More than just coffee ...

My Name is Ole, I'm from Germany and I've been volunteering for eight months with HELP for all Nations.
A while ago, on one of those warm Texas afternoons in Austin, one of our homeless friends surprised us with some terrible news: A friend of his died.
It took me a few minutes to understand who he was talking about, but when I finally did, it hit me like a blow to the head!
I knew the young lady! She was just sitting with us in our "Cream and Sugar"trailer a week ago and now the street has taken here life away. Although I didn't even know much about her, I totally didn't expect this news.
The fact that I had hardly talked to her, didn't help me, on the contrary, as I had handed her a water, or poured coffee, I could have told her about our brilliant God who loves here so much.
Of course it makes no sense to beat my self up about it now, but this experience has thought me something : Our outreaches are not about providing coffee for people in need, but saving lives, particularly the eternal life! It's about people learning of their Creator, and of his longing to live with us in a close and everlasting relationship.
To provide Coffee and Water for the homeless, can be a good way to show them they are loved, but in addition to the giving, the love should be reflected through words, through words that can save lives!
If I talk to someone in our trailer today, I remember the fact that a word too much about Jesus, is much better than one too little.

Ready to go ...

We have scheduled to move our new "Community House" on July 25th. We are very excited about it and we appreciate your prayer for a smooth move. Thank you very much for all your support in this matter!