I was out on the streets of East Durham until about 2:00 a.m. this morning. I love going out on the streets late at night because nearly everything you come upon is a ministering opportunity. I can park in parking lots and people will come to the van. I can cruise projects and people will flag me down. Holloway Street will always provide ministry opportunities but I love to get out to the other areas that we have ministered for the last six and a half years.
I started out last night with going into the Budget Inn Motel to talk with a mother of a woman that is in the Durham County Jail. I was trying to get a plan lined up for when she gets out but it is sad when there is not much interest in seeing her own daughter get her life together. I will continue to try even though mom is not interested. I cruised Holloway Street next to find the streets loaded with cars and people. I had several of the regulars that were hungry so I went to Ghetto Mac (McDonald's) to get 20 McDoubles. I ministered to many with cold drinks and the burgers. Next I was feeling led to go to "The Mac" (McDougald Terrace Projects).
I started out last night with going into the Budget Inn Motel to talk with a mother of a woman that is in the Durham County Jail. I was trying to get a plan lined up for when she gets out but it is sad when there is not much interest in seeing her own daughter get her life together. I will continue to try even though mom is not interested. I cruised Holloway Street next to find the streets loaded with cars and people. I had several of the regulars that were hungry so I went to Ghetto Mac (McDonald's) to get 20 McDoubles. I ministered to many with cold drinks and the burgers. Next I was feeling led to go to "The Mac" (McDougald Terrace Projects).
I cruised around the projects and as usual on a hot summer night there were many people outside. For many they are outside because of not having air conditioning and their apartments being so hot. Another sad thing that I am used to seeing is many young kids unsupervised wandering around. The kids at the left are just part of a small group that I stopped and got out to talk to. Some of the kids did not know me and it was awesome to have a lady that was passing by tell the kids "you can talk to him because he's good people". I am always saddened to think "why would these kids be outside unattended at 12:30 in the morning"? More times than not it's because the parent or for the few that have parents are getting drunk or high. It was nothing for us a couple years ago when we were holding our Friday night service which started at 9 and ended somewhere around 11 or 12 to have 20 or 30 kids with no parents around. We would escort them back home to find the parents all messed up.
All the kids were very excited to get something cold to drink. They were real excited when I got the cross pennies out and began handing them out. I then started talking to them about Jesus. I asked if any of them knew any scriptures and was happy to hear a couple of them recite some. As you can see in the pic to the left that they were really enjoying themselves. The majority of the kids seem to crave attention. The majority of them are really good kids but they just need to have someone show that they care then stick with them. I have had many that have said that they want to help them only to change their minds. What this does is just show that Christians do not keep their word. It is also just another adult telling them something and then not sticking to their word. I had one woman who was on the team years ago for a short time that destroyed a teenage girls life by not keeping her word. We need to develop a team that can walk with these kids back to their apartments and tell whoever is responsible for them that if we were child traffickers they could have possibly never seen the child again.
All the kids were awesome. There was one boy who was probably around 6 or 7 that I could tell was already picking up the street hustling mentality. He was trying to get several drinks and also seeing what else he could get. I had to set him straight. Some of the kids were asking me to give one little girl extra pennies because it was her birthday. I started talking to this sweet little one and found that she had just turned 7 years old. Keep in mind that it is past 12:30 in the morning! This little girl was oh so precious! When I got back in the van to get ready to leave she got on the running board and had her little hands holding on. They kept saying "do you have to go"? Look at her little eyes and then think how hard it was for me to leave there!
There are so many kids that have two strikes against them coming out of the womb! There chances of having a good life are so slim. We pray that the Lord will send laborers into the harvest! The fields are so ripe but the laborers are so few.
Matthew 9:36 Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then He *said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38 "Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."
I thank the Lord for the opportunity that He has given me to attempt to reach these little ones for Him! I have to keep going so that I can hopefully meet the parent or parents (in many cases the grandmother) so that we can work deeper into their lives. I was just talking with someone today about the fact that the amount of good grandparents today is so small. I have come across so many of them that are either addicted to heroin or crack! We are living in a world on a fast downward spiral. We must reach the lost for Jesus! How can we look into the faces of these little ones and not do something?
A huge thank you to all that help this ministry to function through your prayers or financial support! God Bless!
There are so many kids that have two strikes against them coming out of the womb! There chances of having a good life are so slim. We pray that the Lord will send laborers into the harvest! The fields are so ripe but the laborers are so few.
Matthew 9:36 Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then He *said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38 "Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."
I thank the Lord for the opportunity that He has given me to attempt to reach these little ones for Him! I have to keep going so that I can hopefully meet the parent or parents (in many cases the grandmother) so that we can work deeper into their lives. I was just talking with someone today about the fact that the amount of good grandparents today is so small. I have come across so many of them that are either addicted to heroin or crack! We are living in a world on a fast downward spiral. We must reach the lost for Jesus! How can we look into the faces of these little ones and not do something?
A huge thank you to all that help this ministry to function through your prayers or financial support! God Bless!
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