Homeless?

So it has been a great couple weeks since my last post. Since then a youth group from Pryor, Oklahoma has come and spent a week with us and our friends on the streets. They were a good group of kids and really seemed to enjoy their time here. They spent three days on the mountain with Zach, Cole, Matt, and Nikki and learned about the beauty of God's creation. Then they came and spent three days in the city with the rest of the interns and staff. We took them on turf tours through a park in the city, they helped us with picnics, movies, and bowling.

This week another group has come from Temple, Texas. They seem like a good group too and are on the mountain with Zach, Cole, and Ben until tomorrow. I think that my favorite part about having the youth groups come so far is the fact that they recognize the beauty of nature while they hike, and then they come to the city and see what really is beautiful to God, his people.

I have really been enjoying my time here. The people that I have met and that are a part of Dry Bones are incredible people. Even though I came here thinking the people I would meet would be cool, I have really started to understand that I had no idea how cool they actually are. I am learning a lot from the people that I talk to. Learning that mainly, life is hard. It's a lot harder than what I've grown up thinking. I was dealt a good hand and I am grateful, but it is difficult to understand the bad hands that some of the people here have had. It makes the situations in my life seem a whole lot less dramatic.

For instance, for the next two weeks, Ben and I's host family is having company stay with them and so we are couch surfing a bit with the other interns until we can move back into the Ribble's house. Also, they sold their house yesterday and so are now looking for a place to move to. I guess this makes Ben and I 'homeless' in a sense. But in all reality, all the interns and staff as well as the Ribble's have made it perfectly clear that we will have a place to stay. I'm not worrying about it because I know that they mean that. I also know that Jesus meant what he said when he told his followers not to worry about clothes or food or the next day because God wants to take care of us.

God has done some amazing things in the lives of many people here. We have heard story after story of people finding the Lord in their despair. But God is also not done yet. There are still many people here who need a friend.

If there was one thing I could ask you to do in the next week, it would be to remember that some are having a tough time, and to be thankful for the easy times. Be in prayer for the people here and know that God wants to take care of his people.