WICHITA, Kansas – After vandals targeted a Wichita church and cut wires to their security camera system, a donor stepped in to help repair the damage.

“These are the wires that were cut, and this was the screen that I walked into the night before Christmas Eve,” described Pastor Jackie Carter.

Carter and several other church members were preparing for Christmas Eve service when they realized someone had snipped all ten wires that were connected to security cameras surrounding the First Metropolitan Community Church. The damage will cost thousands.

“It made me very scared. It made everybody that was here scared,” Carter explained.

But, this is not the first incident of vandalism that FMCC has experienced.

“We’ve replaced 88 windows now in this church over the past 14 months, and it just isn’t stopping,” stated Carter.

A viewer in Wichita saw KSN’s story that aired Christmas Eve about the incident, and wanted to anonymously donate time and money to fix all ten cameras.

“There’s been a young man who has volunteered to come and help us see the cost of the repair is and do as much repair as he is capable of doing, which our hope is that that will take care of the situation,” Carter said.

Starting this weekend, Pastor Carter says, she will feel secure in the place she calls home. The anonymous donor will replace the cut wires and have the system running by Saturday night.

One act of kindness shown by an individual is now inspiring a whole congregation.

“I’m so grateful for that. That is the encouraging piece to me. That is the piece that gives us the ability to keep replacing the windows,” Carter said.