In 2018, Jimmie Hale Mission — which aims to help people out of homelessness, poverty and addiction — got a call from Roger Brown, a master mechanic with a burden.
“He came to us and said he was interested in helping people get cars,” said Scotty Colson, community relations coordinator for Jimmie Hale Mission. “He had it on his heart to make it a ministry.”
It wasn’t long before Driving Hope Ministries was born, a ministry where Brown accepts donated cars and works on them to make them dependable. He then gives the fixed-up cars to clients at Jimmie Hale Mission and its three other facilities.
Brown said he’s “passionate about it because it gives me an opportunity to use the gifts that God has given me to be a blessing to others.”
So far, 15 people have received vehicles, with the latest four presented March 4.
Colson said Rayshaun Bradley, one of the clients who received a car that day, went to two job interviews the following Monday and was able to get a good job offer as a diesel repairman at a trucking company.
Over the years since the ministry started, the cars have often made it to the recipients at the perfect time, Colson said. One woman who received a vehicle at an earlier giveaway was able to get a minivan she could use for a catering business she had started.
Driving Hope Ministries “has been a blessing for all involved,” Colson said.
For more information, visit drivinghopeministries.org.
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