There’s more to being Irish than donning green, painting a shamrock on your face and downing a pint. In August, the June 2010 World Race squad, spent the month ministering all over Ireland — probably in a manner befitting the patron saint of Ireland.
God sparked “A Hug Revolution” through Logan Kaynes one night:
Beautiful Feet is a homeless outreach ministry located in the city center of Belfast, Northern Ireland. They meet every Tuesday night, preparing sandwiches, tea and coffee that they then go and hand out. We had the opportunity to work with them this past Tuesday night and it blew my mind.When we got there, I was beyond excited but nervous at the same time. I was excited because I am extremely relational and this was all about that. I was nervous because I had never worked with homeless in this way before and I started to doubt my ability in being able to understand and relate with someone who is homeless.Why would they want to talk to me? What do I possibly have to say to them; how are you? What do you like to do for fun? These questions were rubbish.
Despite my lack of faith and trust that God would provide, I joined my group and let my excitement overshadow my nerves.
After talking with various homeless people, we then met 3 men in a hidden back alley behind a side road.Sam is 52 and has been homeless for about eight months, Billy is around 50 and has been homeless for about a year, and Michael, who is around 40, has been living on the streets for about 10 years. They were sitting helplessly, their eyes filled with sadness, drowning their sorrows with alcohol. I felt really led to go and sit next to Sam so I did. . . my heart was breaking for this man. . .
Photos from Logan’s photo blog post.
And check out some of the messages shared at The Awakening, which took place over a few days the end of August and beginning of September 2010 in Dublin, Ireland .
