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BUT YOU CONSIDERED ME...
It was Father’s Day 1996, at the exit of the Mirriam Theater in Philadelphia stood a dark skin man with long hair that had not been combed for a while. For a shirt he wrapped a torn blanket half way around him exposing his skin that stretched across his meatless
ribs. His pants were stained and to hold them up was a rope that he had found. After a conversation with Mr. Jones and sharing with him the love of Jesus Christ that evening, the homeless man asked them if they had anything to give. Our Founder, Brian Jenkins gave Mr. Jones forty-cents and talk wiyth him for another 20 minutes. The homeless man asked, "Do you have a testament?" It took him a moment, but he finally realized he meant a Bible. Brian Jenkins had only his own personal study bible, but promised Mr. Jones he would bring him one the next day. As Brian was about to leaver, he said to Mr. Jones, "I wish that I could have given you more." He will never forget the words of Mr. Jones before he left that night. Jones gently replied, “But You Considered Me.”
A couple of days later, Brian rushed home from work and with some help, made about forty bagged sandwiches and put them in bags with a fruit and a drink. He left out around 7pm and headed into Center City to the corner of Broad and South; that’s where the homeless man told them he would be. He gave him two of the bagged lunches and the Bible he had asked for. Brian then proceeded to walk the streets of Center City passing out bagged lunches to those in need of food. At the end of the evening, he came to 16th & Benjamin Franklin Parkway and saw 10 homeless people sitting on benches and only had 5 bagged lunches left. He began to pass them out not knowing what would happen; the homeless people began to divide the lunches amongst themselves. He never saw Mr. Jones again, but stated, "He see the smile he had on his face that night every time we see the smile on another homeless person we reach." For the next few Wednesday evenings, he continued to go into Center City Philadelphia to pass out bagged meals to homeless people. Within one month they increased to serving 100 meals. Brian started serving the homeless at 16th & Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia full-course meals on Wednesday nights. Chicken was the meat of choice along with potatoes, mac & cheese, string beans, salad, bread, desert and a drink. It was then Brian became affectionately known as "The Chicken Man". Since that Tuesday in 1996, Chosen 300 now provides over 150,000 meals each year and much needed services to those in need. Chosen 300 also provides more than 500,000 pounds of food and humanitarian aid in 21 international locations, including Guyana, Jamaica, India, Nigeria, South Africa, Liberia, Uganda and Ghana. In addition to food and aid, we build wells, assist in agricultural development, helps children escape trafficking and body part harvesting, provides de-worming pills and creates avenues for education in three developing countries.
