Author: Shepherd’s Way
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Coffee and Breakfast Sandwiches
We just finished up our morning outreach for this Saturday. Interesting. Met up with a homeless fellow who said he was walking through Victory Park yesterday morning and he forgot that you’re not supposed to smoke in the parks. Well, he had a cigarette in his mouth and a police officer saw him and gave Read more
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WE’VE REACHED A MILESTONE
Today September 23, 2024 marks our Seventh full year in business. (September 23, 2017) Read more
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Does It Matter?
Someone is out there right now- shivering, cold, hungry, and fearful. Wondering how they might face yet another day of uncertainty, how they’ll stay free of harm and abuse. They have to be in pain, physical or emotional. Does it matter? It should. They’re someone’s son, daughter, father, sister, or friend. Does that matter? Yes, Read more
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Very Busy Week
We had a very busy week. We got a donation of sleeping bags on Sunday which we immediately took out to our homeless friends. Later in the day we got a donation of blankets that we handed out in the evening. Monday we spent a good part of the day making up snack packs and Read more
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CHALLENGING TWO WEEKS
These past few weeks of outreach have been very challenging for us. The numbers of homeless have been increasing dramatically, and it is getting extremely difficult for us to keep up with the demand for our services. We’re over budget and looking for ways to get the items that we need to keep our ‘Help Read more
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Surprise Donation of Food
We REALLY love it when stuff like this happens. So do the unhoused homeless that we work with. We got a surprise donation from a very kind person which allowed us to do a second round of outreach today. We got a huge donation of food, and we distributed it in the downtown area of Read more
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Never Will They Hunger Again
‘Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst.’ – Revelation 7:16 Got several messages a bit ago from some homeless folks, hungry, wet, and in need of help. Can’t do anything tonight. But you can bet early tomorrow morning those folks will get help. WE WON’T LET THEM DOWN! Read more
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And So Goes The World
Just returned from outreach. How the dynamics change in just one week away. One crowd settles into a spot – then others come in and drive them out. There are always sad things to see (like a sick person strung out on dope, with a loved one begging them to ‘come home’ or to get Read more
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WE HAVE COVID
Our outreach team has been battling Covid and we’ve been out of commission for going on a week now. We are praying for a quick recovery so that we can get back to helping our unhoused homeless friends. Read more
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COME JOIN US…
If you love humanity and would like to make a positive impact in this world, we’d like to talk with you about the possibility of joining our board of directors. We have several board positions available beginning on October 12th. Each position has a one-year term of office with five board meetings to attend (either Read more