Well, today was a kind of an information full day and I am continuing to feel under the weather. The sinus pressure, stuffed up nose, and everything related to it, is at full blown status.
If you want to check out some of the preaching from todays noon prayer service, Google: Rev Maurice Maxwell Noon prayer service and about 5 minutes of his message should come up on video. Great Word from Rev. Maxwell today!!
I want to tell you a story that happened at Rising Hope yesterday that I think may touch your heart as it did mine. There is a middle aged lady that comes to Rising Hope every day and she has her Redskins hat and jacket. She was struggling to add minutes to her pre-paid cell phone so me and Maurice were trying to help her get it all loaded into her phone. We stood outside with her trying to get this card to work and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't add minutes. So we looked a bit more carefully at the card and found out the Rite Aid sold her a double your minutes card but not a card that actually adds minutes to your phone. By this time we had already scratched off the silver stuff that covers up the code and succesfully added the card to the phone so there was no way that Rite Aid was going to take it back. When we finally explained what had happened in a way that she could understand, she looked at us and said, "All I want to do is call my son". The look on her face showed that she was telling us the truth and it was breaking our hearts. So we went over to the Rite Aid to buy her a minutes card. So we are not supposed to show any favoritism especially because news travels fast in the homeless community so we had to do it like we were ninjas on a mission and keep it on the DL.
So we walked over to the Rite Aid (Me and Maurice) and remember when I said in an earlier blog that people were confusing me with a homeless person? The person working the register gave us an attitude as soon as we walked in the door, talked down to us, and stared at us the entire time we were in the store. I felt for the first time, the stigma that must surround people who are homeless or are marginilized. We purchased the phone card, went across the street and quickly added the minutes onto her phone. When we did that for her, her face lit up as bright as the son and she lifted her hands up and said, "I can call my son tonight!" She thanked us so much, gave us both a hug, and I think that God allowed us to be a blessing to a mom and her son.
I pray that story touched your heart as it did my heart and my life. I will never forget that moment. Keep Hope Alive in the lives of everyone you meet. No one is ever hopeless because of Jesus Christ!
Esperanza!
Pastor Scot
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