Tonight I got to leave Nathan home with a baby sitter and head out to the dump to help with the Thursday Night Outreach for the workers who dig through the garbage every night. . . .all night long.
It was a great experience. I drove to the dump and met Jose and his wife, Teresa there . . . .along with their kids. Jose and Teresa are Extreme Response's directors of the dump ministries. Mike Bishop and Dan Maloy (Extreme Response staffers) came too - loaded down with the supplies needed to make hot chocolate and ham & cheese sandwiches.
We had a great time in the kitchen at the Day Care, heating up the hot chocolate and putting together the sandwiches. . . . a good time to work and fellowship together!
We then headed out to a large shed/maintenance building there at the dump and set up our goods, waiting for the workers to come up for their break. . . . and they were so excited to get a hot cup of chocolate (it's really chilly tonight) and a sandwich. We enjoyed meeting them and having a chance to share with them.
Some weeks, Jose has shared the Gospel with them and talked to them about knowing Christ as their personal Savior - several times people have made professions of faith.
Pray for this on-going ministry . . . we keep seeking ways to show Jesus' love to these needy people (not just physically, but spiritually!). We try to do the Evening Outreach every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. We currently don't have funds to do this outreach (we have all been pitching in to make it possible) . . . if you'd like to become involved with this outreach, please let me know.
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I think our CSO is going to join you one of these times for some singing. Once the play is finally over and we get one of our soloists back.
Am brainstorming ideas for the Christmas party, too. Is it usually just for students or staff, too?
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