Each of us has experienced that feeling of being invisible even if we were in a crowded room or surrounded by people we know or even in our own homes. For the family pictured below there are a thousand people each day that drive on the busy road that is just 100 yards from the shack they live in, including me. But, this past April as the Easter team was busily on our way distributing gifts of hope and love to over 1,500 children and families in need, one team member kept noticing this shack as we would drive by each morning. She listened to that little voice that said, ‘help them, feed them’, and that’s just what we did. At the prompting of the Holy Spirit we purchased a substantial amount of food and pulled the van to the side of the road turned on the emergency flashers and crossed the ditch and up an embankment to bring a gift of love to a family that is hidden in plain sight. We learned the father is a day laborer when he can find work, there are two children ages 2 and 7, and the mother prostitutes herself when they don’t have enough food; she was already down in the town when we delivered the food. As we placed the boxes of food inside the two room shack Iulian told the bewildered father and children that we had come because of Jesus’ love for them, soft tears filled the father’s worn eyes. The father told Iulian where the mother was and we drove in that direction. Iulian spotted her and told her, “you can go home; this week there is plenty of food for you to stay home”. She thanked him and immediately started walking home. A week later we stopped by with pillows and blankets and another opportunity to share the love of Christ. This visit we were greeted with warm smiles and a reminder that for every hopeless situation or broken heart there is hope found in Jesus. While the majority of HHMI programs are carefully planned to provide weekly or consistent ministry there are times when the Lord prompts us to respond to those He brings into our path or as in this case to notice those who have been right in ‘plain sight’.