Laundry Love Miami

This past week, Flamingo Road Church did their first Laundry Love outreach in Miami. We had a team of about 6 people, who took over a local laundromat near Hallandale Beach. We were armed with coffee, donuts, detergent, coins, and most importantly… hope. We were able to pay for the loads of many families in the area, some underpriviliged, some were just on vacation from the cold in Canada. However, they all needed to be shown Christ’s love just the same. It was so awesome to just sense the community that was being created there in a laundromat, on a cold Saturday morning! When we first arrived, the laundromat was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop. Then, as we started to talk to some of the people washing their clothes, it started creating a nice buzz. When people would get the coffee and donuts from us, they would start to strike up conversations with whoever else was getting coffee or donuts. It really was an amazing success, and it was a fantastic experience to have gotten to be a part of.

February 16, 2010 // Flamingo Road, Social Justice // 1 Comment //

Country Cuban

Ileana Ortiz (a.k.a. Country Cuban) is the Director of Online Communities at Flamingo Road Church, an intern at 8BIT, and a freshman at the University of West Florida. She is a Jesus lover, people lover, and a world changer. Her family has seriously impacted the way she lives her life. She gets her sense of humor and passion for helping others, from her mom. She gets her business sense and realistic expectations from her dad. She wishes she could match the game of her little sister, because her little sister has had more boyfriends in her 7 year life span, than Ileana has ever met, in her 18 years of living. She loves to think of herself as a comedian, and hopes that people are laughing with her, not at her. She is constantly being mistaken for celebrities such as Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Penelope Cruz, Jessica Alba, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, and Angelina Jolie. She also happens to enjoy reading, writing, some good country music, all things tech, and when autumn rolls around.... a frothy Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks! I guess you could just say that she is your average 18 year old.. well.. not really.

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