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Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem!

Re: Would You treat a street person to a shower, wash his/her clothes, feed them and give them coffee money?

I live 15 miles from Grand Rapids, MI. I would have to drive into town and why someone who would like to take me up on my offer. What an awesome offering for the less forunate.

It is suposed to snow tonight and tomorrow, so I will wait till later on to do this. Plus so some praying!

I am willing to try it, are you? :P

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Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem!

Re: Would You treat a street person to a shower, wash his/her clothes, feed them and give them coffee money?

I live 15 miles from Grand Rapids, MI. I would have to drive into town and why someone who would like to take me up on my offer. What an awesome offering for the less forunate.

It is suposed to snow tonight and tomorrow, so I will wait till later on to do this. Plus so some praying!

I am willing to try it, are you? :whistling:

Liz

I would if the Lord opened the door for us to do it...

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I would if the Lord opened the door for us to do it...

Why is the door closed?


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Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem!

Re: Would You treat a street person to a shower, wash his/her clothes, feed them and give them coffee money?

I live 15 miles from Grand Rapids, MI. I would have to drive into town and why someone who would like to take me up on my offer. What an awesome offering for the less forunate.

It is suposed to snow tonight and tomorrow, so I will wait till later on to do this. Plus so some praying!

I am willing to try it, are you? ;)

Liz

I would if the Lord opened the door for us to do it...

This door is always open. There are street people in almost every city. Sometimes, it takes action on our part to allow God to make Wonderous things happen. ;)

I want to do more then knit baby hats and donate them where needed.

Liz


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I live 2 1/2 hours from you. I would very much like to do this. I know I would have a hard time dropping them off again, back onto the street but I've often thought about doing this too.

My biggest hurdle would be my husband. I'm thinking he would not approve of me crossing the border into another country to meet someone I didn't know to pick up a homeless person and I understand that. I'll pray about this.


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well...for one..if my husband happens to be at work..I would have to say no, I would not let someone into my house..it would have to be on my husband's day off...unless it was a woman..maybe...I do believe in being witnesses of Christ...but in this day and age a woman has to protect herself..I have been raped one to many times, and I refuse to put myself in a bad situation again...You never know what some homeless guy would try to do to a woman whose husband is not home or even locked in the bedroom sleeping from being at work all day. That is what I meant by if the door was open...meaning my husband was hom..I was hoping not to have to go into that...please, if you want to look down on me because I say this, try being in my shoes...that is all I ask...I didn't say I was unwilling, I just was saying if the conditions were right...

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Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem!

Re: Would You treat a street person to a shower, wash his/her clothes, feed them and give them coffee money?

I live 15 miles from Grand Rapids, MI. I would have to drive into town and why someone who would like to take me up on my offer. What an awesome offering for the less forunate.

It is suposed to snow tonight and tomorrow, so I will wait till later on to do this. Plus so some praying!

I am willing to try it, are you? :24:

Liz

as a matter of fact.... just last week i talked to one of the local homeless women and invited her to my home... she and her husband live in a dirt lot down the road and spend their days bumming money in the shopping center around the corner from me. i was going to let her shower while i fixed her something to eat and tried to find her some clean clothing that would fit and a blanket, because the one she shared with her husband had been stolen.

still, i felt a little uneasy after i extended the invitation. that same uneasiness that had stopped me from inviting her over in the past. i went on into the tanning salon, having told her i'd meet her outside in 20 minutes, and prayed while i was tanning.

when i came back out, she told me her husband had shown up, and had called his mother from a payphone, who was coming to pick them up and take them both back to her house for a shower and dinner.

God works in mysterious ways. i'll continue being friendly to them, and buying them the occasional $5 pizza from little caesars, but i don't think i'll invite her over again.


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well...for one..if my husband happens to be at work..I would have to say no, I would not let someone into my house..it would have to be on my husband's day off...unless it was a woman..maybe...I do believe in being witnesses of Christ...but in this day and age a woman has to protect herself..I have been raped one to many times, and I refuse to put myself in a bad situation again...You never know what some homeless guy would try to do to a woman whose husband is not home or even locked in the bedroom sleeping from being at work all day. That is what I meant by if the door was open...meaning my husband was hom..I was hoping not to have to go into that...please, if you want to look down on me because I say this, try being in my shoes...that is all I ask...I didn't say I was unwilling, I just was saying if the conditions were right...

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Wow what a dangerous thing to be doing ..sorry if this sounds un charitable or even unChristain like but as has been said earlier in this thread ...you can put yourself in such danger if you do not have back up when doing something like this ...... :wub::wub::o

I HAVE opened my home to a homeless person a few times BUT it is ALWAYS done with great caution and after a LOT of thought , prayer and preperation and with many safeguards put into place. You can risk being raped, injured or killed and then not only would you suffer but you bring suffering upon your families and even upon the person whom you befriended ...should you be putting them into a position of temptation ?

It is a LOT safer to buy clothes ( from a charity shop if need be ) and hand them out along with food than it is to take someone into a situation where you are BOTH vunerable. Also what do you do after the shower /food /clean clothes ? you send them right back to the same situation so they are dirty again within a few hours ...now that doesnt help a whole lot in my mind :noidea:

Sorry to sound so negative but if you really feel the need to help then it should be well thought through and at least have a chance of having a long term postitive effect on someone .....perhaps getting together with a few neighbours and offering a small income / food/ shelter ( if possible ) to someone who may then be able to find a real job and long term accomodation :taped:


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Wow what a dangerous thing to be doing ..sorry if this sounds un charitable or even unChristain like but as has been said earlier in this thread ...you can put yourself in such danger if you do not have back up when doing something like this ...... :emot-questioned::whistling::)

I HAVE opened my home to a homeless person a few times BUT it is ALWAYS done with great caution and after a LOT of thought , prayer and preperation and with many safeguards put into place. You can risk being raped, injured or killed and then not only would you suffer but you bring suffering upon your families and even upon the person whom you befriended ...should you be putting them into a position of temptation ?

It is a LOT safer to buy clothes ( from a charity shop if need be ) and hand them out along with food than it is to take someone into a situation where you are BOTH vunerable. Also what do you do after the shower /food /clean clothes ? you send them right back to the same situation so they are dirty again within a few hours ...now that doesnt help a whole lot in my mind :emot-questioned:

Sorry to sound so negative but if you really feel the need to help then it should be well thought through and at least have a chance of having a long term postitive effect on someone .....perhaps getting together with a few neighbours and offering a small income / food/ shelter ( if possible ) to someone who may then be able to find a real job and long term accomodation :emot-questioned:

I was just thinking this morning, there is also a lady that comes to church once in a while that collects clothes to give to the homeless. I usually take my small clothes to her. (and believe me, soon that is going to be my whole wardrobe the way I keep gaining weight.) I am always looking for programs out in the community. My husband and his friends from church usually go down to the homeless shelter and hand out BIbles.

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