Leighton’s Blog

Today at St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church in St. Louis I gave out blankets, hygiene kits, socks, snacks, water and Bibles. I prayed with a few people for healing. Meet a very nice family of five that are homeless. They stretched out the blankets and had a nice picnic on the grass. Made me happy. Really appreciate our partnership with Beantown Blankets, Christianbook, Bombas Socks and Wade Walcher for setting up the location today.  Also appreciate Mission For Hope’s VP of shipping, Steven Ford for getting things shipped to the cities each week! #takesvillage #missionforhope #jeepershelpingthehomeless #jeepers #jeeps 

Today’s first Mission For Hope outreach in Indianapolis stop was unbelievable! Indiana Christian Jeep Association Chapter    President Brian A. Engelhardt and his team put together 170 “huge” hygiene kits. Hygiene kits were different for men, women and children. Brian had so many donations he had to rent a trailer. Dayspring Center, a shelter for families was our first stop. We dropped off hygiene kits, blankets, books, toys, candy for the kids and Bibles. We’re also able to give them cases of granola bars & snacks.  Our next stop was the Wheeler Men’s in downtown Indianapolis. We were able to donate four boxes of blankets from Beantown Blankets, hygiene kits and cases of granola bars and snacks. Before we handed out the hygiene kits we helped out a little bit in the kitchen to serve 80 guests lunch.  After lunch we handed out full size hygiene kits to the men and prayed with quite a few of them.  I remember going to both facilities on my last trip three years ago. Such wonderful

Wow! What a send off on Sunday! Family and friends going all out to wish me well on my journey! 

Left on my journey Sunday and it’s been a great week camping and hanging out with the Christian Jeep Association chapter presidents of West Virginia and Ohio. Outreach in Indianapolis on Saturday. Keep track of my route live here::  https://us0-share.explore.garmin.com/MissionForHope

This Sunday I hit the road again. This time for 9 months. This is what we did in 2019 for 6 months.  https://youtu.be/IcUN-FFwCgM

I received this Shepherd staff on December 1, 2019 when I was installed as a pastor at Calvary Christain Church after my first Jeep mission trip. The staff leaned quietly in the corner of my office. The Shepherd staff never left my office until my last day on staff last Friday. For two years Pastor Tim and my fellow Pastors taught me how to be a Shepherd and what a Shepherd staff is for.   A Shepherd staff is used to find fallen sheep in the undergrowth of life, protect sheep from attacks of the enemy, and to guide the flock to green pastures and clean water. A Shepherd staff is also used for balance for the Shepherd. Balance on rough and rocky terrain. I don’t have the room to take my Shepherd staff in my Jeep on my next mission trip, but knowing I was given it to pastor a flock I love so much, will keep me balanced on the rough and rocky roads.    No matter where that flock is or where that road is going.  If it wasn’t for the support of Calvary Christain Church for the last four yea

The staff at Calvary Christain Church gave me a nice little send off today. Amazing card, amazing cake and amazing people. Truly love these people and everything they’ve done for me over the last couple of years while I’ve been on staff. They are all family to me.