COVID-19 Stories
As a response to the COVID-19 crisis, our Outreach Team has been dedicated to serving vulnerable populations in partnership with Simplicity Ministry. They will share their personal experiences and encounters with those whom they have been praying for and serving.
It was around mid-April when my good friend, Pastor Chris from Simplicity, called me and talked to me about the people whom God was calling him to serve. He shared with me how the people who are most vulnerable during the pandemic are usually undocumented, without any source of income, and without health insurance.
For the past several weeks, I had the privilege of serving with Simplicity Ministry for the Covid-19 outreach to our neighbors in Corona, Queens. I still remember the excitement when Pastor Gus and Stewart first shared about the opportunity.
Hey everybody, this is Darwin here sharing a few words on the COVID-19 outreach that’s been happening at Grace. Partnering with a nonprofit named Simplicity, I was blessed and humbled to serve the people of Corona and Elmhurst with other individuals who I didn’t know but had a similar heart and conviction to reach out.
Amid these trying times, it is often hard to imagine how God could possibly be working in the world. Though God is sovereign and good, it seems as if the world never stops spiraling deeper into chaos. Yet at times, it can also be easier to see God’s good grace at work during difficulties.
For the past few months, Grace Church has had the privilege of partnering with Simplicity Missions’ “COVID-19 Relief Project”. Simplicity Missions primarily focuses on providing food and necessities for the homeless people of Queens, The Bronx, and Brooklyn.
In the second week of March, my life was shaken up by the passing of my mom and the start of the Covid-19 quarantines. Still feeling numb from the funeral, I returned from Florida, finding everyone wearing face masks, staying home, and not working.
On March 12, 2020, we were at a crossroads. As COVID-19 was causing pandemonium across the world, it was only a matter of time until New York City would become the epicenter.