Armando is a dear friend. He was asleep when he was awoken by someone beating him to death. Someone wailed on his head with a baseball bat sized stick. After the assailant couldn’t find money or drugs - he continued to beat him until he didn’t move anymore.

Armando laid in the heat for almost 30 hours until he gained the strength to walk to get help. He received over 100 stitches in his face and almost 30 staples. He has a fractured skull, a broken arm, but his hope is strong.

He called me from Fort Worth and took a train to Dallas. He is staying at the Bridge.

Armando was given written prescriptions for pain, infection and dizziness. But he doesn’t have the money to get those filled. Without family or anyone else to call - he called me.

We want to love people to Christ. For Armando, that means getting his prescriptions filled, getting him a change of clothes so he can take a shower at the bridge. It means bringing him extra food when the portions at the Bridge are too small. We will make phone calls looking for agencies that can help him with housing.

Armando needs someone to care. He needs someone to visit him at the center, someone to bring him the love of Christ, someone to encourage him, challenge him and care for him, buy his medication, bring him food…

If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 1 John 3:17 (New International Version)

Is the love of God in you?

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