
Help our Community Health Food Store stay Open
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Before being a Health food store, Nature's Design is above all an education center for the mind, the body, and the soul's health.
We have been helping communities since the 90s and we have been renting our newest location for 3 years, and it is the largest and nicest place we've ever had. The owner now wants to sell the store. God has placed the burden on our hearts to buy it and to walk by faith, and we agreed with the owner and the bank to purchase it.
We need help to gather funds for the property down payment.
Nature's Design is located in a poor neighborhood and it has and continues to be a blessing to many people in the community who stop by and discover some truth about health and about God.
People have been blessed by special events such as cooking classes, community dinners, and also by personal health consultations. We also provide soup every day, and people can sit and eat. And we engage people about the signs of the times and find out that many are fearful of the things happening, and therefore we recommend books and magazines such as The Great Controversy and Steps to Christ, and people gladly receive them. We just can not stop doing this and we believe that God we continue to bless the efforts!
People from various classes come to our health food store. Many of them travel to come to our shop from other towns, therefore passing other health food store to come here.
We are not young but older people can accomplish a lot because God gives them strength and knowledge. It is written:
Isaiah 46:4 - And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Job 12:12 - With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Psalm 92:14 - They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Proverbs 20:29 - The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
I often say "People think that when you are old you sit in a rocking chair, but no rocking chair for me".
We have also been blessed with young people helping us in this work.
We not only serve Broom county but people from other surrounding counties also come and visit us.
For now, we are using our own resources to keep going which include my pension money. We pray that God will lead some to help.
Organizer
Vondell Stephenson
Organizer
Binghamton, NY