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Finally, one of these days came and David actually showed up at the door of The Relief Base. He had walked from Newark to Elizabeth, and he really wanted to make a change. Staff members arranged for him to get into a detox before he entered a rehab program at the mens home. David now resides at a Mens Home in NJ. Since coming off the street hes gotten his ID, a place to sleep, eat, and be Joe D (Executive Director of the Mens Home), David*, and Outreach Leader Lance Farrell discipled, as well as put his construction skills to use. Next month David will be having surgery on his foot to fix a bone that has been broken for years. As a child, his mother used to repeat Psalm 23 (The Lord is my Shepherd), and the words never left him. When he was close to dying in a hospital bed from gunshot wounds, David clung to those words. And now that he finds himself on the other side, he continues to repeat them. David says: Im the guy they are singing about in Amazing Grace. Im that wretch...You cant tell me the Lord isnt my shepherd.
*Davids name has been changed and to protect the individual as well as The Relief Bus staff & volunteers.
Dont Walk By is an annual outreach to the homeless that consists of 1,400 volunteers walking every block of Manhattan over four Saturdays. Each year The Relief Bus helps plan and operate this massive outreach as part of the NYC Rescue Alliance.
Katrina Monta, Executive Assistant to the President, with her friend Baleries
Vladimir (below), is one of the men that Josiah Haken met during such a follow-up trip at 7AM Superbowl Sunday morning. Josiah referred him to Beth Israel Hospital, gave him a business card, and Vladimir went on his way. Vladimir came to visit Josiah at The Relief Bus in Harlem the next week to talk more. Josiah connected him with free legal services, and a volunteer bought him a Metrocard so that he could ride the subway to get there. Before he left, they prayed together and Vladimir cried out to God for help.
After the outreach, each Sunday morning, Relief Bus Outreach Team Leaders went into the city to meet with those who had been given a bed the night before. They offered long-term options for getting off the street and took the time to pray for and encourage each one. VIEW MORE PHOTOS FROM DONT WALK BY: www.flickr.com/dontwalkby
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