentified male kicked in both of our steel doors and broke a few windows in the mission house. We have it on tape from our security cameras but it is a little too grainy to identify the person.
The person kicked in the back door first (broke the door but the locks held). Then you can see him breaking the window of the food pantry then going to the side door and kicking it in. The light goes on in the food pantry–then a few minutes later the person exits the side door carrying something.
Tuesday morning after the Cleveland Police were done we searched the house but the only thing missing was some food. $800 dollars in damage and only a few food items were taken. I took it very personal because we would have given the person food if they would have come to us. I expect things like this to happen from time to time but it is still hard to accept especially since we do not budget for “repairs”.
Unfortunately with the economy the way it is, peoples’ situations are getting to the point where they are doing desperate things. Compassion ministries are needed more than ever – help us to make a difference!
Pray for this unidentified person – Pray for our nation and its leaders – Pray for Village Grace to continue to change lives for Jesus Christ.
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