The Homeless

Last week while we were in Florida, we ran across some homeless people. They were living under a bridge with tents. We did not take these particular pictures, however, you get the idea! We both have a heart for the hurting, whether it is the homeless, the prisoners or the migrant workers. Oh yeah, we saw a field full of them too!

We have ministered to all of these types of people in our lives and miss doing that. It hurt our hearts to see people homeless and people that are migrants...the little kids and all.

Personally, I don't believe that most of us thank God enough for all that we do have. We may have it rough in one way or another, but still, we need to pray for these people.

We did a Migrant Ministry for 4 years while we were with Pastor Teague. It was one of the most life changing things that ever happened in our lives. We ministered to about 400 people every year. It became such an awesome thing to watch the little children grow up and get excited to come to this ministry. Between the Migrant Ministry and the Prison in one year we saw nearly 200 souls saved. We had a Spanish Band (Emmanuel) come in from Canada and they were able to minister both in Music and the Word. It was an awesome time in all of our lives.

Prior to that we ministered at Cass Corridor downtown to the homeless. One of the Thanksgivings we had nearly 500 people come out. I don't remember how many got saved during that year but I know it was a large number of them.

Often times as Christians, we "look down" on the type of people mentioned above, but God has told us to minister to them. If you can't go in person, could you at least pray for them? Sometimes we feel like we don't know what God wants us to do for Him, but we can always pray. Those prayers are bottled up in Heaven. What a great reward we will reap!