A new high schooler joins us

Today was another delivery day!!

This week we had a new youth deliver with us along with a few regulars. The new guy is a freshman who, as a middle schooler, really wanted to be a part of this ministry in this way. That all worked out today. It is so cool to see youth who are excited to do this.

Again, we saw the lady whos husband is in the hospital right at the beginning of our deliveries and again, we adjusted our trip to pass by her. Yeah, more U turns, but worth it.

She remembered us from two weeks ago and said that her husband was actually doing much better!! I told her that we were praying for her and she made a comment like, "I pray a lot as well, but I am sure God is tired of hearing from me." Immediatly, I told her how wrong that thought was. God loves to hear from His children, He loves to spend time with them even especially when His children are going through a difficult time. He will never tire of hearing from you. She seemed surprised at this and seemed to appricaite the comments. Again the light changed in record time and we had to go. Talk about drive by ministering!!

When then went to find the guy we have not seen in a while. When we got there, we found two different tents set up. One was huge!! The other had a person sitting in it and he invited us up to talk. This was a new guy I had never met. He seemed to like the company, he told us quite a bit of his history and how he ended up homeless. Each story I hear is so unique and shatters the sterotypical impresson we often have of the homeless. This guy had a great life and then a series of events took that all away. He was just passing through hoping to see his dog in NY and get a job in Alaska. He visited the Center yesterday and loved it.

He also said the huge tent was a new one for the guy we have not seen in a while. It was nice to know he was doing well. (since then, I heard he was at the Day Center which is great since he usually does not go there)

We then went to the couple at the hotel and they were unusally chatty. She told us about thier family and more history. Our relationships are growing here. Again we gave extra meals with the promise of telling them about Jesus and the Center.

Our final stop was again at a big camp with no one home. I had been praying to see a certian person, but I guess it is not time for that to happen. Keep praying.

A pretty uneventful day, but the lesson here is to be patient. Just like our new freshman had to wait to do a delivery, I will have to wait to bump into the person I have been praying for.