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!!!
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