Sometimes I really miss the Day Resource Center.
I miss the days when we could volunteer and serve - as much as we wanted. We could bring our families and our children could spend time with our homeless friends and be involved in service.
We could gather as long as we wanted and we didn’t need permission [...]

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Today I had the privilege of visiting an apartment complex in South East Dallas. For some it would be just another complex, but for a small group of individuals it is the beginning of a new life.
Imagine a life full of despair, depression, drugs - and a child. Single moms with addictions have very little [...]

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I received a call earlier in the week. I was told that no one at the bridge could take a shower because they were out of soap and towels. Calls kept coming into my voicemail about it.
My first response was to call the administration at the bridge and see if there was anything we could [...]

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Sorry guys, this took me entirely way too long.
David - Problems at work with relationships.
Armando - Still dizzy, hard to stand in heat, and questions as to whether God really exists.
Random requests - Lots of people are being robbed. That drug dealers stay out of the shelter. That the dealers would stop selling drugs altogether. [...]

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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 [...]

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Wow I dont think I can express how much the Homeless and the Homeless Ministry needs your prayers at this time. I have been to the new center twice and I know I still dont understand all the complexities that are at work at this time. All I can say is please pray.
Here are the [...]

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Last Friday we showed up at the new location. I have to be honest - I was nervous.
We have been doing our thing for so many years - and change can be very difficult. But we were pleasantly surprised to find the staff very welcoming. Change is not bad. We must remember that this [...]

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We will be at the bridge this Friday!
The address is 1818 Corsicana Street Dallas, TX 75201 - just two blocks from the DRC.
We have 15 volunteers serving dinner (the facility provides the food - we will provide the volunteers to serve it) Right now - they are not letting anyone bring food to the [...]

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Now I don’t like being a party pooper. But when the new homeless assistance center is opening - shouldn’t the homeless be allowed entrance into the party? I mean - it is actually their new house!
I showed up at the ribbon cutting today at the bridge. There was a long line of homeless at the [...]

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