A Great Week Of Ministry....Finally Getting Caught Up!

I have had some real good ministry on the streets of East Durham lately. It has been good because it has kept my mind occupied. I am going to lump all this into one post. The holidays have always been very busy for us. We always get alot of needs for people that open the door to sharing the Gospel with people.

I was out on the streets and I ran across a guy named Calvin. Most homeless are scammers but Calvin was for real. Calvin told me of how he was back slidden and his life was falling apart. It was raining the day I came across him and in the pic above he was showing me how his shoes were split and he said his feet were cold and wet. I had some people coming with food and other supplies so I told him to stay put while I had to go see someone for a minute.

I hurried down the street to see someone then headed for the shoe store to get Calvin a new pair of shoes. He was so happy when I removed the shoes from the box. He had told me previous to this that he was not going to ask me for anything other than wanting me to go to the laundry mat so he could wash his clothes which we did later.

After talking with Calvin about getting his life back on track with Jesus I put a "I am blessed" hat on his head! I truly believe that Calvin will get his life straight with Jesus and that things will be turning around for him!

I received a call from a Durham police officer last week and he told me of some people who were covering all 50 states in one year working with the homeless. He told them that he knew someone that could get them to the homeless in Durham. He put me on the phone with them and we made plans to head out the next day. They had the two pickups loaded with food and other supplies.

I hoped to get an e-mail from this group but have not received it yet. I know the female is Shea and her boyfriend is Shane but I am not sure of the other persons name. I thought is was cool how these young people had such a heart to cover all the states reaching out to the lost. If only we had more with the same heart!

I was so blessed one day last week to get Pastor Jonathan & Vickie Leake of New Bern to come out and join me. We had a great time talking at lunch earlier in the day then they went to a doctors appointment then surprised me with a call saying that they wanted to hit the streets. This couple is going to do some big things in the future for Jesus!!! Just wonderful hearts!!! I will be going there to help them do some things in the spring.

It was so awesome the way the Lord covered filling the van up with food for the less fortunate! With everything going on with Eileen I was not able to make any plans for the holidays. I just thought we would have to not be involved this year but the Lord had everything covered. I want to thank New Hope Church of Durham for giving us Turkeys. I went and bought hams to go with them and also 80 lbs. of sweet potatoes. I want to thank Fred & Gail Augustine for giving us chips and other snacks which were distributed. A huge thank you to Food Lion (TW Alexander) for helping as they always do with a gift card, food boxes, and other things!

I want to thank Dana Wadford Stansbury who called with can goods among other things that were collected by employees of Duke Medical. As you can tell, Dana was not excited about having her picture taken. Dana is the daughter of my late buddy Pastor Don Wadford who went home to be with Jesus just 5 days before Eileen.

The focus for this year was going to be on helping the seniors. Junior & Dorothy Alston have been with us for nearly the whole time we have been in Durham. Their ministry is to take food to the shut in seniors. Eileen and I have gone around with them and met many of the people. Many are grandmothers who have their kids, kids because they are out on drugs or prostituting.

Junior and Dorothy hold one of a number of turkeys they will distribute.

Mike Perra came out to help me get the food to Junior & Dorothy. He helps Dorothy organize things.

Junior & Dorothy were so happy and excited to get the goods out to those in need!!!

Me and my good friends. These two loved Eileen so much! The one in the middle did too!!!!

A huge thank you to all that partner with this ministry and those that give when they are led to. You can see how and where your seed is distributed. We could not do what we do without your help! God Bless you all!!!