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The Hoffman Family

20 YEARS OF
MINISTRY TO THE
POOR, NEEDY,
AFFLICTED, DRIVE FOR FINANCES INCREASES
ADDICTED
THE NEW RELIEF BUS - A Bus Stats for 2009:
TRUE TESTIMONY OF GOD’S Servings Food/Bev. 300,649
People Helped/Connected 15,646
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FAITHFULNESS Bibles Given 2,468
As the financial climate continues to be Vol. Days 4,348
pastorbillhoffman in “transition”, we steady ourselves to
run the race with endurance. Signs 1989-2009
Web: reliefbus.org are there that are indeed encouraging. Servings 4,164,713
bhoffman@nycr.org People Connected 168,914
If you remember we were able to pur- Volunteers 42,628
800-736-2773 chase as brand new bus a few months
ago; and the Lord provided $70,000 These numbers represent people fed, clothed,
for that purchase. The next challenge helped to get off the street,
Personal Address: was to get the bus converted… anoth- into rehab and discipleship programs.
221 Mellon Place er $43,000 price tag. Well, it looks like
Elizabeth, NJ we are able to get the project under
07208 way! We still hit the streets on a regu- DON’T WALK BY
lar schedule with a van and a bus, and
let me tell you, it’s really COLD with a This year’s DWB Outreach has been another
Cell: 201-832-3843 tremendous success in getting people off the
van and tables set up. The project will
take about 2 months to complete, but streets and into potentially life changing situa-
praise God we can do it! tions; programs like Teen Challenge, Anchor
House, Bowery Mission, etc.

Approx. 1400 Volunteers

376 Brought Back to churches
130 Placed

Chris, (shown here), was brought back to Teen

Challenge 3 weeks ago from a DWB Outreach.
He has begun his brand new
life in Christ and told me how
grateful he is that he is no
This is a great encouragement to us longer lost, but found.
personally as well. Our finances have
taken the biggest hit of our missionary
career. Steph’s care receiver, an
elderly patient recently passed, ending
her job, so our deficit is now in the
area of $3000 per month. We have
rental income at the house that helps
keep us afloat, and I have managed to
raise $550 towards the goal, so we
have a ways to go.

We have never needed the help of

financial partners more than right now.
If you have never been a financial
partner of the Hoffman Family, please
prayerfully consider doing so. We
have now entered our 20th year in the
mission. This work yields great results
and the Gospel is reaching thousands
each year. Please contact me with any
questions you may have.
Wanda, (center), joyfully went to Anchor
House , a Christian Rehabilitation Program in
Brooklyn. She saw our medical team for some
other problems first and then decided to get real
life changing help after talking with two Anchor
House staffers on our Assessment Team.
OVER
 2009, ANOTHER INCREDIBLE YEAR!
Because of your giving to The Relief Bus & The Hoffman
Family, together we have been to accomplish the incredible
in 2009:

300,649 servings of food and beverage were distributed.

15,494 people were helped, connected to shelter, food,

clothing, detox or rehab.

4,438 volunteers served on The Relief Bus.

Helped mobilize, train over 1,400 volunteers in the

month of January to walk every block in Manhattan to
find homeless people and help them get off the streets as
part of the “Don’t Walk By" campaign, with the
NYC Rescue Alliance.

Purchased a new bus ($70,000) to take out on the streets

as a mobile soup kitchen and resource center.
(We are still raising funds to convert it. )
This bus will reach thousands!
We are so grateful for your generous financial support.
You are a significant part of our team.

These Things We Do...That Others May Live.

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