This is a question that I am sure many of you have asked when looking at the 3 day trips that AIM has started offering this year. Well I am hear to share with you a story that shows with God 3 days can be a lifetime. This past weekend Westside Church from Omaha Nebraska partenered with Cornerstone Baptist Church and Our Calling in South Dallas and below is  summary of what happened.

Day 1

God revealed to Westside church how he wanted them to pray for Dallas. It began with Isaiah 62:1-6 and a call to spend the night crying out for Dallas in prayer to God. HE than lead us to Galatians 5:13-18, Galatians 6:7-8 and Psalm 4:6. After a time of corporate prayer the group was told that not only will they be loving on the people of South Dallas but they will also become homeless for the weekend. So now He has revealed how He wants them to pray for Dallas, He will also begin to reveal His heart for the homeless.

Day 2

After a night of eye opening sounds and experiences the group ate a breakfast made up of things a child living in a low income area might eat. The group than had time to plan a bible club at Dunbar, a local park we have spent time at over the last year. While there Tiana one of the girls with Westside found out why God brought her on the trip. The kids took us to a house we had not visited before and we needed someone that new spanish and that was Tiana. We will now be able to invest in the lives of these new kids.

The second half of day 2 was spent in what Wayne at OUR calling calls search and rescue. This is just hitting the streets to search for the homeless and rescue them with the love and hope of Jesus Christ. We passed out water, MRE's and snacks to open up the communication lines between the group from Nebraska and the PEOPLE on the streets of Dallas. On our first stop we meet Franco and Shaun. Molly and Mckenzie from Westside talked to Franco and he had been on the streets and drinking for 20 years. They offered him the chance to get off the streets and get help. He was scared but after hearing that Molly had been through it he said he could do it too. Shaun said he wanted to come back to Jesus Christ and to get help. He too was scared but after getting a meal and after praying with and for him he chose to get help and get off the streets.

Day 3

The group goes home with a desire to pray, serve, and Love on God's people.

 

 

 

This weekend we will partner with Covenant Presbyterian Church out of Jackson MS. This trip is a little different then what we did last summer. This trip we will allign ourselves with what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:(19.Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.20.To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.21.To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law.22.To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 23.I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.)  Please check back over the weekend and after to find out exactly how we will be doing that. 

 

Please be in Prayer for the group coming in and for the people that we will be ministering to in South Dallas this weekend.

For those of you that got a chance to meet Dekari at the Dunbar VBS this story will make you smile. Dekari is a little boy that has been coming to the Dunbar VBS. He is the type of kid that wants to be liked and hang out with the "cool" kids. He will come and hang out and invite friends to come with him wich is awesome, but when one of those friends decides that this is not cool he leaves with them. We have just been hanging on to those time when he is there and showing him the love of Christ. Today was an awesome day in the story of the life of Dekari. We started the day playing dodgeball and Courtney was putting sun screen on Austin and Dekari came over and asked if she could put some on him. I really thought this was cool he was looking for some love and attention and he found it in something so simple. Later that day the group from The Ridge made door knockers as there craft and Dekari made one and then went home for awhile. The group thought he was just going home to get away but they soon found out different. A man came up and started talking to Alex and Coleman and said he wanted to let them know that what they were doing was making a difference. He knew Dekari and said that Dekari had been taking the things he learned at VBS and especially that day he took his door knocker home and showed his family what he made and what it said. I just want to praise God for showing us that we are in the right place and that he is working in this neighborhood and the kids around it.