Butler Elementary School students, AISD, donated 650 pounds of food through Mission Arlington to families in need for Thanksgiving. This gift, and other like it, truly lifts our spirits.

Covered with Prayer

An important and deeply-held belief which permeates the Mission Arlington^® family is that our place “runs on the prayers of the people.”  We believe that we are “over our heads” when it comes to the tasks at hand, and especially when it comes to providing authentic help that people need.  We have family gatherings six days each week to hear a devotional based on Scripture, to worship, and then to pray. We have prayer partners, and we stop every day at 10:00 a.m. to pray for individual congregations and the work of Mission Arlington^® in general.  We have asked all who love and support this place to join us every day at 10. Our conviction is that

Mission Arlington^® belongs to God. This isn’t our story, but His. He had plans in place for this Ministry and for all who work here long before it happened. He started this mission, sustains us moment by moment, and He holds our future in His hands. (Link here)

Our heart has been to trust God for his provisions, and not to superimpose modern corporate strategies onto our work.  For this reason, we don’t have full-time grant writers or marketing campaigns or fund raisers. (See more about our approach here.) We have invited people to join us daily in prayer for this place, and we have committed to leave our work in his hands, which is where we believe that it belongs. For nearly thirty years, we have been surrounded by and covered with the prayers of the people. 

Lifted by Love

Yet, without organized strategies or marketing campaigns, this community has risen up to support this important work, all without anyone having a need to bring attention or credit to themselves. Independently of us, and with the force of strong convictions – individuals, families, civic groups, corporations, schools, churches, and so many more are out in force collecting food for Thanksgiving, or here giving their time so that other people in a moment of need can be ok.

Often, we don’t even know that people are giving like that until they show up on our doorstep with car or truck-loads full of food.  They spend their money. They spend their energy. They give their time, and use their personal influence with others to collect what someone else needs – people that they don’t even know.  We are honored, amazed, humbled, and brought to tears by what we see each and every day.  The generosity of this beautiful community overwhelms us.

Thanks to each of you who pray for us and this ministry. Thanks to each of you who give in multiple ways to help us help others.  We truly are covered with prayer and lifted by love, and we couldn’t do it any other way.

To God be the Glory!