By the Inside Outreach team · November 16, 2023An ʻohana here on Oʻahu called us with a simple ask. We want to donate our truck. Send it to Maui and put it to work.
It’s a 2008 Ford F-350 with about 98,000 miles on it. If you know anything about those trucks, that’s barely broken in. They’ll go 300,000 miles like nothing.
The family didn’t want to be named. So we’ll just say it here. From the deepest part of our hearts, mahalo.
Straight to Pastor Steve
We put it on the boat the same day and shipped it to Pastor Steve at Calvary Chapel Westside. Their church didn’t burn. It’s right there in the heart of Lahaina, and it’s been a hub for the community ever since the fire.
What the truck did
Months later Pastor Steve sent us an update, and honestly it got us.
“This truck, it’s been just a blessing. We’ve been filling it up with stuff since you sent it over to us.”
Pastor Steve, Calvary Chapel Westside
They’ve used it to move families out of hotels and into homes. To move people from one hotel to another on the West Side. To help people get back into homes on the edge of the burn zone. At Christmas they loaded it to the top with toys.
Think about that. One family decided they didn’t need their truck as much as Lahaina did. And now it’s carrying people home.
Got something sitting in your driveway that could change somebody’s life? Reach out. You never know where it’ll end up.
