When temperatures all over the country reach record lows, many homeless people are forced to seek shelter to save their lives. One Minnesota church is going above and beyond for the local homeless community. They even married one couple!
St. Andrew's Church in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, has long run a homeless shelter for families in need. Thanks to this week's frigid temps, they've begun to help out single homeless people, too. The church has set up a warming center and sleeping area, and serve donated food from local restaurants.
"It's everybody coming together to make this happen," St. Andrew's Executive Director told WCCO.
Among their new residents were Reyn Waldvogel and Steve Martin. The couple had previously been living in a car at a rest stop. But with temperatures below zero, that situation was no longer tolerable.
"At the morning, we would wake up and there would be frost, pretty much ice, on the windows," Steve said.
The shelter offered them new clothes and, of course, a warm place to sleep.
But then the pastor offered them something unexpected: He offered to marry them for free in the church's chapel. It's a moment that the couple will likely remember for the rest of their lives.
"We needed a warm place to say," Steve said. "We had no idea how much they would help us out."
