Last night I voyaged with Joseph to Northwest Fellowship where we received our official 'Prayer Team' shirts, met the first half of the team -which included The Cripple Who Is Whole, The Sage of Reason, and HonestQ, among others-, had a good prayer session, then carpooled to Austin House of Prayer (AHOP).
I love AHOP.
I meditated and conversed in the lobby while the worship band played in the next room for about an hour. After that, I met the rest of what would become the full 'Prayer Team'.
I didn't know what to expect, and didn't know if I could trust the people around me to represent Christ on 6th street. However, my worries soon faded as we prayed and began to walk down the road.
We had a good night. One of the more heart-tugging stories of the night belonged to a young man we met; Two weeks ago he lost his girlfriend of 12 years, when she overdosed and and died in his arms. They have a 6 year old daughter. He was desperate for help, and he had hardly eaten, if at all, since she OD'd.
One member of the team talked and prayed with him for 2 hours, when The Cripple Who Is Whole called a friend who runs the downtown ministry 'ARM'. They promptly arrived in a van, and as the young man entered I was able to see a hint of relief and gratefulness through his overwhelming depression.
-Done-
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Oh I'm very amused by the AHOP thing. We personally have a KHOP I'm about 20 minutes away from it. I don't feel your same feelings for your own however, seeing as mine I felt weak and nothing from it. There was nothing to reach out and spark my interest. Though I guess that was around the time when I was low on my care for God.
You seem to be drawn to people in need. Weather or not you can help.
Austin is much different than Houston, my dear.
: )
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