This past weekend Aaron and I went on an outreach trip to San Francisco with a few other students from the school of ministry. Our main focus was to partner with "City ministries international" (Bob Johnson, Bill Johnson's brother heads it up). We went on a "nightstrike" (outreach) Friday night shortly after getting there... basically just going out on the streets to hand out food to the homeless, roses to the working girls and pray for whoever wants prayer. It was a great night and I felt at "home" again- bringing back memories of my times on the streets in Vancouver. They have these "juice dispensers" that you wear on your back and it has a pump on one side and a dispenser on the other side. Aaron got to wear the contraption and was having way too much fun! I wish I had a picture of it to post... =)
On Saturday, City ministries organized a big event in a park for the homeless. There was food, clothing, prayer booths, a stage with music and dance teams, etc. It was quite the day and it was cool to see how it brought the church together... there were people from various local churches and churches from other cities, YWAM, Simpson College, our school, etc. There were people that got saved, healed and mostly LOVED by God's kids! We talked with a transvestite for quite a while who although has not changed her/his lifestyle is incredibly open to God and is attending a YWAM program in her neighborhood and being discipled! She had pain in her back due to some bulging disks and when we prayed for her the pain went away completely. Her friend had pain in her ankle and so she said to her, "let them pray for you... they prayed for me and my pain is gone." It was cool to see how as we prayed for the second lady that other homeless people that were around also layed their hands on her as we prayed! It was a powerful time and once again I was reminded of the fact that these are Jesus' friends... they're the ones that Jesus hung out with when he walked the earth.
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