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00:15 >> I AM SHELLEY AND I AM J D. IF YOU ARE JOINING US ON THIS
00:22 SECOND HOUR WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST TONIGHT WITH A MINISTRY
00:25 CALLED THE SALT OUTREACH THAT IS SERVICE AND LOVE TOGETHER.
00:31 IT IS JESUS' WAY OF MINISTERING AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY
00:38 ADMINISTER TO THE UNSHELTERED IN AND THIS IS A MINISTRY THAT IS
00:43 EXPLODING AND GETTING READY TO GO BEYOND ORLANDO.
00:46 BUT IT IS A PRECIOUS THING THAT THEY DALE.
00:48 THEY HAVE A CLOTHING TRUCK AND THEY HAVE A SHOWER TRAILER AND
00:54 THEY HAVE A LAUNDRY TRAILER AND THEY HAVE GOT PEOPLE AND THEY
01:03 ARE DIRECTING THEM AND THEY HAVE A PROGRAM TONIGHT CALLED HOME
01:09 BOUND NOT HOME HOMELESS. THEY ARE FILLING PEOPLE'S HEARTS
01:13 WITH HOPE. LET ME REINTRODUCE FOR THOSE WHO
01:16 ARE JUST JOINING US AS -- THIS HOUR WE HAVE ERIC WAS THE
01:25 PRESIDENT OF SALT OUTREACH AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
01:28 >> I AM SO GLAD. IT'S A BLESSING TO EVEN TALK TO
01:31 YOU AGAIN. YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS A BLESSING.
01:35 >> PRAISE THE LORD APPEARED >> AND THEN WE HAVE PASSED ALFREDO.
01:44 I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE FINALLY JOINED THE TEAM I KNOW
01:47 HE TRIED TO TALK YOU IT FOR HOW MANY YEARS?
01:52 >> THREE. >> EVERY TIME I ASK HIM HE MOVED
01:55 TO SPACE FURTHER. >> FIRST NEBRASKA THEN UTAH AND
02:04 CALIFORNIA. FURTHER WEST.
02:06 >> BUT YOU KNEW IN YOUR HEART YOU WOULD END UP HERE.
02:12 >> I THINK I DID. I THINK CIRCUMSTANCE IS
02:16 DEFINITELY SPED UP THE PROCESS. BY CIRCUMSTANCES I MEAN TOWARD
02:24 THE END OF 2020 WORKING IN THE CHURCH IN CALIFORNIA THE
02:27 CONTRACT KIND OF LIKE I WAS BOWARD THAT IS HIRED AS AN
02:31 ASSOCIATE PASTOR TO THE CONTRACT WAS FINISHED AND THEN THIS
02:36 SPACE. >> YOUR MOTHER BECAME VERY ILL.
02:38 >> THE MONTH OF DECEMBER MY MOTHER BECAME VERY ILL AND SHE
02:42 WAS ALREADY DEALING WITH CANCER IT WAS THE THIRD TIME HE CAME
02:46 BACK AROUND AND SO -- >> METASTATIC BREAST CANCER.
02:52 >> IT HAD SPREAD. AND I THINK -- I KNEW, WE ALL
02:57 KIND OF KNEW. I DON'T THINK SHE WAS COMING OUT
02:59 OF THIS ONE. DECEMBER CAME AROUND AND I WAS
03:05 SPEAKING WITH ERIC DURING THE WHOLE TIME AND IT JUST HAPPENED
03:10 QUICKLY JANUARY 26th SHE PASSED AWAY AND SHE IS BEING
03:18 THERE AND DEFINITELY IT CLICKED OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST SHIFTED LIFE
03:23 COMPLETELY. TO THE POINT WHERE PRIORITIES
03:25 CHANGED AS WELL. IF THERE WAS A LOT OF
03:29 OPPORTUNITIES TO BE IN BIGGER PLATFORMS OR BIGGER PLACES OR
03:33 YOU KNOW, VERY I GUESS ESTABLISHED AND REALLY EVEN KNOW
03:36 WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT BUT THEY WERE JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE
03:41 BIG WHICH I FELT LIKE THAT'S OKAY I'M GOING TO GO BACK HOME
03:44 TO ORLANDO AND IN THE PROCESS OF IT ERIC WAS LIKE HEY COME BACK
03:54 HOME IT. >> EVERYTHING WE TALK ABOUT THIS
04:13 THAT EVERYTHING WE TALK ABOUT THIS IT REALLY IS A PERFECT I'M
04:17 OUT THERE WITH THE PEOPLE. IT SUITS THEIR KNIGHTS.
04:20 I'D RATHER HAVE A T-SHIRT AND BE OUT AND ABOUT AND BE HANDS ON
04:24 THEM SO THIS IS BEEN THE BIGGEST BLESSING BLESSING FOR ME NOT
04:33 JUST MENTALLY BUT SPIRITUAL AS WELL.
04:35 THEY ARE VERY APPROACHABLE BY NATURE.
04:37 PEOPLE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE APPROACHABLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
04:40 HAVE TO ANALYZE THE SITUATION. THEY CAN JUST JUMP RIGHT IN.
04:48 WHAT A GIFT. >> PASTOR ALFREDO IS REDEFINING
04:57 WITH THE ROLE OF THE PASTOR IS AND THAT'S PRECIOUS.
05:00 >> IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE MANY TIMES THESE INDIVIDUALS OF THE
05:04 FRIENDS THAT WE NEED LIKE THEY HAVE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
05:08 SPEAK WITH THE PASTOR. WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING THIS
05:12 LIKE I WONDER WHY THEY FEEL LIKE IF YOU'RE A PASTOR THEY CHANGE
05:17 THEIR DEMEANOR AND THEIR SPEECH AND I'D LIKE HEY MAN JUST KEEP
05:21 GOING BUT MANY TIMES THEY HAVE NEVER MET A PASTOR EITHER IN
05:29 PERSON OR I DON'T KNOW THAT'S MY REASON.
05:32 BUT IT TRULY IS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE THE MOMENT I SAID I AM A
05:36 PASTOR, AND I DON'T STATE UP FRONT LIKE HELLO I'M A PASTOR.
05:42 IT'S MORE LIKE IT'S WHAT DO YOU DO HEAR ANYTHING A PASTOR IN THE
05:48 LIKE WHAT YOUR PASTOR THIS ONE GUY LITERALLY FOR FIVE MINUTES
05:52 WAS SO LIKE ASTOUNDED THAT I WAS A PASTOR THAT EVERYONE IN THE
05:56 FIVE MINUTES ARE YOU LIKE THE PASTOR AND I GUESS I'M A PASTOR
06:01 I'M HERE. AND THAT SPRUNG INTO HAVING A
06:05 CONVERSATION AND WHAT IS GOD AND HE KEPT COMING BACK AROUND LIKE
06:11 LATER THAT DAY HE CAME BACK AROUND AROUND AND ASKED THAT OF
06:14 THE PASTOR AND I WAS LIKE WHAT'S UP.
06:18 IN THIS PASTOR IS COOL MAN A BEEN A BLESSING IT REALLY HAS TO
06:29 BE NOT BEHIND THE DESK. >> PEOPLE WHAT'S THE FIRST HOUR
06:34 THEY WOULD IN THE FIRST PART OF YOUR LIFE.
06:36 I AM JUST ASTOUNDED. THIS IS WHO GOD PLANTED YOU TO
06:46 BE. WATCH THE FIRST HOUR IF YOU HAVE
06:47 NOT. >> YOU WALK ON THE WILD SIDE FOR
06:52 A WHILE. >> I SURE DID.
06:54 I REMEMBER ONE SUMMER I CAME BACK FROM OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY
06:58 WHERE I WAS STUDYING FOR THEOLOGY AND I RAN INTO AN OLD
07:01 FRIEND AND WE BEGAN TO CATCH UP. REALLY QUICK.
07:05 CLICK WHERE ARE YOU IN LIFE AND THEY SAID IT WAS STUDYING TO BE
07:08 A PASTOR AND THE GUY JUST STARTED LAUGHING.
07:12 HE STARTED LAUGHING LIKE YOU, AND HE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
07:18 TO ME IT'S AN AFFIRMATION OF LIKE OKAY LORD YOU'RE REALLY
07:21 PUTTING IN THE WORK IN MY LIFE AND AND BECAUSE OF HOW AND IT IS
07:28 A COMPLETE DIFFERENT PERSON WHO IS SITTING HERE NOW.
07:32 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> BUT ISN'T IT INTERESTING HOW
07:37 ALL YOUR EXPERIENCES FROM BEFORE GOD WILL NOT WASTE THEM?
07:41 HE WILL USE THEM AS YOU MINISTER TO OTHERS.
07:45 IT'S ONE THING, I REMEMBER THAT I WAS AT AN PRAYER MEETING WITH
07:52 WOMEN. IT WAS WOMEN'S ALL-NIGHT PRAYER
07:54 AND EVERYONE WAS GETTING UP AND TELLING THEIR TESTIMONY AND THE
07:58 PASTOR'S WIFE STOOD UP AND SAID WELL, I REALLY DON'T HAVE VERY
08:04 GOOD TESTIMONY SHE SAID I GAVE MY HEART TO THE LORD WHEN I WAS
08:08 FIVE YEARS OLD AND NEVER WALKED AWAY.
08:10 AND I'M SITTING THERE GOING I WISH THAT WERE MY TESTIMONY BUT
08:16 I DO THINK -- AND I'M NOT ENCOURAGING ANYONE TO SO WILD
08:21 OATS JUST UNDERSTAND THAT BUT I DO THINK WHEN GOD FROM THAT PIT
08:30 AND THE CHANGES YOUR LIFE THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT SOME PEOPLE
08:36 DO NOT RECOGNIZE. WHY THEY NEED TO STAY HERE.
08:38 SOME PEOPLE GROW UP IN CHURCH AND ITS LIKE OKAY I'M NOT A BIG
08:43 SINNER WE ALL NEED CHURCH WE ALL NEED SAVIOR BUT WHEN HE
08:48 EXTRICATED YOU AND PULL YOU OUT OF THAT PIT THEN YOU KNOW YOU
08:52 NEED TO BE SAVED. >> THAT TAKES US INTO THE SONG
08:57 THAT I WANT TO HEAR. FILL MY CUP.
09:05 I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG. FILL MY CUP.
09:23 [MUSIC PLAYING] LEFT -- >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
13:03 >> SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO PRAY IS THAT SONG IS A PRAYER SET TO
13:08 MUSIC FILL MY CUP. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR
13:11 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING US IN THE SECOND HOUR ERIC, WOULD
13:16 YOU PLEASE JUST GIVE US THAT DISTILLED VERSION OF A BULLET
13:21 POINTS OF THIS? >> SALT OUTREACH IS A GRASS
13:26 ROOTS YOUNG ADULT LED ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES A
13:31 MOBILE, KEYWORD MOBILE, DAY SERVICE CENTER FOR THE
13:35 UNSHELTERED. MOST THE DAY SERVICE CENTERS ARE
13:38 IN BUILDINGS BUT WE ARE MOBILE AND OPERATE THEIR VEHICLES AND
13:42 TRAILERS THAT WE PROVIDE SHOWERS TO A SHOWER TRAILER AND LAUNDRY
13:45 FOR A LAUNDRY TRAILER AND WE PROVIDE CLOTHING AND HYGIENE
13:50 THERE OCCLUDING TRAILER AND WE HAVE A BOX TRUCK THAT WILL
13:53 PROVIDE STORAGE SERVICES FOR ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO GO TO WORK
13:56 OR ON AN INTERVIEW THEY CAN STORE THEIR BELONGINGS AND THERE
13:59 AND WE DO HAIR CUTS AND FOOD AND PPE AND WE PROVIDE THESE BASIC
14:07 SERVICES AND WE TRY TO GET THEM OVER TO OUR CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM
14:11 WHO HELPS ASSESS THE NEED AND CREATE A PLAN AND MAKE REFERRALS
14:15 TO THE OTHER COULD END HOMELESSNESS AND THEN WE HAVE
14:20 HER EVANGELISM PER DEPARTMENT ONE BY OUR OUTREACH PASTOR TO
14:24 HELP MEET THE SPIRITUAL NEED OF THE UNSHELTERED WITH TWO AND
14:31 BIBLE STUDIES AND JUST RELATIONSHIP.
14:38 >> YOU'RE DOING FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM FULL-TIME.
14:44 >> WE SAW THE CLOTHING STORE FOR THE CLOTHING TRUCK AND WE SAW
14:48 THE SHOWER TRUCK BUT WE WANTED TO DO NOW IS WE WILL SHOW THE
14:53 LAUNDRY. WE SAW THAT IN THE NEW STORY BUT
14:56 LET'S LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND YOU CAN GET A FULL IDEA OF IT AND
14:59 YOUR NEW BUILDING IS ON HERE AS WELL.
15:02 >> YEP OUR NEW BUILDING. >> OKAY.
15:05 >> THIS IS A LAUNDRY TRAILER WE RAISED $80,000 TO LAUNCH LAUNDRY
15:11 TRAILER HERE FOR THE UNSHELTERED.
15:14 EACH -- THERE ARE SIX STATIONS IN THE LAUNDRY TRAILER WE HAVE A
15:18 WASHER, AND THE DRYER, THEY ARE ALL COMMERCIAL, AND WE WENT
15:23 AHEAD AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROJECTS WE ARE DOING THIS THEY
15:25 COME THEY PROVIDE THEIR LAUNDRY WE CONTROL THE SIZE OF THEIR
15:30 LOAD BUT IT ENDS RIGHT AFTER 30 MINUTES THEN WE GO AHEAD AND GET
15:33 IN THE DRIER WE GO AHEAD FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES AND WE ARE
15:37 ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OF ALL THE LAUNDRY NEEDS.
15:42 CAP NEEDS. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE DONORS WHO
15:43 HAVE DONATED FOR THIS PROJECT. MANY OF YOU VIEWERS HAVE DONATED
15:48 TO THIS AND WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
15:51 AND ACTUALLY, WHEN WE LAUNCH THIS TRAILER WE HAD THE MAYOR
15:54 COME OUT AND THERE WAS A RIBBON WE HAD HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE FROM
15:59 THE CITY AND OTHER AREAS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME
16:04 OUT TO REALLY REALLY JUST SUPPORT THIS SERVICE AND THE
16:07 LAUNCH OF THE SERVICE HERE IN ORLANDO.
16:10 I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP
16:12 MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST BLESSINGS
16:15 THAT I HAVE HAD HAPPENED IS THERE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
16:17 CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER WHICH IS AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION HERE
16:21 IN ORLANDO THEY ACTUALLY HELP PROVIDE A BUILDING FOR US TO
16:24 WORK OUT OF. I WILL GIVE YOU A TOUR OF THIS
16:30 BUILDING. YOU WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST
16:31 GROUP TO SEE THE BUILDING. EXCUSE THE MESS.
16:33 WE ARE STILL WORKING ON IT. IN THIS BUILDING WE HAVE A
16:39 CONFERENCE ROOM HERE AND WE WILL USE THIS FOR MEETINGS,
16:44 ORIENTATION, THINGS LIKE THAT AND IT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL
16:52 HELPFUL TO GET BUSINESS DONE. IF WE COME OVER HERE THERE'S THE
16:57 OUTREACH OFFICE. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THINGS
17:00 HERE BUT WE HAVE OUR OUTREACH COORDINATORS AT DESK HERE AND WE
17:05 HAVE OUR OUTREACH PASTOR'S DESK HERE AND THEN WE HAVE THE BREAK
17:12 ROOM. OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AND
17:13 INTERNS CAN HAVE A PLACE TO TAKE A BREAK WORKING OUT IN THE HOT
17:18 SUN YOU KNOW, YOU DEFINITELY WILL NEED TO TAKE A BREAK PRETTY
17:26 OFTEN. IT GETS TIRING WHEN YOU WORK OUT
17:28 THERE. WE HAVE OUR BARBER ROOM AS WELL.
17:30 HERE IN THE BARBER ROOM IT'S NOT SET UP YET BUT BUT WE ARE GOING
17:35 TO HAVE TWO BARBER STATIONS HERE AND WE WILL HAVE A TV AND WE CAN
17:40 PLAY SPIRITUAL MATERIAL FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE GETTING
17:44 HAIRCUTS AND WE WILL HAVE A WAITING AREA HERE AS WELL AND SO
17:48 NONE OF THIS THIS ACTUALLY IN HERE WILL STAY IT WILL BE
17:51 TOTALLY REMODELED WITH -- WE HAVE OUR SECURITY OFFICER TO
18:06 MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE AND WE GAVE THEM A SPACE IN THE
18:08 BUILDING FOR HIS OFFICE AND SO HE HAS BEEN A BLESSING TO US IF
18:15 THERE IS ANYTHING THAT EVER HAPPENS HE'S ALWAYS THERE TO
18:18 HELP PROTECT US AND HELP US STAY SAFE.
18:28 WE CAN GO ON ON FURTHER WE HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES HERE.
18:32 AND IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES WE HAVE MY DESK AND THIS
18:37 IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS. THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING GETS
18:43 DONE IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT GETS DONE RIGHT THERE AND
18:47 KATHLEEN ARE OUTREACH DIRECTOR HAS NOT GONE FULL TIME YET BUT
18:50 THIS WILL BE HER OFFICE HER DESK HERE SOON AND THEN WE HAVE EXTRA
18:53 OFFICE HERE FOR ANY ADMIN INTERN OR ANYONE DOING ADMINISTRATIVE
19:01 WORK WHILE YOU'RE HERE THIS PLAQUE HERE IS A PROCLAMATION
19:07 THAT WE MENTIONED ABOUT THE MAYOR COMING OUT WITH THE
19:10 LAUNDRY TAYLOR THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION WITH THE MAYOR
19:20 DECLARED THIS ALL DAY ON APRIL 15th EVERY YEAR IN
19:22 ORLANDO. IT WAS A HUGE BLESSING AND A BIG
19:26 SURPRISE BUT WERE VERY BLESSED TO HEAR HIM SAY THAT.
19:33 WE WILL KEEP GOING AND WE HAVE OUR SOCIAL WORK ROOM HERE FOR
19:37 OUR CASE MANAGEMENT OFFICE HERE AND HERE IS LESLIE GETTING SOME
19:42 WORK DONE AND SO LESLIE IS ACTUALLY OUR MASTERS LEVEL
19:46 SOCIAL WORKER HERE ON SITE SHE HELPED ME WITH CLIENTS AND GET
19:50 THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED THEIR GO GO.
19:54 WE HAVE RENEE HERE ARE LICENSED LICENSED MEDICAL WORK AS WELL
19:58 SHE HELPED ME WITH CLIENTS AND GET THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO
20:02 HELP AND THERE HOMELESSNESS I'M SORRY FOR INTRUDING HERE BUT WE
20:07 ALSO HAVE ANOTHER DESK HERE FOR A BACHELOR'S LEVEL SOCIAL WORKER
20:11 AND SHE IS NOT IN RIGHT NOW BUT SHE IS HELPING AND REALLY
20:17 HELPING ME WITH CLIENTS AND GET THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
20:19 EACH TABLE HERE WILL BE USED BY SOCIAL WORK INTERN THAT WE GET
20:23 FROM THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR
20:29 CLIENTS. WE HAVE ONE LAST ROOM TO SHOW
20:32 YOU HERE. THIS IS ALL BEING WORKED ON
20:35 STILL BUT THIS IS OUR STORAGE ROOM.
20:38 IN OUR STORAGE ROOM WE HAVE CLOTHING HERE AND SOME SHOES AND
20:42 BLANKETS AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND MORE HYGIENE PRODUCTS ON
20:45 THIS SIDE AND WE HAVE A BUNCH OF DONATIONS.
20:51 HERE WE HAVE DONATIONS FROM UNITED AGAINST POVERTY AND WE
20:55 HAVE SOME TOWELS HERE AND SOX AND UNDERWEAR AND EVERY TIME
20:58 SOMEONE TO TAKE A SHOWER WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO GIVE THEM
21:01 SOX AND UNDERWEAR SO THEY HAVE THAT.
21:04 EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GET CLOSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
21:06 THEY FEEL CLEAN AFTER TAKING A SHOWER.
21:11 THAT IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING HERE IN THE BUILDING.
21:14 THINK YOU GUYS HERE REALLY, THANK YOU FOR CHECKING OUT
21:17 EVERYTHING HERE AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
21:24 >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BOX HEAD WE GOT IN MAY OF 2021.
21:28 THESE ARE TWO FUNCTIONS THAT WILL WORK WITH.
21:30 FIRST WE WILL USE THIS TO ALSO PICK UP DONATIONS.
21:34 WE GET THESE FROM A LOCAL. THERE'S A TRUCK THAT CAN PICK IT
21:39 UP AND IT HAS A HYDRAULIC GATE IN THE BACK AND ALSO THIS IS
21:45 USED AND TAILORED FOR STORAGE. ARE FRIENDS WHEN THEY GO TO WORK
21:49 OR THEY HAVE PLACES TO GO THEY CAN ACT TO HAVE A PLACE TO STORE
21:52 THEIR STUFF. THEN THEY CAN COME BACK AND PICK
21:54 IT UP. >> LOVE THAT LOGO.
22:09 THIS BUILDING, TELL US HOW GOD PROVIDED THIS BUILDING BECAUSE
22:13 LAST TIME, THREE YEARS AGO WE INTERVIEWED YOU AND WE WERE
22:20 PRAYING PRAYING FOR GAS MONEY TO GO PLACE TO PLACE.
22:24 WHAT THE LORD IS DOING WHAT HAPPENS?
22:26 >> THE BUILDING REALLY WAS JUST A MIRACLE.
22:29 WE CREATED A REALLY STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHRISTIAN
22:32 SERVICE CENTER AND AND WE ARE OPERATING MAYOR NOW AND WHEN WE
22:38 MOVED THERE NOW WE WERE FIRST OF NINE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
22:41 THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT ADDING IN EACH OF THESE HELP THE A
22:45 DIFFERENT AREA WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS UNSHELTERED.
22:49 AND EMPLOYMENT AGENCY THAT WORKS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS --
22:51 I HAVE A RECORDS, WE HAVE ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A
22:56 RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM THAT HAS INCOME THEY WILL GET THEM INTO A
22:59 HOUSE IF THERE'S ONE AVAILABLE. THERE ALL THESE OTHER SALT IS
23:04 WHAT BRINGS US TRAFFIC TO THAT SITE THEN GET THEM TO THE
23:09 DIFFERENT PLACES. THE CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER IS
23:13 SO GRATEFUL AND THEY BELIEVE IN THIS AND THEY WANT THE SAME.
23:18 THEY LIKE THIS IS YOUR BUILDING, USE IT.
23:24 >> NO RENT. >> WERE PAYING THE POWER BUT
23:26 THAT'S MINIMAL COMPARED TO 5500 SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING.
23:31 >> AMAZING. THAT'S A GOD THING.
23:34 >> IT IS. >> OKAY, SELL, GOD FORBID BUT
23:38 LET'S DO SOME ROLE-PLAYING. I'M HOMELESS.
23:42 I SHOW UP TAKE ME THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT >> YOU COME TO
23:49 THE CLOSING REGISTRATION FIRST AND YOU GET A GOOD MORNING HOW
23:51 ARE YOU DOING TODAY AND THEN WE GET YOUR NAME REGISTERED AND WE
23:58 HAVE ALL THE NAMES OF THE POPULATION EVERYONE THAT COMES
24:02 IN AND SO LET'S TAKE THE FIRST TIME SO I GET YOUR FULL NAME AND
24:05 YOUR BIRTHDATE AND I PUT IT DOWN AND THEN I ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE
24:08 SHOWER TODAY AND IF YOU NEED A HAIRCUT OR YOU WANT IS AND YOU
24:13 LET US KNOW WHAT FACILITY CAN WE HELP.
24:23 WE WANT TO KNOW IN WHAT WAY WE CAN HELP OUT.
24:26 AND THEN FROM THERE IT'S LIKE WE DOCUMENT WITH A SPREADSHEET TO
24:29 CHECK OFF ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH WE HELP AN INDIVIDUAL.
24:33 >> I CAN COME IN AND GET NEW CLEAN CLOTHES AND GO TAKE A
24:36 SHOWER AND GO GET MY HAIRCUT WHILE MY LAUNDRY IS BEING DONE
24:40 AND NOW WITH YOUR NEW BOX TRUCK THAT'S GOING TO DO THE STORAGE
24:45 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE THE HOMELESS EVERYTHING THAT THEY
24:49 OWN IS WITH THEM. YOU SEE THEM PUSHING THESE
24:52 GROCERY CARTS AND IT'S THEIR LIFE.
24:56 THEIR LIFE IS MOBILE. NOW IF YOU DO SEE ME AND I GET
25:01 AN INTERVIEW SET UP I DON'T WANT TO GO GO TO LEAVE ALL MY STUFF
25:05 FOR AN INTERVIEW BECAUSE IF IT'S ALL THAT IS A PLACE TO STORE THE
25:14 STUFF. >> IN THAT BOX TRUCK THAT WAY
25:27 THEY HAVE TO HIDE THEIR STUFF A LOT OF THE TIMES WE CAN HEAR
25:35 ABOUT SOMEBODY GETTING SOMETHING STOLEN OUT THERE AND IT'S ROUGH.
25:39 >> BUT YOUR OTHER DAILY REDESIGNING HOW TO PASTOR.
25:47 ONCE YOU DO THIS FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM NOW TAKE US THROUGH
25:53 HOW YOU'RE DEVELOPING THIS SPIRITUALLY.
25:56 >> THE DEVELOPMENT COMES IN IN TWO TIMES A MONTH AND HELP
26:01 WORSHIP TOGETHER. WE INCORPORATE THEM IN THE WORK
26:05 SOMEHOW SOMEWAY BY HELPING US SET UP WE HAVE TWO OF OUR
26:12 FRIENDS DOING THE WORSHIP AND WE GOT THE LYRICS FOR THEM AND THEY
26:19 WORSHIP WITH US AND THEY SING THE SONG AND IT'S AWESOME
26:22 EXPERIENCE TO SEE THEM GET INVOLVED SINGING AND BEING A
26:25 PART OF WORSHIP. BUT ALSO DEVELOPING WEEKLY BIBLE
26:30 STUDIES AND THE WAY IN TRYING TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE
26:33 BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. >> AND WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE
26:37 DEVELOPING YOU ARE WITH THE ORGANIZATION OFFICIALLY FOR A
26:41 FEW MONTHS. >> YES AND THERE IS ALREADY A
26:43 STARK CONTRAST. I GOT THERE IN MARCH AND
26:47 LITERALLY I PACKED UP MY CAR AND DROVE FROM UTAH AND GOT THERE
26:51 SATURDAY NIGHT AT 2:00 A.M. AND THEN OF THAT OUTREACH CENTER
26:55 BECAUSE THAT SUNDAY WE WERE GETTING TOGETHER AND PUTTING
26:58 THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER AND I WAS SPEAKING AND WHEN I PREACHED IT
27:04 WAS LIKE YOU KNOW NO KIND OF COMMUNICATION WHATSOEVER
27:11 NOTHING. NO RESPONSE.
27:12 NOTHING. AND THEN I DID A MONTH AND IN
27:15 THAT MONTH I WAS INTENTIONAL TO LEARN THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE
27:17 THAT I WAS COMING ACROSS AND LEARNING THEIR FIRST NAME AND
27:19 THEIR LAST NAME AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN I SAW THEM I SAID
27:25 THEIR NAMES. WE CAME BACK AROUND THE NEXT
27:30 MONTH AND WE SET UP EVERYTHING WE DID THE WORKSHOP AND IT WAS
27:38 LIKE IT WAS ACTUALLY SO ENJOYABLE.
27:41 IT WAS PREACHING BUT CONVERSATION.
27:45 WE WERE DOING THEOLOGY TOGETHER. WE IN ONE OF MY FRIEND HAS BEEN
27:53 OUT THERE FOR YEARS THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN THEM SO ENGAGED IN A
27:57 SERMON OR SERVICE AND EYES ONLY BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE I AM
28:00 SHOWING THEM OR WE ARE SHOWING THEM THAT WE GENERALLY CARE
28:04 ABOUT THEM. THAT THEY ARE PEOPLE AND THEY
28:06 HAVE DIGNITY AND THEY HAVE HONOR AND THEY ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE
28:10 OF GOD DESPITE HOW THEY MAY LOOK EXTERNALLY AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE
28:13 BECAUSE TRUTHFULLY SPEAKING ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I REALIZE
28:16 BEING THERE IS THAT I AM JUST ONE FROM BEING IN LINE MYSELF.
28:23 IT'S LITERALLY JUST THE DECISION, A BAD MOMENT, IT COULD
28:27 BE ANYTHING FOR ANY REASON. AND LITERALLY IT'S LIKE THEY
28:33 HAVE THE SAME HONOR AND VALUE THAT ANY OF US HAD HERE AT THIS
28:38 TABLE AND IT IS TRULY A BLESSING AND RESPECTING THAT IS IMPORTANT
28:44 AND THEN BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THEN OPENING UP
28:46 THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BIBLE STUDY AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO
28:51 COME IF YOU WANT AND MANY OF THEM ARE JUST WAITING ASKING ARE
28:54 YOU GETTING IT READY? YET WE ARE WERE STARTING IN JUNE
29:00 THURSDAYS. >> I WANT TO ADD ONE THING THAT
29:03 I LOVE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AND AS WE GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE OUT
29:08 THERE, THESE BIBLE STUDIES ARE NOT JUST SOME COOKIE-CUTTER
29:11 STUDY HE'S ACTUALLY CATERING THEM TO SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE
29:15 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BUT GOING THROUGH ALL THE MAIN
29:18 PRINCIPLES AND PILLARS OF OUR FACE.
29:21 AND OF THE FAITH AND THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT IT.
29:26 IT REALLY CATERED TO OUR FRIENDS OUT THERE AND THEIR EXPERIENCE.
29:30 IT'S BEAUTIFUL. >> I BELIEVE THE LORD HAS LED TO
29:33 YOU FROM THE BEGINNING AND JUST LIKE YOU DID THE NEEDS
29:37 ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT SO MANY TIMES IT'S
29:42 LIKE OKAY LET'S GO DO THIS BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DEAL IS WHAT YOU
29:48 DID. EVERY CHURCH CAN LEARN FROM THIS
29:52 THIS. EVEN FOR YOUR LOCAL EVANGELISTS
29:55 IS DO A SURVEY, GO OUT AND DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND SEE WHAT
30:00 PEOPLE WANT. MAYBE THEY ARE NOT READY FOR A
30:03 HEALTHY COOKING PROGRAM BUT MAYBE THEY NEED MARRIAGE
30:08 COUNSELING LIKE THAT IN REARING THE CHILDREN.
30:12 >> SO YOU FIND A NEED AND YOU PRAY ABOUT THE NEED BECAUSE IT
30:18 WILL TAKE A TRAILER FOR THE NEED AND SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE
30:23 TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO GET THE TRAILER.
30:27 MATCHING TRAILERS? >> THEY ARE MATCHING THAT THEY
30:31 ARE COLOR WISE AND IT. >> BUT SLIGHT DIFFERENCES BUT
30:37 THEY LOOK SIMILAR AND THEY GO ON TO THE SAME.
30:42 >> THE BRANDED. >> WE CAN BRING IN CARPENTERS
30:50 BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE BLUEPRINT. AND BECAUSE OF YOUR CONTACTS AND
30:56 BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO BE INVOLVED THERE'S PLENTY OF LABOR
31:00 THAT I GO OUT AND I DO MY INTERVIEW AND I'M WAITING FOR
31:02 THE RESULTS SO I WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME DOING SOMETHING.
31:07 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IN MOST PEOPLE WANT TO STAY
31:10 BUSY THE WHOLE YEAR ORGANIZING ALL OF THIS AND THEN YOU HAVE
31:15 YOUR DAY FOR THAT PARTICULAR PRODUCT.
31:18 >> YES. >> ACTUALLY WE OUTSOURCE THE
31:21 BUILDING AND THE SHOWER AND LAUNDRY TRAILER BECAUSE IT IS A
31:26 LITTLE BIT MORE INTRICATE TO DESIGN BUT WE ARE -- WE ARE KIND
31:33 OF PLAYING AROUND WITH THE IDEA OF MAYBE EVEN BUILDING THESE
31:37 OURSELVES. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE
31:39 A LOT OF WISDOM IN THAT AREA AND EXPERTISE BUT WE WILL SEE WHAT
31:44 HAPPENS WITH THAT. WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
31:46 >> WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING IS RIGHT RIGHT NOW.
31:50 I THINK I WOULD FOLLOW YOUR PLAN OF WHAT THE LORD IS IMPRESSING
31:56 YOU TO DO AS YOU WORK BUT AS YOU GROW OTHER PEOPLE WILL WANT TO
31:58 KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE LIKE THIS MODEL.
32:03 AND WHAT IS OUR FIRST STEP? OF COURSE YOU CAN'T JUST SIT
32:07 THERE AND SAY WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK PASTOR?
32:14 >> YEP CREATING THIS DUPLICATABLE MODEL THAT ANYONE
32:19 CAN COME IN AND TRIED TO DO THIS ON THEIR OWN.
32:23 THEY MAY NEED TO SUM UP ALL. LATE SPRING CHURCH I BELIEVE,
32:31 LIKE SPRING SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS AS THERE IN TAMPA AND
32:32 THEY ARE SO INSPIRED THAT THEY STARTED GOING OUT ONCE A MONTH
32:36 DOING JUST SOME FOOD AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND THEY JUST ACTUALLY
32:40 BOUGHT THEIR OWN TRAILER, THE CHURCH, SMALL TRAILER BUT
32:44 THEY'RE USING IT AS A FOOD DISTRIBUTION TRAILER BECAUSE
32:47 THAT SEEMS TO BE A BIG NEED IN THE AREA BUT THEY SAID LIKE WE
32:52 WANT TO BE A PART OF SALT AND SO WHEN YOU GUYS GET UP IN THAT
32:57 AREA THEN WE WANT TO REALLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND THEY WILL
33:01 ACTUALLY COME SEE YOUR OPERATION AND AND SEE HOW WE STARTED WITH
33:09 A SMALL AMOUNT PER MONTH AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW BECAUSE
33:14 EACH PLACE MY HAVE TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY.
33:17 >> THEY MAY FIND OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE IT OVER
33:19 HERE BUT THE NEED TO SHOWER. >> HERE ARE SOME SUCCESS
33:28 STORIES. >> EXAMINES SOMEONE SEEM LIKE
33:46 THEY'RE HAVING A ROUGH DAY AND SOMEONE SAID WE COULD PRAY AND
33:52 THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST INDIVIDUALS THAT I REALLY PRAYED
33:55 WITH WHILE I WAS THERE. LET'S SAY A WORD OF PRAYER AND
34:01 AFTERWARDS OPEN UP AND BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON TO
34:07 THE DEGREE THAT MAY BE A FEW DAYS LATER HE CAME UP TO ME
34:12 EARLY IN THE MORNING AND HE'S LIKE OKAY THAT'S COOL.
34:18 AND SO WE GO TO THE SIDE AND HE LETS ME KNOW THAT I NEED TO GET
34:21 SOME HELP AND IT'S LIKE A INTAKE OR REHAB OR SOMETHING AND
34:29 IMMEDIATELY IT'S LIKE OKAY THIS IS WHERE I SEE THE DYNAMIC OF
34:34 SALT ITSELF WHERE IT'S LIKE NOW I AM A PART OF THIS.
34:38 I'M RUNNING AT THE CASE MANAGEMENT AND TRYING TO FIGURE
34:40 OUT HOW TO HELP THE INDIVIDUAL HOLISTICALLY.
34:47 IT'S NOT JUST SPIRITUAL BUT PHYSICAL.
34:49 IT TURNED OUT THAT BECAUSE OF THAT MOMENT OF PRAYER AND BEING
34:56 OPEN AND PERSONABLE THAT IT ALLOWED HIM TO FEEL COMFORTABLE
35:00 ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY OPEN UP AND ADMIT THAT I NEED HELP HERE.
35:08 THAT WAS MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WHERE IT WAS LIKE OKAY THIS IS
35:10 WHERE I NEED TO BE. THIS.
35:15 >> YEP. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT HE MAKES
35:20 ME THINK THAT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE CURE TO HOMELESSNESS IS
35:24 NOT MORE HOMES I BELIEVE IT IS RELATIONSHIP.
35:27 I BELIEVE THAT HAS ITS PLACE, HAVING MORE HOMES AVAILABLE,
35:32 AFFORDABLE HOMES, BUT RELATIONSHIP IS WHAT HELPS AND
35:36 HOMELESSNESS. THERE IS A MOST SUCCESSFUL
35:38 PROGRAM OUT THERE WHO DID A STUDY AND WANTED TO FIGURE OUT
35:42 OKAY IT IS SUCCESSFUL BUT PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE PROGRAM AND THEY
35:46 ARE LEAVING THEIR HOMES AND WHY IS THAT?
35:49 IN THE TOP REASONS ALL HAD TO DO WITH SOCIAL INTEGRATION.
35:51 PEOPLE WOULD RATHER BE ON THE STREET WITH THEIR FRIEND IN A
35:56 HOME BY THEMSELVES AND IS -- AS HE CONTINUES TO OPERATE THESE
36:02 RELATIONSHIPS WE SEE THAT. WE SEE MAYBE SOMETHING A CASE
36:06 MANAGER WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THROUGH TO WITH HIM, MAYBE
36:10 ANOTHER ORGANIZATION HE WORKED WITH WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THROUGH
36:13 IS ABLE TO OPEN UP AND IT STARTED WITH PRAYER AND SO AND A
36:20 CONTINUOUS RELATIONSHIP AND THAT'S A HUGE THING.
36:24 >> AND EVERYONE GOES AND YOU JUST DON'T KNOW THE DEPTH THAT
36:32 THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. AN EXAMPLE IS I'M GOING THROUGH
36:38 MY THINGS. I'M STILL IN THE GRIEVING
36:41 PROCESS, I'M STILL HEALING FROM IT AND I WILL BE HEALING FOR A
36:44 WHILE I LOST MY MOTHER. BUT BEING OPEN ABOUT IT WITH THE
36:49 TEAM AND THE STAFF ONE MORNING ONE OF THE CASE MANAGERS CAME
36:54 UP, LESLIE, AND SAID HEY I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO THIS
36:58 INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE YOU MAY UNDERSTAND AND I THINK YOU'RE
37:01 THE ONLY PERSON RIGHT NOW WHO AND THAT HE COULD EVEN TALK TO
37:05 YOU AND I SAID OKAY BRING HIM AND SO WE SAT OUTSIDE AND WE
37:09 STARTED TALKING AND HE WAS LETTING ME KNOW THAT IN THE SPAN
37:13 OF ONE MONTH HE LOST HIS MOTHER, FATHER, AND AMONG LOSING HIS JOB
37:20 AND THE RELATIONSHIP HE WAS JUST IN.
37:24 AND IT'S LIKE I'M STANDING WITH THE JOB FROM THE BIBLE.
37:29 EVERYTHING WAS BAD TO WORSE AS HE TOLD ME.
37:32 AND WHAT DO YOU DO AT THAT MOMENT?
37:36 WHEN IS MANAGED IS OPENING UP AND IT'S SO HEAVY THAT HONESTLY
37:42 SPEAKING A BIBLE VERSE IS NOT GONNA CUT IT.
37:50 SOMETIMES GOD USES THE THING THAT WE GO THROUGH AS
37:58 EXPERIENCES OR TOOLS FOR A MINISTRY AND SO I LET HIM KNOW.
38:02 I COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD. WE SAT THERE AND WE CRIED.
38:04 THAT'S ALL WE DID LITERALLY ALL WE DID WAS THAT THERE AND CRIED
38:08 WITH HIM I WAS THERE AND I LET HIM KNOW HE'S NOT ALONE AND WE
38:13 HELPED THEM GET THERE THAT DAY AND GET ASSISTANCE IN HELPING
38:17 NEED FOR THAT DAY AND THAT IS WHAT I MEAN THAT IT'S REDEFINING
38:20 THAT ASPECT OF MINISTRY WHERE IT'S JUST LIKE SOMETIMES A BIBLE
38:24 VERSE IS NOT WHAT IS NEEDED BUT KNOWING THAT I AM HERE FOR YOU
38:28 AND JUST SIT THERE AND CRIED TOGETHER AND I THINK THOSE TO ME
38:33 ARE SUCCESS STORIES. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOPEFULLY
38:38 WE COULD RUN A CROSS PATHS AGAIN I WAS AND REACH OUT TO HIM BUT
38:43 IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS
38:46 LOOK LIKE WE MIGHT DEFINE IT. IT'S ALWAYS BUILDING THE
38:50 RELATIONSHIP AND LETTING THAT PERSON KNOW THAT CHRIST IS HERE
38:55 AND HE IS IN EVERY ENCOUNTER THAT WE HAVE.
38:58 ONE OF THE MOST HILARIOUS THINGS FOR ME THAT HAPPENED WAS WITH
39:01 THE ANOINTING I HAD AN INDIVIDUAL COME TO ME AND WE
39:08 WERE DOING WORSHIP THAT MORNING AND SO HE WAS A PASTOR WEARS THE
39:11 WORSHIP APP? AND I SAID IT'S HAPPENING.
39:14 YOU'RE AN HOUR EARLY. UNTIL HE AND HE SAID CAN YOU
39:19 CONSECRATE THIS? AND ANOINT ME WITH?
39:22 AND I WAS LIKE SURE COME ON IN MY OFFICE AT.
39:26 AND PRAISE GOD WE HAVE THE SPACE NOW SO I WAS AND WE SAT DOWN I
39:32 CANNOT AGREE TO THE LETTING HIM KNOW THAT WE CAN CONSECRATE THIS
39:37 AND I CAN KNOW WITH OIL BECAUSE HE WANTED A PORT ON HIS HEAD OR
39:40 PUT ON HIS FOREHEAD IT IS YOUR DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE AFTER
39:46 THIS THAT IS THE REAL CONSECRATION.
39:49 THIS IS A SYMBOL. EVERY DECISION THAT YOU MAKE NOW
39:52 AFTER THIS AND HE WOULD LIKE UNDERSTOOD EDITING AND HE PRAYED
39:55 AND I DID HE WAS JUST SO EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I GUESS
40:00 SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME. I WONDER IF HE'S EVER HAD THAT
40:06 KIND OF EXPERIENCE WITH A PASTOR OR THAT REACH OR PROXIMITY
40:10 BECAUSE HE WAS SO EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT.
40:15 HE WAS TO TELL ME THAT I LOVE YOU AND LITERALLY I COULD SEE
40:20 EYES WATERING AND FOR ME, HE WAS OUT THERE HELPING US WITH THE
40:24 WORSHIP SERVICE AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND TAKING THE SPEAKERS
40:27 UP AND DOWN AND PASSING OUT THE PAPERS TO PEOPLE COULD WRITE IN
40:31 THE PRAYER REQUESTS AND TRULY IT IS AMAZING.
40:37 >> YOU ONLY OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR THREE MONTHS AND I CAN'T
40:42 WAIT TO INTERVIEW YOU AGAIN IN ONE YEAR.
40:45 LET ME ASK YOU THIS, WHEN WHAT YOU SAID IS SOMETHING THAT
40:50 REALLY STRUCK ME, IT IS THAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS WILL BE WHAT
40:57 ENDS HOMELESSNESS. THEY WOULD RATHER BE ON THE
41:00 STREETS WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND SITTING IN AN APARTMENT ALONE.
41:03 YOU HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO YOU HAVE BROUGHT FROM -- I
41:09 MEAN THEY ARE HOMEBOUND, GOT THEM INTO HOMES, HOW DO YOU KEEP
41:15 THE RELATIONSHIP? DO YOU PLUG THEM IN THE CHURCH?
41:18 WHAT DO YOU DO TO KEEP THE RELATIONSHIP?
41:22 >> THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO BE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING
41:28 PEOPLE INTO A HOME. YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WITH US AT
41:36 THIS TIME BUT I REMEMBER WE HAD OUR TEAM ACTUALLY GO TO THE
41:41 HOUSE AND DROP A FURNITURE BECAUSE SHE NEEDED THIS
41:44 PARTICULAR FURNITURE AND TO SELL OUR TEAM WENT OUT THERE AND JUST
41:48 KIND OF WENT OVER AND THAT SHE WENT OVER THERE AND PRAYED WITH
41:57 HER AND I REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION.
41:59 SHE SAID I USED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A HARD TIME WITH THE WORD ON THE
42:02 STREET AND THE REASON WHY PEOPLE KEEP COMING BACK IS BECAUSE WE
42:06 KNOW THAT YOU CARE. AND SO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE
42:12 KEPT UP. I KNOW SOME OF THE STAFF HAS
42:14 THEIR PHONE NUMBERS AND WE TRY TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEM BUT
42:19 WE ARE BUILDING A MORE STRATEGIC WAY WHERE WE WORK ON CREATING A
42:23 MORE STRATEGIC WAY OF KEEPING RELATIONSHIPS AFTERWARDS.
42:27 >> AND NOW THAT YOU HAVE GONE FROM BEING FULLY VOLUNTEERED TO
42:31 HAVING A STAFF OF PAID STAFF OF 13 NOW I COULD DO THOSE KIND OF
42:40 THINGS. IT'S HARD WHEN EVERYONE'S
42:41 WORKING AND VOLUNTEERING. >> EXACTLY.
42:45 WE ARE AND THEY COME BACK. WE HAD A VOLUNTEER THAT WAS
42:53 VOLUNTEERING WITH US FOR EIGHT YEARS.
42:56 SHE IS THERE AND SHE SEES ONE OF OUR FRIENDS THAT RECENTLY GOT
43:00 MOVED INTO HOUSING. NOT SO RECENTLY MAY BE A YEAR
43:06 AGO GOT AND SHE COMES UP TO HER AND SAYS, I JUST WANT TO TELL
43:11 YOU I NO LONGER HAVE TO COME BACK HERE BECAUSE OF A JOB IN A
43:19 HOUSE AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED -- AND EVERYTHING AND HE YOU GUYS.
43:30 -- EVERYTHING I NEED THANKS TO YOU GUYS.
43:33 IT WAS A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT CONTACT AND FOLLOW-UP
43:37 WITH THEM. A BLESSING.
43:40 I WANT TO BE ABLE TO START DOING HOUSE BLESSINGS WHEN THEY FIRST
43:45 MOVE INTO A NEW PLACE. THAT'S REALLY COOL.
43:48 >> THE LORD IS LEADING OBVIOUSLY.
43:55 YOU ARE HOPING BY THE END OF THIS YEAR THIS IS A DUPLICATABLE
43:59 MODEL IN ARE HOPING TO BE IN A COUPLE MORE CITIES TELL US ABOUT
44:03 YOUR FINANCIAL NEEDS, HOW CAN PEOPLE HELP YOU.
44:10 >> THE CITY HAS BEEN SUPPORTING US THEY OFFER A LITTLE OVER HALF
44:15 OF WHAT WE NEED TO OPERATE. THE EVANGELISM THE CITY WILL NOT
44:24 FUND BUT THEY DO FUND A PORTION OF A CASE MANAGEMENT AND
44:28 OUTREACH SERVICES BUT WE RELY ON INDIVIDUAL DONORS IN TO HELP
44:36 FUND THE ORGANIZATION. ALSO I APPLY FOR GRANTS ON A
44:38 REGULAR BASIS. BUT A BIG WAY FOR SOMEONE TO
44:44 SUPPORT IS HELPING WITH DONATIONS AND EVEN JUST FUNDING
44:47 IN THAT WAY WOULD BE HUGE AS WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND IN OTHER
44:53 CITIES. I THAT IT IS SO -- I BELIEVE
44:57 THAT GOD IS LEADING US TO HAVE ONE OF THESE IN EVERY MAJOR CITY
45:00 IN THE AND WHEN WE KEPT -- PEOPLE DONATE FROM ALL OVER THE
45:12 PAST AND PEOPLE DONATE GOING CAMPING IN THEIR CITIES SO THAT
45:17 IT'S IT MAKE USING. AND CORPORATE SPONSORS WE HAVE
45:21 THAT SPACE IN WHERE IT'S A TRADE-OFF THERE ARE SOME
45:29 EXPOSURE THEY ARE LINING THEIR BRAND WITH THE ORGANIZATION IS
45:31 GOING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY NOTICEABLE WAY AND A
45:34 PRACTICAL WAY BUT THEY ALSO ARE GIVING SUPPORT TO SOME OF THE
45:39 SERVICES THAT WE ARE OFFERING WORKING THERE AND THEN I WILL
45:43 ALSO DO VOLUNTEER HELP. PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL SKILLS I
45:46 WANT TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING MAYBE PEOPLE HERE IN THE AREA
45:49 THAT WANT TO COME OUT AND GET HELP IN SOME WAY.
45:52 THOSE ARE SOME OTHER WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN SUPPORT THE
45:59 OPERATION. ONE LAST THING IS THAT IT'S
46:01 HELPING TO SPREAD THE WORD IN BE SOMEONE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT
46:04 SAID YOU KNOW WHAT? I LOVE THIS IDEA, I WILL SHARE
46:08 THIS WITH MY TEAM IN MY PASTOR IN MY CHURCH AND AND SO ONE
46:12 THING THAT WE HAVE DONE IS THERE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FLOWN US OUT TO
46:18 BE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT SALT IS DOING AND REALLY DO IT IN A
46:23 PRACTICAL WAY AND SHARE SOME FIRST STEPS FOR THEM TO GET TO
46:27 THAT PLACE AND THEY COULD BE SOMETHING THAT I KNOW LIKE
46:31 MYSELF AND WE HAD AN EVANGELIST DIRECTOR BEFORE HIS NAME SALAMI
46:37 AND WE WOULD, AND TAG CERTAIN AREAS AND THAT IS A CONCEPT AS
46:42 WELL THAT WE ARE WANTING TO WORK ON THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ALL OF
46:49 THE ANSWERS RIGHT NOW. WERE STILL WORKING ON A
46:52 DUPLICATABLE MODEL AND WE COULD GUIDE BUT BEING ABLE TO SHARE
46:57 THIS WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM WE CAN HELP WITH THAT.
47:03 >> IT CERTAINLY BETTER THAN STARTING FROM NOTHING.
47:05 >> YEP. >> A VERY SUCCESSFUL MODEL.
47:15 >> I KNOW THAT THAT I DON'T HAVE TO BE A PROPHET TO SAY THIS BUT
47:21 I DO KNOW THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WORKING IN YOUR HEART AND
47:25 SOME OF YOU WERE HEARING THE STORY WOULD LIKE TO HELP.
47:28 HOW CAN SOMEONE DONATE TO SALT. >> THEY CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE
47:36 WWW . SOLD OUTREACH .ORG -- SALT SALT OUTREACH .ORG.
47:51 THAT'S ONE WAY. AND IF THEY GO TO OUR WEBSITE
47:54 AND GO TO SUPPORT SALT AND CLICK ON DONATE THEY CAN SEE ALL THE
47:58 DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY CAN DONATE.
48:00 THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF SOMEONE CAN DONATE THEIR.
48:03 AND IT REALLY THAT IS THE KEY WAY.
48:05 THEY CAN FOLLOW SOME SOCIAL MEDIA THERE ARE ARE DIFFERENT
48:08 WAYS DOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE WHICH IS
48:11 TITLED SALT OUTREACH INCORPORATED AND THEN WE HAVE AN
48:16 INSTAGRAM PAGE SALT OUTREACH AND THEN THOSE ARE SOME WAYS THAT
48:21 SOMEONE CAN SUPPORT. >> YOU ARE A FIVE O ONE C, THREE
48:28 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND YOU HAVE A CERTIFICATION THAT VERY
48:31 ERIC TELL US ABOUT THE C F R A. >> IT STANDS FOR CERTIFIED
48:38 FUNDRAISING EXECUTIVE. AND SELL THERE IS A LOT OF
48:45 REQUIREMENTS TO GO WITH IT. THERE'S A STATE EXAM AND AT THE
48:48 STAMP THAT SHOWS YOU CAN PUT AFTER NAME THE CHILDREN ETHICAL
48:51 FUNDRAISER AND VALUE YOU ETHICALLY HANDLE DONOR FUNDING
48:54 AND THAT YOU ARE EDUCATED IN HOW TO DO IT.
48:58 IT IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TOO
49:02 GET BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO I WANT TO LEARN MORE BUT I WANTED TO
49:08 JUST HELP TO ADD THAT EXTRA CREDIBILITY TO THE ORGANIZATION
49:11 AS WELL. YES WE ARE RUN BY YOUNG ADULTS
49:14 BUT THESE YOUNG ADULTS ALL HAVE EXPERTISE IN EDUCATION AND
49:20 EXPERIENCE IN DIFFERENT AREAS IT'S BEEN A HUGE HELP IN A HUGE
49:26 BLESSING. >> IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE
49:32 STUDENTS WHO ARE ALSO EVEN THOUGH NOT CHRISTIAN ARE DRAWN
49:37 TO THIS MINISTRY VOLUNTEERING AND YOU HAVE THAT WHOLE AVENUE
49:39 OPENED UP TO YOU. >> DEFINITELY.
49:43 AND SEE ANOTHER AVENUE OPENING UP AS WELL.
49:55 GETTING INTO SOME OF EDUCATION FOR A OR ADDICTION COUNSELING AT
49:58 SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BEGIN TO START PURSUING A MASTER
50:05 LEVEL AND CONTINUE TO BECAUSE I SEE AND NEED.
50:10 THERE IS ONE THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED IN THEOLOGY AND THAT IS
50:15 PREACHING AND BUT THERE'S ALSO LISTENING.
50:20 LISTENING I. >> IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
50:24 COMMUNICATION. >> IT IS.
50:26 AND THAT'S FOR THE TRANSFORMATION.
50:28 AND SEEING THE NEED IN EVERY WAY SHAPE AND FORM.
50:32 AS WE ARE BRINGING THIS WE TALK ABOUT SALVATION.
50:35 THE WORD OF SALVATION ITSELF IS HOLISTIC MIND BODY AND SOUL IT
50:40 IS ALL OF IT. BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE
50:43 YOUTH AS WELL AS THEY COME IN TRULY IS A BLESSING.
50:46 TRULY TRULY IS. >> I THINK EVERYONE WANTS TO BE
50:51 HEARD. THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING
50:52 EVERYONE WANTS TO BE HEARD. THEY WANT TO TELL THEIR STORY
50:56 AND IT TAKES A LOT OF PATIENTS TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE STORIES
51:01 BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE OUT A PARAGRAPH BUT THAT IS WHAT
51:07 CREATES RELATIONSHIPS. ONCE A TRUST IS ESTABLISHED THEN
51:14 YOU CAN GO FORWARD AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS WHOLE THING
51:17 WILL DO FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. THIS IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE OVER
51:26 HERE THAT YOU HAVE GONE FROM STEP TO STEP TO STEP AND GOD HAS
51:31 LET YOU CONTINUOUSLY AND HE FOLLOWED HIM AND SO WE'RE HERE
51:37 WITH ALL THESE TRAILERS AND NOW READY TO GO TO ANOTHER STEP.
51:41 >> IN THE NEXT STEP IS A DUPLICATION PROCESS.
51:47 AND RIGHT NOW -- THESE OTHER CITIES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
51:51 WHICH ARE NEARBY DAYTONA IS 40 MINUTES AWAY IN OTHER PLACES
51:54 LIKE STANFORD MAYBE 25 MINUTES AWAY OR 30 MINUTES AWAY AND EVEN
51:58 IF WE DON'T GET THE FUNDING FROM THE CITY'S ORGANIZATIONS AND
52:05 CORPORATIONS WE WILL STILL ACTIVELY FUNDRAISING DUPLICATE
52:08 THE MODEL NO MATTER WHAT BUT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS
52:11 CALLED US TO DO THIS AND GOD WILL PROVIDE THE FUNDING.
52:15 LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT IS ABOUT I BELIEVE 260,000 THAT
52:22 LITTLE OVER THAT TO DUPLICATE ALL OF THE VEHICLES AND TRAILERS
52:25 THAT WE NEED TO RUN A COMPREHENSIVE CENTER AND FROM
52:30 THERE WE HAVE THE OPERATING COSTS TO CONTINUE GOING AND WE
52:33 WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON LAUNCHING A THRIFT STORE TO WORK
52:38 ON THE FUNDING OF THE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE REALLY WANT
52:40 TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN INCOME.
52:42 IT HAS BEEN TOUGH BECAUSE THE FUNDING WE AT IS OFTEN
52:45 RESTRICTED TO JUST THE SERVICES. WHEN IT COMES TO EXPANDING A
52:49 BUSINESS FOR DOING SOMETHING A ADMINISTRATIVELY IT IS HARD
52:52 BECAUSE WE NEED TO RELY ON ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MAKE THIS
53:01 HAPPEN. BY NEXT YEAR WE BELIEVE WE WILL
53:02 HAVE A THRIFT STORE GOING THAT WILL GENERATE INCOME FOR US BUT
53:07 UNTIL THEN, AND EVEN THEN, WE STILL INDIVIDUAL DONORS DO PLAY
53:11 A KEY ROLE IN HELPING US GROW AND GET TO THE NEXT STAGE.
53:20 HE KEPT DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AT LAYING THE GROUNDWORK.
53:24 >> IT'S A TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY THAT IS BEEN AROUND.
53:31 >> WE ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES LEFT AND I JUST CAN ASK YOU,
53:32 IT'S ONLY BEEN THREE MONTHS, HOW HAS JOINING THE STAFF SOLVED
53:38 CHANGE DEAL? >> I WOULD SAY THAT HIS CHANGED
53:44 ME IN THE SENSE OF IT HIS CHANGED THE WAY THAT I SEE
53:49 CHURCH AND MINISTRY AND HERE NOT JUST WITH THE HOMEBOUND BUT EVEN
53:54 WITH THE STAFF ITSELF IT'S AN AMAZING PEOPLE THAT I HAVE GROWN
53:58 TO LOVE NOT JUST TO WORK WITH BUT ALSO LOVE BEING AROUND BUT
54:03 IT HAS CHANGED ME IN THE SENSE WHERE AS FOR ME PERSONALLY I
54:07 THINK I AM GOING THROUGH A PHASE IN MY LIFE WHERE I AM HEALING
54:10 FROM A LOSS AND THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE I FEEL LIKE THE
54:16 LORD KNEW EXACTLY WHERE I NEEDED TO BE.
54:21 AND TO GROW AND CONTINUE TO GROW BUT IT HAS CHANGED THE WAY I
54:26 MEAN, EVEN THE WAY I VIEW CERTAIN SCRIPTURES ARE DIFFERENT
54:31 NOW. I HAD ONE BY IT IF YOU READ THE
54:37 BIBLE MATTHEW 25. JESUS IS PRETTY MUCH GIVING A
54:46 PARABLE AND IT IS A PROPHETIC PARABLE.
54:56 THE KING COMES IN HIS GLORY AND HE SEPARATES THE SHEEP'S FROM
55:00 HIS GOATS AND HE TALKED TO BOTH OF THEM AND HE SAYS THE SAME
55:03 SENSE AS THE BOTH OF THEM BUT THERE ARE MINOR DIFFERENCES.
55:10 STEP IN THE KINGDOM AND GET IN THE REWARD HUNGRY, PRESENT, SIX,
55:17 YOU CAME. THAT HE GOES TO THE GOATS AND HE
55:21 SAYS WHEN THEY WERE LIKE WHEN WERE YOU LIKE THIS JESUS?
55:24 WE DON'T KNOW? IT WOULD STAY OUT TO ME WHAT IS
55:29 THE PARABLE IS NOT SO MUCH JESUS SAYING HOW DID YOU TREAT MY LAW
55:34 BUT HOW DID YOU TREATMENT PEOPLE?
55:37 BECAUSE HOW YOU TREATED MY PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY SHOW IF YOU
55:40 KEPT THE LAW. >> ABSOLUTELY.
55:43 WHATEVER YOU DID TO THE LEAST OF THESE YOU HAVE TO MEAN THAT
55:49 SHOULD HAVE DONE IT TO ME. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT.
55:55 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE LORD IN YOUR COMMITMENT AND
55:57 IT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN JUST A FEW SHORT
56:03 YEARS BUT I TOLD YOU THE FIRST TIME WE TALKED THAT GOD WAS
56:09 GOING TO DUPLICATE THIS I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE -- I THINK
56:13 SOMEONE FROM CALIFORNIA WILL PROBABLY BE CALLING.
56:17 THEY DESPERATELY NEED SOME HELP WITH THEIR HOMELESS POPULATION.
56:20 AND THE CITY LOVE THIS BECAUSE IT IS MOBILE.
56:24 IT WILL NOT DRAW A CROWD IN WHERE IT WILL BRING THEIR
56:30 PROPERTY VALUES DOWN OR RUIN NEIGHBORHOODS IT IS MOBILE.
56:33 WE ARE ALL OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
56:43 PASTOR. GOD BLESS YOU.
56:49 >> I WANT TO END WITH BEING A SALT SHAKER >> AMEN.
56:57 >> SERVICE AND LOVE TOGETHER. >> OUR PRAYER FOR YOU AS OF THE
57:01 GRACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST THE LOVE OF THE
57:04 FATHER AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE WITH YOU
57:07 ALWAYS. >> GOD BLESS YOU.


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