Today was a great day!! We started out the day with a soup kitchen in the heart of Harlem. The Soul Saving Station was awesome. I got the chance to talk to a lady named Carol and hear her story. It is amazing the variety of people you meet when you volunteer and the amount you can learn. This lady is a part time security guard, has three kids and has lived in NY her entire life. She was not homeless but she just needed a good meal and the place we were at provided that need.
The SSS did a great job of spending an hour sharing God’s Word and worshiping. I heard a saying before and I realized how true it was today, “The love of God should have been preached before anyone ever takes a seat to listen to a preacher say a word.” The group that I am with has done a great job just talking to and relating to the people who have come to this SSS. They came for food and found people who were willing to love them, talk to them and just hear their story with sincere compassion.
This evening we had a change of plans. We were scheduled to do a mission called “Glory Train” but instead we went to the Brooklyn Tabernacle’s Youth group called Transitions. Man, what a word that was spoken to us. The youth leader talked about temptations. As Christians we face so many temptations and they can lead to some serious downfalls in our lives if we allow them to take control of our lives. I wish that I could have a recording of it to share because I feel like temptations are all around us and everyone has one in particular that they struggle with on a daily basis.
After the youth group meeting ended our group went out to eat at a local place and had great food and conversation. When most people were finished eating we had a chance to share with the group something that we felt like we had learned that day/week. Every night during the trip we try to get together and do this but tonight it just felt like more people were touched by what had happened that day. It was really cool to see some of the guys get up a share some real stuff that they had seen that truly affected them. Powerful.
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