Fall photos

Eli playing goalie.

a walk on the beach- Montauk, Long Island

Halloween

Isaiah trying on some grapes.

Quintin blowing out candles on Daddy's cake.

Quintin playing soccer this fall.

A First Step

Tonight at the bus in Newark, I was able to visit with kids and adults. This is actually a rare case lately as we've had so many kids that we are doing bible studies with one group after another. Don't get me wrong- this is a good problem to have- but it just makes for a busy night! Well, tonight after I taught the kids about our forgiving Father in heaven with the prodigal son story, I was chatting with the volunteers on the street. A man on his bike approached and wondered if we had bread and I got him some. I could immediately feel the heaviness on his heart and knew that I had to pray with him. He was somewhat timid but he was able to open up a little to another volunteer and I. He told us he needed a job, and then life was really hard and he was always stressed out, and then he finally was able to share that he needed help with his alcohol problem. We were able to give him some information of places to go that could help him with all of these things. I'm not real confident that he'll do anything on his own this week, but that's o.k. I really feel that this was a first step for him and that he needed to connect with some people that would encourage him and give him some hope. Please pray for our new friend Jose as he desires a change for the better in his life.