Buffalo, N.Y. Update (Part 5 of who knows how many!)

hmmmm........where to start. As I sit here, I personally don't feel like writing this update. I truly don't know what to say....But I need to finish this update for those who supported me and those who are just plum interested. So here it is:

So after going to the Tillman's & SonFest I really wanted to go back. I LONGED to go back.
That night I felt dejected that I wouldn't get to go back. Till Mrs. Tashe came up to me and asked if I wanted to go back the next day!!!!!!!!! My heart leaped for joy! I got my hopes answered. And once again that day was amazing! I got to pray with a little girl for Jesus to come into her heart. She sat in my lap the entire time. :)
I once again got to see the Tillman's and I also had another day with, in my book, the best children's pastors in the world: The Ellis'

*Mrs. Ellis & I.

We also had the opportunity to have a kids club there at SonFest! So later that day the whole team came and had a service of fun for the kids! What a blast!

That night was also another one of my favorite ministries...we went to a crack house. Not all of us of course but some. Only those over 12 could go. We took hot food and bags of groceries to these people.
Who would of thought driving down this road that the small, small, super small, building that had no sign or symbol of what it was except the black paint that covered the entire building was a apartment type setting with many different rooms inside full of druggies, homeless, alcoholics, etc. With a gentleman's club on the the right and another not so good building on the right you would of never saw this building. And yet it was there. We divided our group into small teams to go door-to-door with a guy in everyone group. My group went to each door announcing hot food. The atmosphere of the building greeted everyone as we walked in. The atmosphere I noticed...made me fearful. I was scared. I spent the first 10 minutes praying that this fear would live than a thought hit me. "Perfect love cast out fear." But I don't have perfect love so that's not working for me.....but I know one who does! In fact, perfect love towards me. In Christ there is NO fear. This reassured me and I was amazed at how fast that fear left.
We prayed for this one guy who had lived in that place, the exact apartment for 20 years! He started crying as we asked God to reveal His love to this man. We looked at pictures of his grandkids and he was so excited that we should interest in him. He made this night worth it.

We almost met, kind of, met a pregnant women who couldn't even go get food because she had no clothes on. She owned no clothes at all. We found out her name so we could get her some clothes and we delievered food to her. She made this night worth it.

As we were leaving the feel of this place was almost to much....and my group to a notice of this street we were on. It was FULL of buildings like this one...full of gentleman's clubs, and bars. And as we stood outside this black building we prayed for this street, for this place! That people would be blinded and not even see these places and than go in them. That God would shut this street down. That it would be revealed for what it really was.
This place was called the Chippewa hotel. and what a hotel. It saddens me.

One this sidewalk we met a lady named Tina, who asked us to pray for her. So we did. It was amazing!

She was worth it.

The Chippewa Hotel was worth it. To show Jesus' love. I couldn't of thought of anything better to be there. It was different than I thought it would be. But a good different.
A long good day. :)