Feeling Flint: Fin.

It’s Friday. Our flight out of Detroit is just after 11am. We are still lamenting that there aren’t any later flights to accommodate our team of 8 so that we could help unload an incoming tractor trailer full of water.

Before leaving, I find myself standing at the edge of the Flint River. I am disgusted. It is filthy, brown and smells of more than just toxins — it smells of deceit, disease and detriment.

I experienced moments of joy and sorrow in Flint that words cannot do proper justice. My mind wanders back to the people I met and the things I saw. In some ways, it is haunting.

I want to go back. I do not want to slip into complacency and forget Flint like much of the country already has.

There is so much more than can and needs to be done. I am amazed at how God has blessed First Trinity with a flow of water donations and their willingness to serve without complaint.

I share my experience in hopes that you will be moved to action. We must fight for each other.

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*If you want to send letters of encouragement to the people of Flint, please do. This travesty is not ending anytime soon. I will make sure they receive them.

GLOSSRAGS | 1875 Connecticut Ave NW | 10th Floor | Wash. D.C. 20009

• If you want to donate to First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Flint, Michigan, click here.
• If you want to send supplies like baby wipes, sanitizing wipes, baby formula, pre-mixed baby food, rash ointment, etc. First Trinity’s address is below:

First Trinity Baptist Church | ATTN: Deacon Quarles | 1226 Beach Street | Flint, Michigan 48502

*Whatever your faith may be, the people of Flint need our consistent, fervent prayer. Prayer is powerful, let’s lift them up in prayer.