November 21, 2011- Meeting with Robert

Met with Robert this afternoon at his home. He reminded me over the phone prior to going, that the most important thing is not that we have brought them to church, but that the "church" has come to him. Is there a greater compliment?

We spoke about Thanksgiving arrangements. He's asking for one big table and one serving table. We are providing all the furnishings and allowing him this year to rest. He enjoys loving on the MHMR, because it has become his life. He doesn't earn a living and is fighting disability each day as it progressively gets worse.

He yearns for God to pour out His goodness on His life. He cried today while we prayed. I have been truly thankful to serve him, even though it only has been for a short time.

Till next time...

PS: I got a "Happy Easter" gift from one of the patients. I'll show you once I upload it on here. I left it behind because it was his favorite.

November 19, 2011- Final Thanksgiving Meeting and Outreaching

We had a very good meeting to begin with. I'm glad for Officer Jones and Sarah, case worker for Gladney Adoption make it to the meeting. We quickly worked out details for our respective stations. There are four in total. If you can help please email me at rthministry@yahoo.com. We start at 3:00pm in each area and if you're coming without RSVP, that's fine, but just expect it to be very busy. We need EVERYONE we can get. Here are the addresses to the two churches.

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

2. Southside Church of Christ
2101 Hemphill Street
Fort Worth, TX 76110-2096
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Lane, Jennifer (two boys) and Sarah accompanied me to the streets. We went and passed out as many flyers as we could. I made 60. We went out with 50 dogs and helped several people out. We also ran into Susan. She's not doing very well. She looked sick and inebriated. We also ran into Ricky and some others that just looked terrible. We fed them some as well as reminded them of Thanksgiving.

Susan also brought us to her new home. It looked run down. She told us she had two kids, 15 and 14 who lived there. They didn't even look us in the eye. It was quite scary. But thank God that she's still doing fine, but her desire to get back with Aaron, who's an enabler and an abuser, is baffling.

We got to stop by the second area near Southside Church of Christ and there we got to stop and talk with Betty. Everyone seemed to not be there, but we passed out flyers and got the word out for Thanksgiving.

Till next time...

November 5, 2011- MHMR Meeting #4

At 2pm, I headed to the MHMR facility to share the gospel and read through John 6. After singing Amazing Grace and a couple other songs we jumped into the text. I got to hear a few more stories about each of these people here. Each of them are there because of one or two traumatic experiences. One lady, abandoned by her husband because of her mental illness, gave up her child to him and was left to this mental institution. Her ex-husband is still taking care of her child, but he left her after 12 years of marriage. It's a stark reminder that sickness gives cause for anyone to break marriage still blows my mind away. She's not mad at him and even allowed him to remarry. Yet, there is such a strong sense of brokenness in her heart. They're all in their mid 50s and I feel deeply humbled by their graciousness. When we left, a few of them donated jackets and sweaters for our children as well as made Halloween cupcakes for them. Their response was that they had no money to give, but wanted me to part with at least a few things that was worthwhile to them. They taught me more about giving graciously, than I could ever teach them with my words. May God be glorified.

(Left to right: Mary, Robert, Diana, Chong)

Prayer Requests from the group
- Robert: ex-wife's sister was in an automobile accident that killed a 20 year old man. Her name is Verna.

- Diana: Her son recently got married and waiting for a grandbaby. She's praying for her ex-husband who just recently had a heart transplant. Her son's name is Randy.

- Chong: Pray for her son and grandson's health. Her son's name is Cole.

- Charles: Pray for his brother's health (John). They just had their machines break down. They own a landscaping company and without some of the tools they can't complete their work. He has four kids and two grandkids who aren't saved. Unfortunately, they don't listen to Charles much.

November 5, 2011: Hitting the Streets!

I was worried this week that little would show up to help. My wife had other responsibilities and I was preoccupied with little things that might deter me from heading out. But the faithfulness of the few and a spontaneous volunteer alleviated all my concerns. Sarah and John came out today and Lane, who's my faithful brother from Contemporary Evangelism class showed up to help on a phone call!

We loaded up a couple cars with blankets, clothes, and food. We had 80 hot dogs and well over 60 water bottles. We stopped first by the grocery store on Bolt and visited Mary. We met a couple men who needed Bibles. I'm thankful for Lane and John being so ready to share the gospel. Sarah and I went to visit Mary who seemed to be behind on her water bill. She owed more than $400 dollars and CPS was called on her. Her house was filled with children.






The pictures here show a little of what we did. We prayed for her family and asked God to intercede on her behalf. I'm also posting a picture of her bill to see if anyone wants to help. Our ministry unfortunately does not provide money to help those on the streets, but we have helped families. Hopefully, they'll get help one way or another. We are glad to have the opportunity to pass some tracks and share the gospel.

Our second stop took us to Sam Salon and there we passed out food and did soem street evangelism. I had the opportunity to pray for Juan and his wife. He's still going through alot since he's been evicted and his car stolen (supposedly). We hope to gather some blankets on a future visit and help them out. Sarah was able to help a lady there and it was good to know that several women came out so we could at least give them some blankets.






Enoy the above photos from our second stop.

Our third stop took us to the Shamrock gas station area. Immediately we saw Betty on a wheel chair. There weren't many that were there, but we met a short little man who recently had heart bypass surgery. He didn't feel well, but we had the opportunity to share God's word as well as pray for this man. I also had the opportunity to pray and cry with Betty a little bit. She's been hurt alot and has not had a desire to go to the church for help. She felt no one would accept her. Her life has been tough and there are days she said, that she just wanted to go home (to heaven). Here are some photos: