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 Part 3  You will have to excuse me if you are following along, thinking this is a chronological tale. I will be jumping back and forth and perhaps write it all out in chronological order and repost it later, but for now, we will be jumping around hehe. That being said, living in a homeless shelter tends to blur together a mass of conversations and new friendships. Being a kind, charitable Christian has its perks and disadvantages. In the middle of June, upon entering the shelter, I was greeted with old familiar faces of staff members who had been there for years, and kindness was extended to me as I was also friends with the Shelter manager, who is a disciple-making, Holy Spirit-filled pastor in his off hours. I say off hours with a grain of salt because, as a man of God willing to drop everything to help out lost souls, there are no off hours. On the flip side of the coin, the disadvantages are the many different worldviews of shelter guests spurred on by the under...

PART 2  As I was asking the Lord where to go granularly during my off days in the spring, I kept running into old friends whom I encouraged to do for themselves what they needed and to pursue resources. My prospects for income fell through when summer started, and this landed me in little meetings on bus rides and random encounters while riding my scooter around town. This led several people to show up at the Local Rescue mission alongside me.  At first, I just thought of it as a coincidence, then one by one, old friends started showing up. My old neighbor, whom I had not seen in several years. Another man who got frostbite that I used to share drugs with in the past, when I was in a rut. They were all in need and lacking. I started sharing my resources with them and encouraging all the emergency guests with pamphlets from the local social services offices. Some of those were inspired to look for work, and others were stranded on the north side of town, where the shelter is lo...

Part 1 Following the Lord is never an easy path, but if we acknowledge Him in all our ways, He will walk beside us and reveal timeless truths and let us experience the spiritual distractions and confusions to build up our discernment, giving us eyes to see. This summer semester for me started in what seemed like a disaster. I ran out of money, and all the doors to income started closing down one by one. It was as if the Lord had plans that I could not see. There were no orders or nudges, just a constant reminder to trust in Him. Looking back, starting in May, I was struggling to find quick work as all my prospects for an internship as a college student fell through. I found a job miles away on the south side of town, but the pay was abysmal, and I managed to secure another job as a van transport driver for a very small business. During training, there were red flags I saw, but I had hope that this position would allow me to spread kindness and encouragement to my wheelchair bound clien...