Homeless in China Town

10-15-08

The past few weeks have been an amazing adventure. A few nights ago I had the opportunity to experience what it was like to be homeless. So, our group headed out to the famous China Town, and slept on the streets. What an experience! You see, every Saturday night we go out and hand out water, sandwiches, cookies, and pray with people. An emphasis we have is building relationships with the homeless and staying consistent with it. Meeting people where they are at in life.

So the night went on and it was so incredible. It got to be around 2:30 a.m. and things were pretty calm. But then things that did go down were crazy. There were several drug deals and prostitutes roaming around, but god truly had His protection on us. In fact, one of out friends, Bonzai, provided coats and pillows for the girls in our group. And he is a homeless guy. Talk about hospitality. Another hour went by, when a silver car pulled up to where we were sleeping and there was a group of guys just looking for trouble. One of them asked, “So ya’ll thought it would be fun to go homeless?” I simply told them that we were just doing a prayer walk and now were waiting for our ride. The response was surprising because he just said, “Okay”. Earlier that night, I had prayed that God would protect all of us, and that is exactly what happened. These were some big guys that were just looking for trouble. I was sweating bullets, yet I felt a sense of peace.

I felt God working at that moment. And being here, I have realized that God is always working. Prayers are being answered left and right. Lives are being saved daily.