"After
feeding the hungry in a Daytona Beach park every weekend for more than a year,
it’s just as easy to imagine Chico and Debbie Jimenez given a ticker-tape parade
as what they actually got: a slew of citations and a permanent ban from the
park.
Chico
and Debbie Jimenez, a husband and wife team, aren’t handing out food in the
Florida heat every Wednesday because of a court order or for a paycheck. They do
it because they believe helping the poor is their religious duty. The pair run a
Christian outreach group, Spreading the Word Without Saying a Word Ministry,
that gives food to the needy every week, pointing to Jesus’ words in Matthew
25:40: “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these
brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me...”
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