Community First! Village Neighbors

"I WAS HOMELESS FOR 30 YEARS" --Danny I was hanging out at a shelter that was in an old warehouse downtown. It was freezing outside, and there was no heat in there. Suddenly my friend shouts, ‘Here comes the MLF food truck!’ I didn’t know what he [...]

A friend told me that the Mobile Loaves & Fishes food truck was parked under the bridge at 12th and Chicon. It had been raining. I was hungry and wanted to get to the truck, but my wheel chair got bogged down in the mud. I had to crawl to the truck. I was embarrassed, wet and dirty, but they helped me clean up, gave me dry clothes, fed me, and prayed with me. They treated me with dignity.

“I was at the same job for seven years, maintaining a large property. I happened to lose my job and everything kind of went downhill after that. I was going through a divorce and just started to lose everything. Me and my dog, Bones, wound up homeless. We were living in a tent, making it [...]

“I grew up in the Houston-Galveston area and everywhere in between there. I worked for another nonprofit in town called Imagine Art. I cooked for them for two-and-a-half years, and then they voted me out of their budget. I was sort of in limbo. Then one day I saw Steve Hebbard, who is sort of [...]

If it wasn’t for people who cared and wanted to help, I’m not sure how I would make it.

My friend Danny is homeless and has lived in a tent deep in the woods of Austin for many years. Danny has a strong love for God and for his homeless friends. Now because of your generosity, Danny is serving goodness to his homeless neighbors. “We need [...]

"Everything we do is about relationships. The biggest lesson we have learned over the years is that we are not a food ministry. We merely use food as a conduit to connect human-to-human and heart-to-heart." — Alan Graham, Founder & President I first met Tony when our truck stopped in [...]

“I left home at 16 to escape my abusive father. I landed in jail. Before I was released, my mother died. I was devastated. Alone and homeless, I was starving on the streets until I found the MLF food truck. Right away, I felt that these people cared for me. They fed me, helped [...]

“When I was a little boy, I dreamed of being a fireman. I wanted to help people..." --Ellis Just like you and me, Ellis had childhood dreams of what he wanted to be when he grew up. He never realized this dream. Ellis left home at 16 to escape the physical [...]

"I always thought no one cared...then I met the wonderful folks at MLF." - Ellis Sadly, many of our homeless brothers and sisters share the same view of the world. This is especially true during the holiday season. Our homeless friends are alone, hungry and vulnerable. This was true [...]