Celebrating 5 Years of Serving

Filling The Void has been lifting up lives for five years.
This is our friend, John, in the green. He often asks us
to pray with him.

THE MOMENT THAT BIRTHED A MINISTRY

There are people you meet who make quite an impression. For us, we can’t help but recall a man named Roy.

We met him on Oct. 13, 2003, around 1 p.m. in downtown Tulsa. It was Columbus Day. Roy was searching for something himself that day – a friend and some food.

Roy’s situation was striking. He said he had been eating out of dumpsters. He was – in every sense – the stereotype of what society sees as “homeless.”.

You could call it our maiden voyage into ministry. We didn’t seek it out, though. The situation was thrust upon us. At the time, there was no such thing as Filling The Void.

Roy approached us, not vice versa. After initially turning him away, God gave us the courage to track him down.

We took his hand. We hugged him. We led him in a prayer. We took care of his lunch. And we haven’t seen him since.

The experience made us examine ourselves. Deep down inside, we discovered a calling to reach out to other “Roys” to help reflect our Heavenly Father’s heart for the poor and needy.

A few months later, we started a ministry. We’ve since served more than 21,000 sack lunches.