Dear SoupFriends,
Greetings from the SoupMan!
Do you believe in Miracles? How about a Christmas Miracle!!!
It’s September and the SoupMobile has already experienced its first Christmas
Miracle of the year. Let me explain.
As you may know the SoupMobile puts on an annual Christmas
event called Celebrate Jesus. For seven consecutive years we have taken 500
homeless men, women and children off the streets of Dallas and put them up at
the fabulous downtown Dallas Hyatt Regency Hotel. It’s a wonderful affair with more
than 2,000 volunteers in attendance. All of our homeless guests receive new
clothes, fabulous gifts, lots of love and we hold a huge banquet for them and
in their honor. Most important is that when they awake on Christmas morning
it’s in a warm safe bed at the hotel.
It’s with deep appreciation that the SoupMobile thanks the Hyatt for 7
wonderful years. Our grateful thanks to the Hyatt Regency Dallas Hotel and all
of their amazing staff. It’s truly a hotel with a heart.
Earlier this year in January the Hyatt informed us that they
could not accommodate our event for Christmas 2012 because of major remodeling
issues. Needless to say, this was a major issue in our planning for 2012. As
you can imagine, booking a world class hotel for 500 homeless people and more
than 2,000 volunteers for Christmas is no easy task. It’s not as simple as just
picking up the phone and making a reservation.
Once we heard the news in January, the SoupMobile set up a
search committee to find a new hotel. Under the direction of event chairman Lon
Ricker, inquiries were made throughout the Dallas area. Lon said he wanted to
continue to have the event held in the City of Dallas because that’s where the
SoupMobile is headquartered. More
importantly Dallas is where we ‘Feed & Shelter’ our homeless friends. For many months Lon and his team worked the
back channels with the goal of finding a world class hotel located within the
city limits of Dallas that could accommodate a massive event like Celebrate
Jesus.
Well SoupFriends, we have our Christmas Miracle. The
SoupMobile has just signed a contract to hold it’s 8th Annual
Celebrate Jesus Christmas event at the spectacular downtown Omni Dallas Hotel
on December 24—25th, 2012. Yes, the SoupMobile in partnership with the
Omni is making room for 500 homeless men, women and children this
Christmas.
Who gets the credit for this Christmas Miracle? In truth it was a team effort and with the
help of a whole host of key people in Dallas working diligently behind the
scenes , we now have our Christmas Miracle.
However the ultimate credit goes to the Lord most high. HE is the one
who parted the Red Sea and made this all happen. At the SoupMobile we lead by
following Christ. And as the Bible says, “I can do all things thru Christ who
strengthens me.”
Would you like to be part of this Christmas Miracle! Details
on volunteering this Christmas at the Omni will be featured on the SoupMobile
website www.soupmobile.org starting on
November 1, 2012.
May the Lord Bless & Keep You & Yours.
Signed, David Timothy, a.k.a. The SoupMan
