A beautiful day

It's been a wonderful first day of ministry here at Atlanta Outreach '08. God blessed us with a beautiful day and beautiful people to minister to. Most of them can't see their beauty, but God does and we do too. They have a tremendous amount of potential. The key is turning their lives over to God and letting Him lead them.

We met Bro. Harold Smith at Eagle's Nest Community Church a little after 10 a.m. It's always great seeing Bro. Harold. He's a great friend and a great brother. It was the first time Martha and I had seen their new building. Tears filled our eyes as we walked through the doors. It's a beautiful facility. I told Harold that it was the faithfulness of God. We were with them when they had a very small storefront church. To see the new building was amazing. God is awesome!

We then unloaded all of the blankets, towels, soap, shampoo, and blue jeans from our cargo trailer. Harold was thrilled to receive everything.

We then set up in the parking lot at Eagle's Nest and cooked hotdogs. The homeless lined up to receive lunch. We served 160 hotdogs, 100 bags of individual-sized bags of potato chips and 10 gallons of lemonade. We also handed out copies of the Gospel of John.

We prayed with many of them. There are so many needs and so many people hurting. Some asked for prayer as they walked up, and others quickly said "yes" when we asked if we could pray for them.

It's always humbling to be used by God in ministering to the homeless. When we finished, Martha and I shared a cry. We see the potential in them. We want them to know that God loves them and that He has a plan for their lives.

It was a beautiful day ministering to beautiful people. We serve a beautiful and awesome God.