This morning after breakfast and cleaning duties, we made a sack lunch to share on the streets today! We had some lesson/worship time from Steve of YWAM. His story was very powerful and I felt had a lot of similarities to my own! He shared from the Beatitudes and had the students captivated, which is a task! We are here with two other teams, so we number around 100 people! After that, we took off for various parts of the city. Our team, along with Steve Knights team and Mark Lehmans team, went to City Square, where there is the Art Institute of America along with many of the City buildings. We first shared our sack lunches with people and then we set up a prayer station and the students went around praying for people. Many were discouraged at first when people didn't want to be bothered. I encouraged them to keep trying, they did, and God put some awesome experiences in front of them.
We came back for a short time to debrief about our experiences with the rest of the team, then headed right back out! This time, we went out to pray over specific places in the city. Our street team went to Chinatown, North Beach (Little Italy) and Union Station. We got to see a lot of sights, and pray over areas of the city that have religion, but not an understanding of the power of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ! Our team was able to grow closer to each other during this time, and the unity of the team was very evident. God is answering prayers! Thank you all for praying.
We came back from dinner and had some great time relaxing together, laughing, and again growing closer! Then we had dinner, and Erika, Nessa and I went out for dinner, and grabbed some Coldstone on the way back! Us "girls" had some great girl talk! I am so thankful for this Ministry God has burdened my heart with, and given me opportunities with!
After dinner we hit the streets with a jug of Hot Chocolate and shared on one of the toughest street, Turk. I will let one of the guys post tomorrow about that!
Before bed tonight, we were told we could not take showers, brush our teeth, eat breakfast, etc. Our Homeless Plunge began at around 10:00 tonight. We will be awoken around 6:00 given a sack lunch (to give away of course) and sent out. We will have bus fare, and will not be permitted to return to YWAM until 3:00 PM tomorrow. Parents, don't worry, we will eat (at shelters) and we will be headed to a safer section of town, really! I will certainly post more tomorrow!
Please pray for our time together tomorrow. While on the streets, I will be looking forward to deeper conversations with these students, learning what God is doing in their lives, what they believe Gods plans are for their future, and just growing closer to each of them! Looking forward to every moment of it!
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I'm so thankful for all you are doing, not only for the people in S.F., but for these children as well. You're a great role model!
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