“When it’s focused on the Gospel, bathed in prayer, centered on the Lord—God’s going to use it,” Melissa Strickland, the senior director of communications, shared with Kristy. Melissa and her family chose to spend Christmas in Mayfield, Kentucky, serving alongside Samaritan’s Purse as they provided a Christmas Eve lunch for the storm-swept community. Enjoy this fresh take on how the Strickland family was blessed by shifting their holiday plans to be a light during a dark time.