Last Sunday Night

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Last Night was... well, about 9 of our neighbors-- mostly teenagers or aaron's peers (one was 7)-- came in to worship with us.
Nobody from "our church" showed up. There was one sister who was "on time", but most of the folks who don't live in the 'hood--heck even most of the folks who DO, were out with family fo easter or something...

so we waited a long time and hung outside with our neighbor friends. Maurice and Monty wanted to come in to church. They knew it was serious, too. I used to not let Maurice in.

When Rick and Jackie arrived, Rick just went and flat out invited one of our guys--Ramond--to come in. I let Rick know rigt then that it's a closed meeting and that we don't let the neighbor kids in without there being a serious committment to Christ, but that I also believed that God is more involved in the breaking of that rule than in the keeping of it...

So the dam burst and in flowed JP, Prari, CHris, Lew, Rick and Jackie with about 9 of our neighborhood rascals.

We worshipped musically with rap songs that Chris wrote himself.

I preached without a Bible, not making them read, but letting them hear the word in plain language.

We got everybody praying for healings and miracles of changed situations together.
People are in dire need of the church down here.

After, they ate and left. They are our little brothers, in from the stom.

I told them to make sure to pray for the sick in their families, this week, and to ask Jesus to do miracles in their lives,as they venture to follow Him.

I said that when you live at risk in the street because you roll with Jesus, you're gonna see miracles, because you're a disciple when you follow him. that's that.

These guys will turn this city on its ear if we keep discipling them. period.

Please pray with us to that end.