2-8-25
We had our first ever training and it was awesome! We heard from Sami Jo Groenke and Bri Wirtz about some super easy ways to share the gospel with those who express interest in knowing more. We’ll be having trainings every other month on things like safety while we do our work, information on who the people we’re serving really are, and more. The goal is to train you all on things that will help give you the confidence to go out and love our unhoused neighbors safely and effectively!
We had all our kits prepared beforehand, thanks to our Resource Distribution team and our note-writers from all around Denver and the country! If you’d like to join one of our teams, you can find more info and submit an inquiry here. We’re also continuing to collect as many hand-written notes as possible, to fill both our regular kits and prepare to start offering take-home kits for people to keep in their cars and hand out (whenever we get enough funding to do so!). If you’d like to write notes for us at whatever frequency works best for you, please fill out this form.
We are pumped after starting 2025 on such a strong note and can’t wait to see you all next month!
You can check out the full gallery from today here.
Some post-outreach prayer requests:
- George: Pray for him to find a job and to stay warm.
- Iris: Pray that God would continue to show himself to her, for provision, and for her to be able to see her kids.
- Elmer: Pray for protection from harmful thoughts.
- Iman: Pray for him to find a wife and to have wisdom for leadership.
- Frank: Pray for him as he battles depression.
- Theresa: Pray that she would know the love of God.
- Teal: Pray that she can remain in her employment and that another temp service would open since one is getting shut down.
- Anthony: Pray that God would continue to bless him.
- Salvador: Pray for rest, as he has a lot of trouble sleeping and it’s affecting his driving job.
- Joseph: Pray for safety and protection, and for peace of mind.
- Elizabeth: Pray for good outcomes for her breast and eye exams.
- David: Pray for a change of heart that’s towards Christ and for his mom, Maxine. He cried when we prayed for him, & he has a deep longing for Christ.
- Bless: Pray for her mom.
- Low: Pray for his family.
- Landon: Pray for his license to get sorted out and for healing from his medical issues. He had a foot run over & has had blood clots.
- Orlando: Pray for housing to be provided, as he’s in a unit he wants out of, and pray for his mom.
- Keith: Pray for his health concerns and for him to be able to connect with his family, as they haven't talked in 20 years.
- Bob: Pray for healing, strength and endurance, as he has terminal cancer.
- Tawan & his brother Sean: Pray for their family; his wife and 8 month old son.
- Gina: Pray for provision in the form of a job, housing, and getting back to her family.
- Scott - Pray for provision to keep going.
- Robert: Praise God he just got into housing, came back to visit his prayers
- Thomas: Pray for salvation for his friends.
- Merlin: Praise that he finally gets an apartment next week!
- James: Pray for restoration with his son Jack.
- Jeff: Pray for his heart condition and an apartment.
- DC: Pray for his health, as he came back from hospital and is trying to get connected with a case manager. He feels like if he’s a good person he’ll get to heaven, so pray he will find Jesus as the way.
- Lloyd: Pray for safety.
- Warner: Pray for health and safety, hasn’t prayed or talked with God in 40 years, said he wasn’t comfortable with us praying with him but accepted our prayers for him.
- Benjamin (Pacman): Pray for him to be more “Benjamin” than “Pacman”, his alter ego, and that God would restore his sense of identity.
- Timothy: Pray for housing and safety.
- Dale: Pray for housing and safety.
- Don: Pray that his relationship with Jesus will be restored and that he would be able to attain real sobriety.
- Nick: Praise that he already believes in God and continue to pray for strength that he relies on Him through hard times. He had some issues with alcohol in the past as well, so pray for sobriety and peace.
- Mony (Monica): Pray for housing and somewhere warmer to live.
- Josh: Pray that he would find stable housing.
- Ramon: Praise that he was released from jail and pray that he will quickly be able to get back on his feet. He also asked for prayer for his daughters and wife that passed away.
- Luis: Pray for housing and shared a poem with us about God (check it out in the gallery above!)
- John: He was sitting on a bench near the civic center, and his heart seemed heavy and sad. He was kind and soft spoken, and we prayed together. Pray for him as he tries to stay warm as the weather cools again.
- Tony: Pray that he learns to understand God’s kindness for himself. He was warm, receptive and kind. When we shared Jesus with him, you could see him really focus on the words.He has problems with rules and authority, so we encouraged him to pray since he goes to church sometimes and is familiar with faith. He got evicted a month ago and has a court date soon, so pray for providence in that area.
- Jay: Pray for provision, as he needs a job and is about to get evicted.
Our neighbors that didn’t have specific prayer requests, but that we’d like to pray for anyway:
- Angelo
- Jay
- Santana
- Michael
- Paul
- Chris
- Lawrence
- Matt
- Slavic
- Chuck
- Blanca
- Michael
- Lyle
- Ray
- Noah
- Zay
- Philly
- St. Louis
