March 5, 2011: Makeover and Hangover

Well, our makeover progressed nicely. Let me briefly explain what was done. North Fort Worth brought a small team alongside a small team from Christ the King and us from Northwood. We mostly represented Southwestern Seminary, but let me acknowledge the churches who have so faitfully aided us in this venture.

Joey Cruse along with Kurt, Robert, Tara, and her friend met up at 8am at the Koo's place. Then came Sarah and Amy from Christ the King. I went ahead and joined the painting crew early. Later on, Jonathan, my wife, and kids joined our feeding outreach. At first, we cleaned Suzanna's house.

We brought everything outside, swept, cleaned the walls, and brushed aside any dirt, mouse droppings, or dust that was around. Then we started to put the green paint and white primer on the wall. The guys mostly had the living room, while the girls perfected the kitchen. All the work took about four hours. Joey and his team finished the job.

Here's a video! Our first YouTube video: (STOP THE BACKGROUND MUSIC ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE BEFORE CLICKING THE VIDEO)


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My wife, Jonathan, and I, went at 10:30a, to drop off hot dogs to the workers, and then went forward to feeding the homeless. Our first stop we met three. Antonio, Indio, and Gary met with us. We prayed with them and fed them. They told us that there was a group around a abandoned white house, which we visited later. There will be a picture to show you what it looks like.

The second stop, there were fewer people, but we saw Lindsay, and Anna who were both on wheel chairs. Lindsay is still suffering from her broken leg. The doctors want to amputate her leg (according to her). She was in tears as we prayed for her. Anna, seemed to be suspended to her wheel chair. She had 3 dogs to keep her company. We fed her and a few other guys who came over for some food. Jonathan led a quick prayer with a few of the guys we knew. I got to pray with an older gentleman, who didn't know English. But somehow he was okay with me praying in English. I prayed that Jesus would touch his heart. I prayed the gospel seeped in ever so slightly!

We then headed over to the abandoned white house. There were about nine guys there. We fed the remaining hot dogs and water to them. We had about 80 oranges, socks, 100 hotdogs, and 4 cases of water. We didn't quite use them all as there weren't many homeless (it was cold). But with what we had, we did our best. Attached are some pictures from our feeding.

Enjoy the video and pictures! Till next time...

February 25, 2011: Project Susan Part A

A picture collage of the challenge ahead.

LIVING ROOM





KITCHEN






WINDOW/ELECTRIC

February 19, 2011: Spirit Move!

I left this morning at around 9:30a to scout the area. The first area by the TCW (Texas Car Wash) was empty. Because it was fairly warm I figured they might be under some shade. I was right. They moved further in where the canal was and under a shed towards the south side. There was about 10. The second area was filled with about 30. There was plenty to feed. I ran into Venida and her family. She desparately needed socks for her baby.

When I went back home I got message from Lydia Thompson that she's able to arrange two churches and a school to possibly provide backpacks to reach a school that has homeless children. What a joy! That's for a later date.

NFWBC arrived a few minutes after we did at the TCW. At around 11a, we were armed with 80 hotdogs, over 4 crates of water, 100 sandwiches, plenty of 'pants on the ground', blankets, and hygiene products. We got to work. We fed plenty of people on the first station. Around 15. There was plenty of praying to do. Praise the Lord I was able to run into Abel again. He has changed a lot. A church is sponsoring a home for him so that he may use it as a restoration house. He has since divorced his wife, but because he is walking with the Lord now he has been restored. He attends Palacios El Rey church.

It was a delight to have him there because someone Janice Rowlands witnessed to accepted Christ.

His name was Antonio.

He lost his mother and brother. They died early. He was truly broken for them. But he responded to the gospel openly. He wanted Christ in His heart. He accepted, but was unsure what to do. He had to get plugged in. This was where Abel came in. He's going to house him and take him to Palacios El Rey so that he can be held accountable. I pray this will provide great change for Antonio's life.

Our second area hit over 30+ people. There was plenty of mouths to feed. They took almost all our pants and hygiene products. They ate up all our hot dogs. It was a joy to meet Pete and Blasa. Pete was her boyfriend, but he also had quite a story to share. He admitted that he just lost his daughter yesterday; drug OD (overdose). Her name was Lynn. He also lost Stephanie, his other daughter sometime back. He has two sons left. We prayed for their lives and I shared the gospel to him. He wasn't ready yet, but he felt the love. We met others such as Venida and the boys, Robert, and several others who accepted prayer. This area seemed to have more women than usual.

Susan's place was our last stop. She was repainting the house. We dropped off some goods and prayed for her. Claudia, who was at the first stop, was over. She had a black eye. She was punched in the eye by some roaming lunatic. We prayed for healing. She was really hurt. We told Susan that we would stop by March 5 with a crew to paint, fix electric, clean the yard, and organize the kitchen. Pray for us as we try to expand the kingdom!

Teach us to love more Lord!!! Till next time...