Comments on: Panhandling

By: Don Foreback

Don Foreback — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:15 +0000

I was a long haul trucker for 17 years, and I would see people holding signs…”Hungry Please help.” I would usually offer to take them inside the truckstop and buy them anything on the menu that they wanted, some took me up on my offer…most did not…but until I got myself out from under the rock of addiction…it never occurred to me to pray for them too…The old me, was too wrapped up in making the money, I thought I needed to have to be happy to even consider for a second that there might be something deeper to these peoples needs. THANK YOU, Wayne, for being G-d’s instrument and opening my eyes to the truth.

By: Roderick

Roderick — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:05:36 +0000

I love your website…I have been hungry to do something outside of myself for awhile now, and I want to say that it is refreshing to see something like this ministry involved with the homeless. I know there are many out there, but it is something about this one that has spoken to my heart. I like the comments published on this site, and it has encouraged me to start talking to the homeless when I encounter them.

Thanks You….please if there is a need, I would love to help..

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:37:37 +0000

thank you I have never thought about these chance encounters from a proper mindset …so much food for thought . I can do much better than I ever have in the past .

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:58:35 +0000

Someone sick with addiction is going to do “whatever it takes” to get money to support their vice. If they can’t get money from you, they might do the unthinkable to get it from someone else.
Addiction is a sickness and nothing you can say or do will change them. They have to decide that they want to change – before they consider the effort and work necessary to stop the cycle.
Pray. Pray often and pray hard for those with addictions. God can change them. Recovery is a long process and it starts with prayer.

By: D-Money

D-Money — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:27:49 +0000

Here’s something…there’s a woman in my community who walks around with the help of a cane, she’s obviously severely mentally handicapped, and she sells her body for crack. When you see her she says “HUUUNGRY!” and then “FIIVE DOLLAARS?” and if you try to say, can I get you some food she says the same thing over again. Once we ran into her when we were going on a walk one night and when she said the usual thing, and we said “We’ll buy some food for you!” and she said “FIVE DOLLLARS?” and we said “No” and left.

Another time I ran into her and I had five dollars with me. She said “FIIIVE DOLLARS? HUUUNGRY!!” and I stopped, looked her in the eye, and said, “Yes, I would like for you to have this five dollars!” and she stopped and looked me in the eye, and said “THAAANK YOU!” and I said “You’re welcome!”.

Which one is better? With the first case, she left without feeling any kind of love or caring from us, and probably went off in search of a strange man who would sexually use her. In the second, she found someone who cared more about her than the money in his pocket. In both cases she might have used the money for crack.

A few months later that a drug pusher said “I’ll give $10 to whoever beats her!” after she had taken something from him and hobbled off. Some addict who was there went over to her and gave her a severe beating that sent her to the hospital, but I’ve seen her since then, out hobbling along.

This is just something I wanted to share with y’all.

By: phill

phill — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:39:38 +0000

Good points I will try to start carrying these things. I will not ignore the next person I see asking for money. I will forward this to people that ask me the same question.