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Originally Posted by freeatlast
Yes..I think if I was homeless in the winter I'd migrate to Florida.
A few years back a friend i worked with (evangelical wesleyan fellow) invited to go with to minister.(take food and warm clothing) to homeless in our area.
I could not believe what i saw men living in makeshif tarp shelter in the woods olong the Missisppi river. They were huddled around a burn barrel. Our weather (illinois) was one of the coldest on record that year with temps often 20 below zero.
I know there are some that are just lazy shifless..but many of these men had stories of job loss etc that brought them on hard times nad had their house forclosed or evicted from their rentals.
We have occasionally volunteered thru "churches united" and help out at meal centers here by peeling potatoes or whatever help we could provide to feed at the one site about 150 people in need.
It's sad we don't do more in this area. I like most tend to try to ignore the need that is all around us.
I was very impressed when I visited Mic Friends church in St Paul MN a couple years ago.
They fed a large group of homeless after every sunday morning service.
Many of those homeless were in attendance in the morning service also.
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AWWWWWWWWW Mic Friend...he knows how to grow a church! Excellent preacher and very not UPCI...