From a missionary family of 8, working in the Muslim world behind the Islamic Curtain, who borrowed the 15 passenger van: “…We don’t know where to begin to thank you for providing a vehicle for us while our family was in St. Petersburg. Just knowing that this aspect of our stay was taken care of completely, freed us up to focus our attention and energies on the real reason why we were there…” Kameel & Rachel
From the same family: excerpts from a letter written to the donor of this van “…When we first began making plans for the trip to Florida, we were stunned at how much we were going to have to pay in order to rent a van for a family our size during the course of that stay: around $600! Then we received a telephone call from Mr. Tom Wilson, from D&D, offering to provide us with a vehicle that we would be able to use freely during those two weeks. And he was true to his word. When we arrived in St. Petersburg on July 1st, he drove up in the van that your church had donated to his ministry, parked it in front of our house, and handed us the key! … We just want you to know how much that van has blessed our family! With six children, overnight luggage, and blow-up beach toys to cart around, there was plenty of space and room to spare for all of us. We even drove it across the state to Deland and didn’t have a moment of trouble with it during the entire trip…”
“You’ve blessed us with your ministry! What a practical and unique way to serve…” Pablo & Rebecca
“…I want to thank you for letting me use one of your cars during my recent visit to St. Petersburg. I could go from place to place to pick up the donations being made to the agency I represent. Certainly, I don’t travel on the wings of the Holy Spirit but I go on the “wheels” provided by the ministry God has given you…” Griselda , Argentina
“Thank you so much for the use of the van. It was a great blessing to us as a family”… The Jacobs, ON, Canada
“Thank you very much for your support in the vehicle ministry. Your vehicles have really helped me in time of need” … ”without your car last Sunday, we could not have had church services with my refugees” John, Kenya
From a former employee of D&D Missionary Homes before moving to another state: “I don’t know how to relate to you how much your demonstration of love to me (providing a car) has meant to me. It was very important to me to be able to attend my church the last weeks I was in Florida … I thank you with all my heart …” Dorothy
“We have appreciated having the car during our stay at D&D. It has been a provision from the Lord and we thank you for your willingness to be His channel…” John & Lillian, India
“…Just wanted you to know how blessed we were by your ministry. We are praying for you and the ministry. How encouraging it is to see God work…” David & Dana, Spain
“Huge debt of gratitude. Thank you…” Karl & Elaine, Australia
“…Thanks to this service that you had given me, I was able to move around Tampa and around Tampa. I was able to go to preach to several churches that I was invited. I was able to pick up clothes that were given to me for the mission and I was able to get a generator and I took it to the shipping company…There are not enough words to express my gratitude..” Rufino, Puerto Rico
Signed by 10 children and 1 adult: “Thank you. Mr. Tom for letting us borrow the big van so we could go to VBS this week and have fun!” St. Petersburg, Florida
“On December 3, 2005, at 5:30 AM, I was driving your very first missionary missions?? car, and it caught on fire at Skyway Bridge and burnt into ashes, as I watched helplessly, but the angels of the Lord were present to guide from even further challenges with the moving vehicle. Thank you for coming to my rescue at that hour of great need. It meant so much to me. Your ministry to assist the missionaries with vehicles must be God ordained …. Thank you for all your assistance even with the refugee ministry.” The Rev. John, Kenya
In a Christmas card, a note signed by John’s wife: “ May God bless you mightily this time of Christmas …. We have enjoyed very much using the ministry cars especially when Dorothy visited (managed to use your car to get my driver’s license which was a great blessing for me. In fact we visited so many places and it made my friend’s visit very interesting). John, my husband, has used those ministry cars to attend all meetings and conferences. The devil is the enemy of our faith and he tried to discourage us by burning one of the ministry cars as he was going to an important conference. I thank God through trial we are made more strong … God will bless the work of your hands..”
And on and on they go…
Just know that you have made all of this possible. Thank you for giving to the Lord!