Divine Opportunity

More news on the feeding homeless first it’s been a while since the last blog so I’m going to compile a few weeks altogether so week: (six-eight) to say the least it’s been a crazy adventure.
So there we are feeding homeless as always nothing out of the ordinary as far as homeless people go. And here comes Quincy a.k.a. Q, right up to me and says “hey come with me you need to meet some one another pastor you need to meet.” Buy the way he tells everyone I’m reverend Ryan I just smile (don’t like labels really, servant would better way to describe me) any ways so we walk down the street and there are two guys sitting on the curb one of the guys I don’t remember his name at the moment but the other is Tim. Now Tim is a youth pastor from California and felt called to live here in OKC. Through a series of events so he step down from his church! He is the owner of a building across from the rescue mission which is near where we server. Tim felt that this building needed to be turned into housing for poor women and children. So Q and I walk up to Tim and he just looks at me hesitantly not sure what I was up to, so I shared my heart with him about seeing this area restored. He looks at me shaking his and says “you are the fifteenth person I’ve heard today within the past eight hours say the same exact words (restoration of this city).” So currently were getting this building repaired so that people can live in it.
Now this building was once a crack house, and a whore house. Rapes were committed in there, and murders were committed in there also. It was said by some that that building has been Satan's strong hold for years. (News flash this building is no longer Satan's but Gods now.) My plan is to move into this building a begin serving even more in the community there. There are a few others interested in moving in the building so we are waiting on God to see what His plans are exactly for this place. We’ve been discussing about moving in those who want to serve first and then bring in the women and children, that way we can begin getting involved in their lives right away. Much prayer is needed if those reading feel so inclined to.
On a serious note we are serving in a very dark area spiritually. For instance just the other night we decided to go hand out sandwiches instead of cooking hot just to change it up a little. In doing so an interesting thing happened to us as we served. A man who called him self Isaiah! He seemed to be speech impaired so it was hard to understand him, we tried are best to communicate with him. As we continued on are way to feed others he began discouraging us from leaving. He acted as if what we were doing was wrong and we should stop feeding people. So I asked him what we should do to serve, he gave no answer. He wanted us to save him, “but it’s Jesus who saves,” we replied! So he said “OK I’m ready, what must I do.” I said “repent”! Here’s where it gets interesting. When I said that he laughed at me and had us follow him across the street where there was no one around. By this time my friends are ready to keep on handing out so I decide to share my testimony with Isaiah as they continue to hand out food else where. As I’m sharing my testimony I realize he could careless about my story. So I sit and think about something else to say and the parable of the lost son comes to mind so I begin to share this story and right away Isaiah starts arguing with me saying that not how the story goes. It’s at that moment that I realize he’s was a distraction sent to keep us from serving the homeless so I told him I was done talking with him and if he was around next Friday I would see him. Later that night one of my friends had a nightmare. A spiritual attack maybe?
A few days later I’m down town again with Tim and we’re talking with a homeless person who is tired of living this way and becoming receptive to the gospel. All a sudden a 24 year old guy comes and sits down near us. He seemed very angry so Tim started talking with him but he didn’t answer he just told us “you keep on praying it won’t do a damn thing” along with lots of foul language. He went on to say that his life was good and better than the rest of these mother f-ers. He then began saying he was going to Texas and when he gets back he’s going to waist all of us, (Us meaning homeless and those serving) as he had his hand in the shape of a gun. After that he walked off and the guy we were talking with said “he had never seen him like that before.”
In conclusion there is a war going on between light and dark down there and the darkness is losing to the point that threats are being made against Gods people along with distractions. I realized when that kid threatened us that I was willing to die. For the sake of Gods Kingdom established in down OKC and around the world. To be a follower of Jesus Christ is to take risks even to the point of risking your life for a His Kingdom to come on earth as it is in Heaven. Once again keep us in prayer it’s truly needed and appreciated. Much love to all.