This morning after class I pray walked my campus, and I felt so excited because I knew that I was doing what God wanted me to do. Jesus come and invade my school!!
I still didn't find another person to fast and pray for UCI with me, but before that happens, it's just me and God (which is awesome anyways).
In the evening I went on another visit to a homeless shelter with Intervarsity. This time there was David, Jessica, Henry, Waily, me, and another guy. We went to a shelter called "Catholic Worker", the owner originally just had a few people come to eat dinner with him, but they stayed there and soon he just remodeled his house and opened it as a shelter.
There were flies everywhere, the house smelled of fresh paint, and a crowd was gathering in the yard. We played with the kids, served dinner, and got to know a lot of the people.
Waily talked to a lady who was fired from her job and became unemployed. He encouraged her and prayed for her.
Henry asked the kids who their best friends were, and when he shared who his best friend was, he got to tell them about Jesus.
I was serving dinner when I overheard someone complaining about leg pain. I immediately turned around and asked the lady what happened to her leg. Monka, the lady, told me that her legs started to swell a few days ago and it was so painful that she could no longer walk. So I asked if I could pray for her, she said yes and asked me to also pray for her to get a job so she could support her husband and daughter. I prayed, and even though she didn't get healed immediately, we started to talk. Monka had been abused by her mother when she was young, then she became an orphan after both her parents died, and she was abused in the orphanage. She used to be filled with anger and would pick a fight with anyone, but when she started to go to church and counseling, her bitterness subsided. Though she's going through so much pain in life, she always encourages her family that God is good and He will help them.
Oh Jesus, there are so many people who are suffering, who need love. My $20 and volunteer work can only do so much, Jesus You are the One they need! God give me more chances to share Your love with these people.
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niiiice. go UCI! :] um.. how will you join us? xD just wondering. oh & um... drink water? what do you mean by that? oh oh oh. im starting a new fast. ^_^ no soda. MUAHAHAHA. (that's gonna be hard).
hey there, i had to delete the last comment posted cuz i accidentally left the msg under jack's account...haha^^ didn't want to confuse you...
what i said up here was:
you rock, girlfriend! i am so proud of you and honored to be your friend!
btw, come to my house and i'll give you some 'wine' (per jack's blog post). haha^^ let's drink deep of God's love, eh?
what you've done unto even the least among yourselves, you've done unto ME.
Alice, you are storing up heavenly treasures. :)
Love you<33
Come on! Matthew 25 right there Alice. Love God & Love your neighbors! Shake that city!
let's go buy the boards this saturday :] so come early, yeah? are we gonna have it at church or my place this time??
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