Why I do what I do

Homewood – one of the areas in western Pennsylvania that has become an area Hosanna Industries finds itself visiting on a regular basis. We have helped a lot of households in this particular area over the past several months. One day we were working on an elderly lady’s home in Homewood, doing some drywall patching, painting, and installing laminate on her kitchen floor. I was outside cleaning out the mud pans and knives when a lady, walking up the sidewalk, happened to stop and glance at our green tool truck. She preceded to ask me who is Hosanna and what do we do. I told her that we are a non profit and help needy households. She nodded her head and continued to walk. She then stopped again, turned back around and asked me the one question that definitely got my attention, “Why do you do what you do?” I have gotten asked this question more recently than I have over the past two years of being at Hosanna. My simple response that seemed to have caught her off guard was this, “because it’s what God has called me to do, to help people who need help.” This is why I do what I do; it’s part of the ministry of Jesus.

-Katie DeJournette, mission worker