After being here for one week and realizing it was a loooong shot (pretty much an impossibility) to get approved for any housing based on zero proof on income, we began to pray. Not long after that, we met a Christian realtor who loved us and this vision (more importantly, she loved Jesus) and pulled tons of strings for us (the couples) to get approved for a perfect condo based on no bank statements and a simple document showing Clarity support. She prayed over us as we signed the lease! Impossible made possible by God. Jessica and I prayed with tears our first night as we went to bed.
Just two days before the single guys had to be out of the church offices where they had been for three weeks, I met a man for a lunch appointment. This man pursued me for the meeting. I had been praying and burdened for where the guys would stay, because all I had lined up was a place for two of the four all the way out in Long Beach. So we were down to the final hour. Well, I worked up the guts to ask if he knew of a place where the guys could stay. Turns out, he and his wife just became empty nesters, have two open rooms, an open full bath, want to use their house for "Kingdom of God" purposes, and live just two blocks from our new condo in Santa Monica! The guys move in tonight!! I wept over this one. It was so out of left field, just in time, and unexpected. I had nothing to do with this. It was God reminding me that this is His work. Thank you God for doing it and the Randles for being willing and open!
One of the couples we met here bought us a membership to Costcos and hundreds of dollars worth of groceries. A couple weeks after that, a pastor that is supporting us connected us with a food pantry that filled one of our cars with about $1,000 worth of food and toiletries and told us to come back for more.
Just since we've been here (about three weeks)... three churches have picked us up for monthly support and blessed us with prayer, possible missions teams, and one time offerings.
The Teen Challenge Ministry Institute is sending experienced workers to volunteer at our first several Clarity kick off events. They are also sending us missions teams of 25 and of 50 to help with outreaches. Other churches and individuals are coming to our kick off events to help fill our need for volunteers.
I could keep going, but I am tired. I will write more later.
God calls, sends into conflict, ensures victory, and intends possession. The question is how we react.
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