Minge Pointer, the director of and force behind Bakers On Wheels, is a Christian with physical and mental disabilities which preclude her from working full-time, or outside the home, or according to a set schedule. Yet the desire to advance Jesus’ message and to exercise her mind and body remains.
The idea of Bakers On Wheels came after Minge awoke from a month-long coma, glad to be alive but with limited physical movement and control. The mental and physical steps required to bake bread helped her initially to regain mobility, and to maintain it.
Bread, being a symbol in the church, and a staple needed for human existence, makes a wonderful tool for her purposes -- to spread God’s love and provide an outlet for handicapped adults to keep their bodies and minds active.
Read all about this ministry here.
2 comments:
Dear Ann,
I'm Minge Pointer, the founder of and primary baker for Bakers On Wheels. God surprises me daily, not just with my eyes opening on a new day, but through the most delightful steps on a journey of Alleluias which have now brought me to you. You have connected me with other people who have also undertaken the mission of spreading God's love and I thank you for this. Life can be lonely, dull, and unfulfilling, which is what I was promised when I awoke from my 2nd month-long coma, or it can be amazing and magnificent and full of joy as mine has been since I accepted the mission that God had for me. Most folks would say that what I do is minimal, that I am in a wheelchair and can't hold a job, that I only bake bread and pray. But it's enough that I am doing what God led me to do, which is to spread His love to everyone I can. Alabama isn't Galilee, but Jesus is here just the same.
Thank you, Minge
what a lovely idea for a blog!
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