What would you do if your son WASN’T home
Out on the street cuz drugs sit on your throne.
Seriously though
What to do, what to do, what to do, what to do, what to do, what to do, what to do, what to do
My mind hardly ever thinks and when it does it’s definitely one track. You can literally ask me what i’m thinking anddddd i can’t tell you. True story.
What to do, what to do, what to do. That’s it, “what to do”
Tonight was our first night of street outreach
“Samasa outreach(are you going to outreach)?” Jayvee(a CG kid) asked
“O O, samasa outreach(yes! i’m going to outreach)!” me
10 kids who came from the same lifestyle going to the streets to dance and show how their lives have been changed, RADICALLY. These kids put to shame the radical change that my life may portray.
The night started with about 15 people piling into the back of an Izuzu Elf truck. We drove to an area and parked. Walked about 20 yards and entered into a different world, a different time zone. I really can’t explain the difference that we walked into. It was night and day. We literally turned the corner and it was like someone switched the lights off and cranked up the heat.
Right when we turned the corner you could literally see the desperation. Kids sporadically placed, hands to their mouths with plastic bags, stumbling to cross the street and meet the three white people with the 13 some Philippinos , finally spitting the question out, “what’s your name”
what to do, what to do, what to do
Even the guys from CG with us were havin a hard time.
Paolo had to take some time, stare at the busy traffic and wonder, “where would I be if God hadn’t changed my life?”
Atleast 30-40 kids, living on the street, boys and girls(age 7-18) huffing glue, the girls looking for guys to buy them for the night, the guys completely out of their mind.
Edwin, passing in and out of consciousness as he stands with Lucas and sits with me. Gilbert, 7, dancing to our lousy beatboxing. Michelle and Mari Kan singing a sweet lullaby. RJ returning the food Julian hands to him. These are real people, with real beating hearts, with real futures, but no real hope right now. These kids are sunken into a harsh reality that pretty much seems hopeless for them. But the crazy thing is that there’s atleast 10 kids who come to them who have escaped their harsh realities, into the reality that they are living under God’s power, affection, grace, mercy, forgiveness, love. They just need their hearts opened up to it.
So, here’s the mini plan of what God’s throwin out there for us.
It takes about 500 pisos(11 dollars) to feed 30-40 people out there with a sandwich and a thing of juice and about 200 pisos(5 dollars) for gas to get out to the strip that these kids run. Lucas, Julian, and I are going to fast our lunch and use that money to fund the food and gas to be able to get to these kids as much as we can. I know you’re not supposed to gloat or boast in your fast and do it in the dark or whatever but i want you guys to join. Fast your lunch and pray for these kids. Fast your lunch and spend some alone time your Maker, the One who absolutely loves your soul! Or just pray during these times, our lunch time is from about 10 am central and street outreach will probably start monday which would be sunday morning about 6 am central to 9 am.
Isaiah 58
6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-
when you see the naked, to clothe them,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness will go before you,
and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.
11 The LORD will guide you always;
he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
and will raise up the age-old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
Who wants to repair some walls and restore some streets?!?!
haha!
