Need Some Prayer

I just wanted to write and let everyone know I am still alive and kicking. Things here are going so well, and I truly love what I am doing. I do have a prayer request. There has been some violence around the relief bus. I want to reassure everyone that it has no connection to or with anyone from the bus, but your prayers for saftey for staff and for volunteers would be greatly appreciated. I also wanted to tell everyone that I will be going to a taping of the Late Show with David Letterman on Monday March 31, and if you watch look for me!

A sad day in Harlem

The gentleman in this picture is named Anthony. He is 52 years old, and he is a heroin addict. He had been clean 4 days up until today, and was in pretty bad shape when he came to the bus. It was only about 40 degrees that day, and he came wearing only sweats and a light jacket. We put a couple of shirts on him to try to keep him warm. The entire time he was at the bus he went in and out of conciousness, and could hardly talk. We were able to decifer that he wanted help getting into a detox, but was not able to walk on his own. We called the ambulance to come and get him. However, there is some good news that came out of all of this. The other man in the picture came to the Relief Bus about 6 weeks ago, when we helped him get into a detox. He has now been clean for 6 weeks, staying in a rehab facility, and taking computer classes. He was helping with Anthony when he started crying saying "This was me 6 weeks ago. I just can't thank you guys enough!"

Week # 4

Today was the day that I met Elaine. She is a 53 year old mother of two the youngest is 20 years old. She is not homeless, and in fact has a place not to far from where the bus parks. However, she now lives alone because her husband passed away a few months back because of a brain aneurysm. One of the first things she old me was that she was believer and had been saved. The reason she came to see us today was that she was that she had started using heroine again, and wanted to go into a detox and get right with God. She said that has been through a program and completed it, but is not sure why she started using again. She went on to say that she just didn’t know how to handle things that were going on in here life. With her husband passing we were trying to helping her secure her husband social security so that after she got out she would have some options available. However, this was going to take some time, and did not allow us to get her into the detox today. We were able to pray with her, and that put a smile on her face! Over that 45 minutes her mood improved, and I believe that through our outreach we were able to instill some hope in her and her future. If you would keep Elaine in your prayers I would appreciate it, and I know that she would too!
God Bless