Caleb and I actually had a strange time in Richmond. When we got to the city, it was empty. Nothing was stirring until the afternoon so we took a tour of the Holocaust Museum. If you haven't been to one of the Holocaust museums, it's a must. The atrocities committed against the Jews were horrific and we must learn from history. I left feeling inspired to live my life to the fullest in honor of those who lost theirs prematurely. Once we were CrossWalking we split up in order to cover more of the city. I met two men about my age and the one guy asked, "So why are you carrying that cross?" His friend exclaimed, "Oh, duh, I thought it was a 'tee' ...a cross; now it makes sense." Little kids have asked me why I was carrying a wooden "X" before, but I was taken back that this guy thought I was dressed in a robe, carrying a "T." I was left speechless for a minute; but then continued to proclaim the Gospel to the first guy. Looking back...
Last week I went out to do a prayer walk around the Georgia State-House in Atlanta. I had no idea how bad the homeless situation was until I struck up conversation with a man named Rick. He told me how horrible living on the streets has been for him; he was going on five years. Apparently, someone in his family had died, and he lost everything. We kept talking, and later he mentioned that it was going to rain, which makes finding shelter and moving his belongings so much more difficult since he didn't have a buggy cart anymore. The man was basically lugging around suitcases, buckets, and a backpack. And even though his situation might be laughable to some; my heart went out to him. I asked if he needed anything (because sometimes we need to move beyond just prayer), and he said that he was hungry. The problem in Atlanta is that there aren't enough shelters or soup kitchens in contrast to the homeless population, and the few that are, fill up too quickly! So these p...
Blessings to you and yours!! We began our time in Louisiana by making our 50 mile voyage in the new camper. ...and she drives great! Thank you all for keeping us in your prayers after our last camper died. We arrived at CrossLife Fellowship on May 10th, and stayed there for the rest of the month. While there, we were able to minister to the community during the church's "adopt a block" by going door-to-door, praying for people. We were blessed by the church's cafe ministry which serves free lunch to the community. And Tobiah shared at CrossLife's Men's breakfast and Sunday's main service. What a very active church, something going on almost every day of the week! CrossLife is right across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, so at night, Tobiah would go out for ministry. Some nights he would go out with the cross and some nights he would go out with handfuls of Bibles, but every night he went with Jesus and had Holy Ghost enco...
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