Homeless hitchhiker rescued by passerby
Published: January 20, 2016 10:32am CST | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
AITKIN COUNTY, Minn. (KMSP) - It was -15 degrees when a homeless man looking for shelter took a 50 mile trek from Grand Rapids, Minn. to Aitkin County. Once he got to mile marker 249 on Highway 169, he decided to lay down to try to keep warm. Fortunately, two good people stopped to help.
“He was a nice man, bout my age late 30s early 40s and his name was Adam,” said Mary Dinger. “I immediately pulled over and ran to him.”
After Dinger called 9-1-1, Trooper Glen Bihler arrived on scene to assist.
“She’d let him get in the back of her car, which was fantastic on her part, kind of unheard of to let a stranger get in ...
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Progress: Fighting Addiction
Healing the Heart and Soul
Published: Jeanne Schram Mar 11, 2018 | Message Media - Aitkin MN
Mary Dinger once thought of becoming a surgeon and working in war zones.
“Instead I work toward healing hearts and souls not bodies,” she said.
She worked for years in the health care field but continued to feel a call into a healing ministry. She and her husband, Nick, moved to Aitkin in 1995.
Mary formed Sowing Seeds for God in 2009, an outreach for alcohol and substance abuse. By 2016, Mary was focusing on ministry full time and in 2017, it became a Christian nonprofit 501c3. It is Bible-based and nondenominational, Mary said.
Sowing Seeds for God’s outreach program is called United 4 Recovery and holds church services and support groups for those recovering from addiction and anyone struggling with life issues and need support.
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Local ministry works with USDA food program
Published: Oct 20, 2020 | Message Media - Aitkin MN
Sowing Seeds for God Ministry was given 1,000 boxes of free food for distribution at Heritage Assembly of God in Aitkin at noon on Friday, Oct. 23.
There were no restrictions on who can receive the groceries.
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