October 22, 2011- MHMR Meeting #3

We have gone through two more chapters ending at John 5 today. We had an unexpected visitor. She didn't stay for long, but she hung around long enough to be loved. I brought some donuts, and they served some coffee and muffins. We sang Amazing Grace which they really loved.

Reading through today, we really talked about the rich official and his faith in asking Jesus to heal his son. Chong emphatically and emotionally said we still need modern day medicine to save those who are sick. Fortunately, I'm not in the anti-hospital/doctor/medicine camp. Although the situation does show that the royal official, having access to his day and age medicine, still could not heal his son. He went to Jesus. We went over the power of His word. Jesus spoke, not even being in the presence of the official's son, He would heal him. There's much power in His words.

In the end, we continued talking about their lives and how many of them deal with living there 24/7, with no outdoor activity since they are mandated by law to spend rehab there. It's a difficult life. More reason for them to hear the gospel from us.

October 22, 2011- Thanksgiving Outreach Planning

We spent most of the morning planning for Thanksgiving. Praise God for Pastor Barney Ramirez and Joey Cruse for their willingness to work alongside with one another.

Fort Worth Harvest Church will head out a group in Riverside Drive. The second group will take place in Southside Church of Christ and the third at a house filled with children being taken care of by a grandmother.

Station #1
FWPD will provide breakfast and care in the morning to some elderly and open up the place for other homeless famlies needing care.
- They will need the food prior to 7:00a or the day before. They will open doors, delivering food until noon.
- Volunteers are need to prep the food and deliver it to Southside Church of Christ.

Station #2 and #3
Both stations will start simultaneously at Southside Church of Christ and Riverside Drive. Pastor Barney Ramirez and Phillip will head Riverside and Joey Cruse with Craig Seals will take over operations at Southside.

- Arrival time for all volunteers and food at Southside and Riverside will be 3:00pm
- Setup time for all volunteers and food will be at 3:00pm for both areas
- A setup area will be created in case temperatures drop too low.
- Greeting teams will be setup to build relationship and gather information with all those families that arrive early or if it's too cold.

- Open door time will officially be 5:00pm
- Food will be distributed via buffet style with food already prepared and placed in a room. As people take the food, they will walk on by and eat in the designated rooms. Any youth or other volunteers will either work as waiters or greeters to help those getting food.
- The game will be put up till 6:00pm for those finished with the food early

- Service time will begin at 6:00pm
- Prayer groups, worship team, and pastor need to be ready to sequence their service

- Clothes distribution time will begin promptly at 7:00pm

- Clean up time will happen throughout the entire duration of the time. Main clean up will happen after the clothes distribution from 8:00pm-9:00pm

Station #3
- Food preparation and team volunteers are still being discussed. Stay tuned.

Fort Worth Harvest Church
620 N. Chandler Dr.
Fort Worth, TX 76111

Southside Church of Christ
2101 Hemphill Street
Fort Worth, TX 76110-2096

Maria’s House
1204 West Bolt St
Fort Worth, TX 76110

October 8, 2011- Second Meeting with MHMR

I had the wonderful opportunity with sharing the gospel yet again with this group. This time we added a fifth person; Diana. Last time, I forgot Florence. She was this elderly lady that stayed, but she was not coherent at the time. But Diana was a nice addition. The first time I met her she barely gave me a look. I was glad she stayed and read with us.

First, we sang hymns (Holy, Holy, Holy, Be Thou My Vision, and Great is Thy Faithfulness). I found out how rusty I was playing, but they sang anyway! No matter how good or bad we sang the hearts were all harmonized towards God. We went through John 2-3:21 thereafter. I thank Chong for making instant coffee and raspberry muffins. Reading through we talked many issues from consuming alcohol from the miracle of water to wine to talking about Jesus' reactionary response to the moneychangers at the temple. Then we talked about the importance of the meeting with Nicodemus. While Nicodemus needed everything logically explained to him, which Jesus did with the wind and with the Old Testament picture of Moses and the serpent on the rod, the emphasis was that Nicodemus "believe in Him" so that he may have everlasting life.

Many of the guys responded well with what was being taught including someone who handed me their entire pack of cigarettes. You'll see in the picture below. I pray that their faith is genuine and they place all their lives in His hands.

I look forward to having help as well. They want someone to meet weekly with them. I'm still able to do my best bi-weekly. So, if anyone wants to piggy-back with me, I'd welcome the help!

Till next week!


This is Diana.

October 8, 2011- Meeting New Families

Today was quite an adventure. The trip schedule was as follows:
1. Meet at Kenneth's house and provide food for a family of 5
2. Meet at Maria's house and provide food for 7 children
3. Drive by the Salon to see if we can meet our first core of homeless
4. Meet at the white house popular for the homeless to stay overnight
5. Drive back up to the church ground by Southside to meet another group

Armed with a boat load of clothes, boxes of canned foods, hot dogs, water, fruit, bags of socks, and other toiletries 5 of us took off to meet these core group of homeless friends. It reminded me how much we are indebted to NFWBC for help. Praise the Lord for their resources!

We met at Kenneth's house and dropped off food for 5, clothes, and blankets. It was good to know his daughter was present, but the grandparents were probably out working.

The second stop we met at Maria's house by the Grocery Store. There we helped her meet needs only to find she had 12 kids at the house. She has 5 kids of her own, but her own kids have now provided her many grandchildren (she told us she has 23 grandchildren!). This cleared up alot of things in my mind. This grandmother spent much time watching these children. Unfortunately, her bills have lagged behind and she doesn't have much for food and other necessities. We hope to provide for her more in the long run. Our prayer is that this family can be helped.






We took off and then headed off to the Salon. In case you're wondering where Susan is, someone told us she went back to be with Aaron, which we're not too surprised with. At the Salon we saw Gary, Ricky, Hector, and Claudia. I got to pray for Hector. He's struggling with work and his health. Claudia is doing the same. They can't do much as they're stuck. They can't do much as they're just sleeping by the construction site. Ricky told me Scarlett has died again. I'm assuming, they just don't know as I have been told Scarlett has died many times. Gary is doing well. He was helping this lady named Julia. That was interesting. They have HUGE needs for socks and jackets as the weather is changing soon. Hopefully we can provide some of those needs.





Then we went to the white house to find that no one was present. We did run into the neighbor who told us that the homeless usually find their way back to the house around 7pm. By then, they're ready to get drunk and they all bunk in there causing trouble. Any ideas on how to share the gospel with them? At the evening, it seems really tough to start something to reach them. My heart breaks for them.

The final area took us to the site across the Shamrock gas station at Love Church. There we set up and started reaching many of the day laborers and homeless there. According to Ruben, Venita is still sleeping around with this 'dope-head'. Unfortunately, there is little we can do. We hope to find the kids and provide them some help if we could.






We fed quite a few people there, but struck a great conversation with a White Wiccan Witch; Pete. He was immersed in the dark arts and is an ex-Marine. He threatened he could kill anyone he could. I shared the gospel the best I could. He told me he believed in everything, but nothing has changed. He wanted to commit suicide. I got to open my Bible and shared with him Romans 10:9-10, 11-14, and 17. He realized he hasn't allowed and opened his heart to Jesus, but he will try. I hope he truly acknowledges he needs Jesus. TJ continued the conversation shortly after for another 20 minutes explaining the gospel with his testimony. He wanted him to promise that he'll be there in two weeks. He did. My prayer is that he took our promise to heart. He needs to give his life up to God. I prayed that God would remove the clout in his eyes and heart and asked Jesus to bind all the evil around him. His pentagram on his chest just shows how much he has given his life to the Wiccan lifestyle. My prayer is that he would allow Christ to break the chains of bondage and SET him FREE!!!

October 1, 2011- First Meeting with MHMR Group

We started promptly at 2pm. It was a blessing to meet up with Robert (the house chaperone), Chong, and Charles. They each had their own story. Chong has a son living up in Kasas, Charles is a retired military officer, and Robert is a carpenter. Each of these individuals have dealt with many key issues in their lives and are currently living in a house of twelve to avoid homelessness. They each have jobs which help pay for their living expenses presently at that home.

We went over the first chapter of John. It was a joy to find that they LOVE to read. Chong kept reading and reading non-stop, while Charles, when reading, would share with me stories from different churches. He has this huge three page, vinyl, pieces of paper full of church notes. He says he's a devout Baptist. Charles, just has an eye to learn. He loves studying God's Word and has a penchant for singing hymns. I told him next week I'll bring my guitar and we'll sing some songs.

We finished talking about the importance of Christ and His baptism at the end. It was a reminder that He was to set an example not only upon His birth and life, but upon His death and resurrection. We prayed and I took off.

Until next week...


This is Charles.


This is Chong and Robert.


Charles LOVED reading and highlighting the Bible.