July Update – Homeless Ministry

Here is what we were doing in July:

On the 6th the young people (The Crossing) from Cornerstone came to our outreach; they are such a joy; and all the homeless really enjoy talking to them.
Destination Gypsy, one of our homeless men, relocated to California. If you go to the internet and type in his name you will see that he was a very famous singer who trusted the wrong people and got himself into trouble, which led to homelessness. While he was here in Vegas he said the salvation prayer with me and vowed to change his life and follow Jesus. He is now changing his song lyrics to Christian and has a publisher interested in his autobiography. He keeps us posted on what he is doing; please pray for him!
A beautiful hands free headset was donated to us by Steve Likourinou, who owns Lime Lite; a company that designs clubs and provides audio and lighting to the DJ industry. Thank you Steve!!!
The Las Vegas 51’s again gave us free tickets to the baseball game on July 25th. Everyone had a wonderful time; several of the homeless had never been to a ball game before; please see the picture attached.
Many of our homeless population are going to church with us and to our various bible studies on a regular basis. This is very encouraging and several are talking about being baptized when Hope holds baptisms toward the end of this month.

We want to thank all of our regular volunteers; they are great!!! We have several new volunteers that have joined us these past few months. Also thanks to those who are partnering with Broken Chains; this is truly a blessing to our ministry! And we want to thank all of our corporate sponsors who donate food, clothing and other items for our homeless population. We could not do what we do, without you all!!!

Please come and join us any Wednesday night at 5:30pm at Myron Levitt Park at Sahara & Eastern.

REQUEST: Broken Chains is growing at a very rapid pace and God is opening doors to all sorts of areas that we want to grow in (housing, counseling, vehicles, jobs, etc.); our problem being that many of the things in the future require money. We are asking that you prayerfully consider becoming a monthly partner with our ministry; large or small donations are welcome and appreciated. We both tithe 10% of all our personal income, monthly, to Broken Chains.

Many things have to be budgeted for and planned for and if we know approximately how much money we have coming in we are better able to plan future projects. We are also applying for grants and grantors are very concerned with the financial status and stability of those that they give grants to.

MINISTRY NEEDS: Our food pantry is almost completely depleted. If you can help in this area just let us know and we will pick up from you or at church or the church office!

We need the following:

Canned peaches
Canned corn and green beans
Pop-top cans of pork & beans, ravioli, tuna, Vienna sausage
Small boxes of raisins
Jam/jelly in plastic containers
Peanut butter in plastic containers
Regular crackers & Ritz crackers
Rice
Beef jerky
Water.