She may be beaten and bruised but a Florida woman is refusing to let a violent encounter with a homeless man stop her from doing the Lord’s work.

Tara Barnes, 69, was kidnapped by a homeless man who climbed into the backseat of her car and put a knife to her throat.  He ordered Barnes to drive to the Ocala National Forest.  However, before they reached that destination, the man ordered her to pull over, threw a rope around her neck, dragged her from the car and beat her with a club.

The man kept yelling, “you rich [word deleted] think we need your help?” as he beat the elderly woman.

He then stuck Barnes back in the car and took her to a K-Mart parking lot where he then beat her unconscious.

Barnes was hospitalized for over a day with various injuries.  The man who kidnapped the woman is still at large.

“This is God’s work,” Barnes told the New York Daily News about feeding the homeless.  “We’re not going to let this one nut stop us.”

She was back the following week cooking meals for the homeless.