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Series Code: TDYL
Program Code: TDYL250007B
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00:10 Welcome back to the second hour, and we've got a salt
00:14 shaker with a lot more salt in it. 00:16 We should have had a salt shaker. 00:17 Yeah, I know, right? 00:18 You need to get yourself a salt shaker. 00:19 Should have did some salt water in here. 00:21 Yeah, exactly. 00:22 Eric is not about to lose any flavor anytime soon. 00:26 No, no, no. 00:27 If you missed the first hour, you missed a lot, but 00:30 fortunately, there's a replay of this program later on that 00:33 you'll get a chance to peek in on it. 00:34 But salt, if somebody's just joining us, boom, summarize, S 00:40 -A -L-T, first of all, what does that mean? 00:42 Salt is an acronym for service and love together. 00:45 We act as a front door for people experiencing 00:47 homelessness. 00:48 Not just a front door, but a mobile front door. 00:51 So anyone that's experiencing homelessness can come to us 00:53 first, get their basic needs met through things like our 00:56 trailers, our case managers, counselors, and be led toward 01:01 navigating ending their homelessness. 01:04 And doing it in a Christ-like way, you know, alongside our 01:08 spiritual care team to help make sure that they also know 01:12 who Christ is too, you know, and that's, you know, we don't 01:15 force anyone, we don't believe God would force anyone to 01:18 worship here, but we make it optional for our guests and 01:20 many of our guests, you know, have taken advantage of that. 01:22 So you connect them with the church also, with an Adventist 01:25 church. 01:28 comfortable while they're experiencing homelessness 01:30 because, you know, but if they do want to be connected to a 01:34 church, we will connect them to a church. 01:36 So our spiritual care team will usually, what they'll do is 01:40 they'll, you know, they might connect them with Bible studies 01:42 and other things, but after in those Bible studies, if they 01:46 request being a part of a church or we notice that they 01:49 want that kind of community, then they'll actually go with 01:53 them to the church. 01:56 really just kind of, you know, it's, anyway, it's real special 02:01 what happened here. 02:06 church, right? 02:07 And so that our client, our client that was with him was 02:10 still experiencing homelessness at the time. 02:12 He didn't fully feel comfortable. 02:14 He's like, don't worry about it. 02:15 Just calm, you know, whatever, it'll be fine. 02:18 So, you know, he goes to pick him up to go to church and our, 02:22 you know, our spiritual care team member that's that's 02:25 taking him, he's wearing a tie -dye shorts, flip-flops, has a 02:30 hole in his shirt, you know, and the guy he's taking to 02:33 church is like, man, I thought they were going to be looking 02:35 at me, but they're going to be looking at you, you know, and 02:38 he's like, you know, but he did that intentionally, right? 02:41 Because then now, now, you know, maybe he will get, you 02:45 know, more of the looks or whatever. 02:46 And and, you know, they won't, you know, notice our guests as 02:50 much. 02:53 needs help. 02:53 Yeah, right, right. 02:54 They're going to him and asking if he needs assistance, you 02:57 know, but that's that's the spirit that they they come with 03:00 with that. 03:00 Remove that fear. 03:02 Yep. 03:03 Remove that fear. 03:03 Yeah. 03:04 Yeah. 03:06 So we, you know, at Salt, you know, and like I mentioned 03:10 before, you know, Central Florida is one of the highest 03:13 concentrations of youth and young adult homelessness, you 03:16 know, 16 to 24 year olds. 03:18 And so we applied for a grant to specialize in youth and 03:24 young adult homelessness. 03:25 And so we have actually a dedicated team of people that 03:29 focus on just 16 to 24 year olds. 03:32 So this team, you know, I actually have a picture here of 03:35 our trailer that is this trailer right here is 03:38 completely dedicated to youth, youth and young adults 03:41 experiencing homelessness. 03:42 It has three bathrooms with, you know, showers like the 03:45 other one. 03:46 Yeah. 03:46 Has the 88 in the back there. 03:48 And in the middle, there's actually two washers and two 03:51 dryers in it, too. 03:52 So it's an all in one kind of trailer. 03:55 And so that was sponsored by an insurance company. 03:58 They paid for that. 03:59 And the truck that goes along with it, they gave us about one 04:01 hundred fifty thousand to to build that trailer and to get 04:04 that truck. 04:05 But that that trailer goes across Central Florida engage 04:09 in youth and young adults experiencing homelessness. 04:12 And so how do you know where to go? 04:14 You know, it's yeah, that's a good question. 04:17 A lot of the time they go to other agencies. 04:20 So a lot of agencies kind of give give us tips. 04:23 Hey, we have a young person here, you know, that kind of 04:25 thing. 04:29 reviewed studies on youth and young adult homelessness. 04:32 And the the the by far, the way that gets the centers out the 04:38 most is word of mouth. 04:40 Once you get one or two youth there, see, I mean, you're 04:43 you're I mean, that that's going to spread. 04:45 Yeah. 04:48 set up, where we go. 04:50 So so that youth and young adults know where to go. 04:53 And so we actually are going to be we had a grant to renovate a 05:01 property to be a youth and young adult center for unhoused 05:05 youth, young adults. 05:08 Yes. 05:11 So you'll see here at the top right, we're building eight in 05:16 eighty a bathroom with a shower. 05:18 OK. 05:21 shower there. 05:24 You'll see there at the front at the bottom of the picture 05:26 there, there's the front reception area. 05:28 You can walk in and you'll see those tables with seats. 05:31 Those those tables with seats can be actually removed and 05:34 that could be an open like maybe lounge area. 05:36 But when we're doing classes or something like that or 05:39 someone's presenting, we could set that up for them to be able 05:42 to get those classes in the back right behind that. 05:45 We have kind of a library, kind of a library lounge area, you 05:49 know, place for them to do homework. 05:51 On the right, you'll see a kitchen. 05:53 They'll have two refrigerators, two microwaves, places they can 05:56 eat and get food and not have to worry about food. 05:59 And the top left there, you'll see, you know, we have some 06:02 office spaces below that and kind of a lounge area as well 06:05 for them to be able to just be out of the elements. 06:07 And in the back of this center, there's like a little grassy 06:11 area. 06:15 This is meant to be a refuge for youth and young adults 06:19 experiencing homelessness to come. 06:21 They there's case managers there. 06:22 There's going to we're going to have a counselor there. 06:24 I mean, they can get all of their basic needs met and be 06:27 navigated through the system into housing from the center. 06:31 So we're really excited about this project. 06:33 That's that's phenomenal. 06:35 So the impact is is something that's really targeting 06:42 specific groups. 06:43 Yeah, yeah. 06:46 talking about this, but we would like to, you know, yeah, 06:50 we're growing and we're setting up these different centers for 06:53 all everyone. 06:54 No, it doesn't matter who you are. 06:55 We we will take you. 06:57 But we've been talking about maybe creating specialized 07:00 teams for specific demographics, you know, because 07:04 youth, young adult needs are very different than than older 07:08 adults or, you know, maybe a veteran's needs are different 07:12 than maybe someone escaping domestic violence. 07:14 You know, these are these are all little teams that we want 07:18 to develop in and in lines to getting people into housing, 07:22 because if we can have dedicated teams that are pros 07:26 at getting youth, young adults housed, then any time we see a 07:29 youth, young adult, any of our other centers, we'll say, hey, 07:32 go here. 07:32 There's a team for you. 07:33 There's resources here. 07:34 There's, you know, and so that's kind of what we're 07:37 thinking. 07:40 We're applying for a grant to focus on on veteran 07:42 homelessness as well. 07:44 I should about veterans. 07:45 Yeah. 07:48 It's a three year grant where we can, you know, hire veterans 07:54 with lived experience. 07:55 So they're veterans. 07:56 They've also experienced homelessness. 07:59 We hire them and they minister to other veterans that are 08:03 experiencing homelessness. 08:04 And so because with veteran homelessness, you know, there's 08:08 a lot of trust that needs to get built there in the 08:10 beginning. 08:14 like a big wedge there that you need to get past. 08:17 But when it's another veteran, and not only that, when it's 08:20 another veteran that has experienced homelessness, I 08:22 mean, it's just the yeah, the bridge is there. 08:25 So it's a much easier transition. 08:28 So we're we're applying for that. 08:30 We might not get that. 08:30 It's a very competitive grant. 08:32 But we're where we kind of have thought a lot about that. 08:34 So we're hoping we can raise some funds to maybe get 08:37 something like that going eventually. 08:39 But, you know, we'll see what God does. 08:41 We'll see what God does. 08:44 about, hey, here's our veteran trailer. 08:46 Here's our veteran, our veteran staff. 08:49 Right. 08:49 Right. 08:52 that is not even there, they're not there. 08:57 Thank you, honey. 08:58 There's a world on the streets that is often overlooked. 09:02 It's like it reminds me of the story of the Good Samaritan. 09:06 There are people walking by every day. 09:08 There are people on the street. 09:10 And because they don't look the part, because sometimes they 09:13 may look threatening or they may look like the best they 09:17 could look. 09:18 They might be asking for a handout and somebody say, I 09:20 don't need a handout. 09:22 These are real circumstances. 09:25 These are real situations. 09:27 People that you might see a guy with his dog. 09:29 You talk about the 72 year old lady who couldn't carry on what 09:33 her husband was in charge of. 09:35 And she's now homeless. 09:38 And sometimes you'll see a person on the on the corner 09:40 say, veteran, homeless, need food, can you help? 09:44 And he has his dog with him. 09:46 You know, it's going to give a different attitude to many 09:48 people. 09:50 Just drive and buy them. 09:52 We've got to think, wow, do we need a salt chapter here, too? 09:55 That's why I like the idea that salt is expanding. 09:57 Talk about some of the statistical aspects of salt, 10:00 too, because you you know, there's so many different 10:03 things that have happened as you have continued to grow. 10:05 Yeah, yeah, definitely. 10:07 You know, you spark something when you were talking just now. 10:11 And, you know, kind of like that world of homelessness that 10:15 sometimes, you know, us as house people, us as house 10:18 people, it's invisible to us, right? 10:20 We don't we don't know like, you know, the how the mail 10:23 services that might not be something someone might think 10:26 about right away as a need, you know, but something that we 10:30 realized was a need that we're where we've been implementing 10:33 is storage services. 10:35 And I want to talk about that a little bit because, you know, 10:38 when we have people in encampments, you know, a lot of 10:40 times there's cities where there's people in tents and 10:43 they're maybe out in in different areas and and, you 10:48 know, a lot of the time people are like, well, why don't they 10:50 just go and get help or go? 10:52 You know, now, see, the challenge is, is when they 10:54 leave their tent with all their stuff, many times their stuff 10:59 will get stolen. 11:00 And when they get stolen, they have to start at ground zero 11:03 again. 11:04 You know, and so what what we're doing now is we're having 11:07 a storage service where they can come to us, they can bring 11:10 their important things. 11:11 Leave their tent, bring their important things. 11:12 We'll store it for them. 11:14 Keep it safe. 11:15 And then they can go off to their medical appointment. 11:18 They can go off to see a case manager and go see their 11:20 counselor without having to worry about their stuff getting 11:23 stolen. 11:27 about until we get in there and we start interacting with 11:30 people and realize that's a huge barrier to getting someone 11:33 to go and seek services and get the help they need. 11:37 That's so true, because you don't think about it. 11:38 They have no walls, no doors, no locks. 11:42 Sometimes just something as simple as the beer necessities 11:45 or a blanket they've laid on for the longest time and just 11:49 something all their belongings right there in their knapsack. 11:52 Yeah, yeah, that's gone. 11:54 And shopping carts, shopping carts. 11:56 Yeah, yeah. 12:01 A risk to that what, you know, and there's some times where, 12:04 you know, maybe it's maybe there's there's a pet or maybe 12:08 there's there's something of sentimental value. 12:12 Maybe some of their clothes. 12:13 We meet people that, hey, you know, this these these clothes 12:16 right here was passed down to me from my dad who passed away. 12:19 You know, and it might look like it's just a shirt and 12:22 pants to someone else, but there's sentimental value 12:25 there. 12:28 get lost or stolen, you know, so. 12:31 But, you know, when it comes to the the numbers, you know, and, 12:35 you know, our data team kind of puts this together. 12:38 And we always are trying to break records every year 12:41 because the need is growing every year. 12:43 The first graphic here shows a bar graph of some of the needs 12:48 that that we met. 12:49 So you'll see here, you know, showers. 12:51 We provide over 16000 showers last year. 12:55 You know, over 50000 hygiene products, over 80000 loads of 12:59 laundry, over 80000 articles of clothing. 13:02 And and, you know, these are things that help meet basic 13:05 need. 13:06 Right. 13:08 And then the next slide there is actually that. 13:11 So each dot there is the amount of people that were housed 13:15 after services with salt. 13:17 So that's that's each dot is a quarter is a three month 13:20 period. 13:27 people transitioned into housing. 13:30 Forty four percent of that number was directly housed by 13:33 our case management team. 13:35 The rest were housed in collaboration with other case 13:38 management teams. 13:39 So so those, you know, we're we're very, you know, housing 13:44 focused. 13:47 the showers. 13:51 trust, you know, show them who Christ is, get them linked to 13:54 housing. 13:56 Yeah, one of the first things he did was put him in shelter. 13:59 Right. 13:59 Exactly. 14:02 So he was good. 14:03 You know, he could whatever he needs is covered. 14:05 I'll take care when I get back. 14:06 Right. 14:06 Right. 14:11 that just that just are paralyzed. 14:15 Because how do you when you're in fight or flight mode 24 7, 14:19 when you're not sleeping at night, every 15 minutes you're 14:21 waking up, bug crawls on you on you. 14:24 Car lights pass by and it wakes you up. 14:27 You feel like someone's pulling on your bag and you wake up 14:29 scared. 14:31 You know, I mean, you're not sleeping at night. 14:33 You're not I mean, it's it's the uncertainty. 14:36 It's yeah. 14:37 How do you how do you do that? 14:39 And so so, you know, sometimes there are people out there that 14:45 they need to be in housing first. 14:48 Many really everyone needs to be in housing first before they 14:51 can start thinking about, you know, just these other like 14:54 getting a job, you know what I mean? 14:55 Some people can do it. 14:57 Richie was one of the people we talked about last hour. 14:59 He got a job. 15:03 place. 15:07 know, we we have a guy. 15:08 I'll share this story with you guys. 15:10 We have a guy. 15:11 He's in his 70s. 15:13 He's in a walker. 15:14 Barely can barely, you know, get around and stuff like that. 15:20 And, you know, we we we serve him pretty much every day. 15:25 We're open. 15:25 He's there. 15:27 He doesn't talk much. 15:28 Very quiet. 15:29 No family or friends or anything like that. 15:32 And every night, there's only two porta potties in downtown 15:36 Orlando for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people 15:39 to use overnight, too. 15:42 And and so overnight, that's that's all they have. 15:45 Right. 15:48 border body. 15:49 So there's two choices. 15:52 You defecate yourself at night. 15:55 Or you you you risk going on the sidewalk and getting 15:58 arrested and losing all your stuff, because you would be 16:02 surprised how many people unsheltered get arrested for 16:04 using the bathroom outside. 16:06 And I mean, I get it. 16:09 But, you know, yeah, it's a it's a crime to defecate in 16:11 public. 16:13 You know, like, so what ends up happening for him? 16:16 He defecates himself every day, every night. 16:19 He comes to us for a shower. 16:21 Our staff help clean him up. 16:23 He gets new clothes sometimes. 16:25 And the same thing happens the next day, the next day, the 16:28 next day. 16:29 He can't get a job. 16:30 He he he has social security. 16:32 He's barely getting anything on social security. 16:33 He's not enough to pay rent anywhere. 16:36 He has he's on a waiting list for permanent supportive 16:38 housing, which will take two and a half years for him to get 16:40 in. 16:41 Yep. 16:43 It's it's unfortunate, but there are some, you know, some 16:46 people that, you know, I a lot of time we hear, oh, get a job 16:49 first. 16:50 They just need to get a job. 16:51 Some people can't hold a job. 16:52 They can't get a job, you know, and he's one of them. 16:55 And so it's it's heartbreaking. 16:58 And so, you know, if we weren't around, he wouldn't even be 17:02 able to get a shower. 17:04 He wouldn't be able to get his laundry done or get his mail 17:06 anywhere or or even see a case manager that's helping him 17:10 through some things that he's going through. 17:13 And, you know, and helping to get him on that permanent 17:15 supportive housing list and doing all that. 17:17 I mean, you know, so it unfortunately, there's there's 17:21 a good number of people out there that just they can't 17:24 work, you know, and we're helping to support them. 17:27 We're into everything we can to get them off the street. 17:29 Nationwide, we're peeling back the onion skin tonight. 17:32 I really appreciate that, because sometimes we see salt 17:35 as, hey, everything is working. 17:38 But sometimes you could look at situations like you just 17:40 described here where, you know, you're you just showered. 17:45 You just got new clothes and you're singing your mind. 17:47 He'll be back tomorrow. 17:49 Same situation. 17:50 And it's a cycle. 17:52 And so it almost behooves the government, the local officials 17:58 to recognize this hidden world. 18:02 Yeah. 18:03 What do they do about it? 18:04 Are they embarrassed? 18:05 You know, you want to ask yourself the question. 18:07 This is not something you could ask. 18:08 But sometimes it might be the locals. 18:11 The city doing? 18:12 Yeah. 18:16 You know, good people at the city. 18:17 They they they give us, you know, some grant funding and do 18:20 some some of what we're doing. 18:22 And initially, when we first were kind of ramping up, they 18:25 were big and getting us funded to do it. 18:27 And, you know, that's why nonprofits exist, because the 18:30 city can't, I guess, is unable or, I mean, they might be able 18:34 to, but aren't aren't doing everything they can do for 18:38 their citizens. 18:39 So so they give us money and other agencies money to try and 18:42 do something. 18:44 You know, I will say that the. 18:48 How do I say this? 18:50 The attitude toward homelessness right now. 18:53 Yeah. 18:56 More than any other time that we've been doing this ministry 18:59 has been just unhinged and and and the city, you know, is 19:06 trying to build a shelter right now. 19:08 Yeah. 19:11 each time the community pushes back and says, we don't want to 19:14 hear. 19:15 Yes. 19:20 see, you know, they don't want to tell the shelter next to 19:22 them, whatever. 19:23 But then where is it going to go? 19:25 Where are you going? 19:26 Where where is it going? 19:27 It has to go somewhere to go somewhere. 19:28 And and and, you know, and so right now, the next shelter, 19:32 the shelters have been full for years, four years, four or five 19:35 years. 19:40 And for a new shelter to get built, we're talking like three 19:43 years at the soonest. 19:46 There'll be a new shelter in Orlando. 19:47 What's going to happen in three years? 19:49 And so in the meantime, in the meantime, God has called us to 19:55 a certain mission, a certain purpose. 19:57 We are here to help. 19:59 I mean, there are people that are surviving because we're 20:02 there. 20:04 I'll share this story, too, because I and we'll go on to 20:06 some testimonies. 20:07 We have some other things to talk about. 20:09 Yeah. 20:10 So we man. 20:13 This is tough. 20:14 So we we were serving in an area. 20:17 We were taking our shower trailer out there. 20:19 It was a wooded area where we knew some people experiencing 20:22 homelessness were there. 20:23 Yes. 20:24 They were eager for help. 20:25 I mean, they I mean, there was a young person there crying, I 20:27 just want to see a case manager. 20:29 You know, I've walked over to this place. 20:31 I've waited in line, can never see a case. 20:33 I just need to see a case manager. 20:34 I need help. 20:35 You know, and they're there. 20:37 And they were when we got there and we started bringing case 20:39 management showers, clothing, hygiene. 20:41 We had some food meals. 20:43 I mean, they were all grateful and they started to work with 20:45 our case manager. 20:49 in particular that I want to talk about today. 20:52 He he was he's getting a job. 20:53 He was applying for jobs. 20:55 He was really excited to get to the next stage and get out of 21:00 his situation. 21:02 And so one day where they're serving and, you know, in order 21:06 to get to this wooded area, we have to cross a private 21:11 business owner's driveway. 21:13 So we're not we're not they don't even have a place of 21:17 business there. 21:17 It's just an empty lot. 21:18 We drive over this little sidewalk, probably as big as 21:22 this table, and get to the other side and we get to the 21:25 wooded area. 21:27 They came with a forklift and cement blocks to block us in. 21:32 They said, leave right now. 21:34 Leave right now or you're getting locked in here. 21:36 What? 21:38 And and so we were like our team was like, OK, you know, 21:42 we're going to go, you know, please don't. 21:44 You know, and at one point, they almost rammed that truck 21:48 with that cement block into one of our staff. 21:50 We had it on camera. 21:51 We're recording it the whole time because we want to make 21:54 sure you know, we were covered and and just that that the 21:58 hate. 22:00 It was the hate toward people experiencing homelessness. 22:04 There's no there's nothing holding anyone back anymore. 22:07 You know, they're just going all out. 22:09 So we ended up leaving that place and it was and we weren't 22:12 able to serve in that area anymore. 22:15 Two weeks later, the guy that was that I was working with our 22:19 case manager that was looking for a job, we found out he 22:22 passed away. 22:24 He got a cut, simple cut, opening wound, became septic, 22:31 and he passed away in that camp. 22:33 What? 22:35 We were pushed away from that encampment and that ended up 22:39 happening. 22:43 if we were not there, they they they wouldn't they wouldn't be 22:47 alive. 22:50 out there. 22:52 And and, you know, we you know, I had the privilege of speaking 22:56 at the Homeless Memorial Service in Orlando. 22:59 I did the Homeless Memorial, Homeless Memorial Service. 23:05 It's where every year we get together a bunch of 23:08 organizations and we honor the lives of those that passed away 23:12 experiencing homelessness. 23:13 There were one hundred and sixteen people that we knew of 23:15 that passed away in last year. 23:17 And there was we had a John Doe that was for everyone else that 23:21 passed away that we didn't know of know about. 23:23 And they asked me to do the the eulogy at that service. 23:30 And and I talked about that client. 23:32 I'm like, we we we need to we need to keep pushing. 23:36 We need to keep going. 23:37 We need to go harder. 23:38 There are people that are dying because we are not out there 23:41 doing what we need to do to serve these people. 23:44 And they're dying without knowing Christ, you know, like 23:47 we we need to we need to get out there. 23:50 There's a sense of urgency. 23:51 There is a sense of urgency. 23:52 And so we have that sense of urgency. 23:54 And that's that's what that's what keeps pushing us, you 23:56 know. 24:00 Well, but you know, really, Eric, you're bringing us to the 24:04 reality of the, you know, it's no longer black and white. 24:06 This is full color of what we're seeing, what's happening 24:09 there. 24:13 You don't know what you're going to deal with when you 24:16 pull up at a location. 24:17 And to think about that, it's just somebody with feel the 24:22 disparaging attitude to just block it off. 24:24 So I don't really care whether they die and I just get off of 24:27 my property. 24:28 That's just a sad reality. 24:30 Yeah. 24:30 Yeah. 24:33 you almost had to hold up your camp, so to speak. 24:37 We did. 24:37 We did. 24:38 And, you know, I, you know, I. 24:47 So we we were on a live last year. 24:49 Some people might be watching now that we're on that, that 24:52 they were watching that live and there were people that, you 24:59 know, they so so I'll start from the beginning. 25:01 Let me let me start there. 25:02 So basically. 25:05 In June of last year, we were promised a very large donation 25:08 from a corporation, one that's given us more money in the 25:12 past, you know, MOU signed, everything was set up. 25:17 Right. 25:19 Right. 25:19 So that's a lot of money. 25:21 So so we were we were really counting on that check to come 25:25 in and everything was planned. 25:26 And then I get a text from that corporation saying that they 25:31 don't there's some internal issues. 25:34 They don't know if they can get us that money. 25:35 They don't know when they will get us that money. 25:38 And so I go to our finance guy, I'm like, look, let's take our 25:42 cash flow projection here. 25:43 Let's take off one hundred and thirty thousand. 25:45 Just just delete it. 25:47 How does that affect us moving forward? 25:49 And he's like, Eric, we will have to shut down our services 25:53 by 80 percent for three months, move our staff to other grant 26:00 funded positions. 26:00 So no one's losing their job. 26:02 But for our main operation, our busiest operation, the one 26:06 where we serve that gentleman that has to, you know, that 70 26:10 year old and with a walker. 26:13 We had to shut we have to shut down by 80 percent. 26:15 That means 80 people a day, five days a week, not getting 26:17 their basic needs met. 26:19 That meant, you know, that that cutting down on our case 26:22 management capacity, too. 26:25 And, you know, that was that was really hard to stomach, you 26:28 know, and so we did everything we could. 26:31 We looked and we we looked at every possible avenue of how 26:35 can we how can we recoup this, you know? 26:38 And there was nothing that we could do, nothing we could do. 26:41 So we ended up about a week later, we brought our whole 26:46 team into into the room, into a room. 26:49 We did like a town hall with our team. 26:51 And I told them, hey, this is what's happening. 26:55 Wow. 26:57 There was a dry eye in that room, of course, you know, 27:00 because, yeah, they weren't losing their jobs, but but they 27:02 knew how this would affect the people we're serving. 27:07 So right after that meeting, it just so happened a reporter 27:10 came by and it was about something totally different. 27:14 And she could tell I was a little emotional. 27:15 She's like, what's going on? 27:16 And, you know, I tell her what's going on, what's 27:19 happening. 27:20 And she's like, you know what? 27:21 Forget that story. 27:22 Let's talk about this. 27:25 So I share what's happening on the news. 27:27 After that story, six other news stations reached out and 27:30 started, you know, they were like, oh, it's all can't shut 27:32 down. 27:35 open, popped up. 27:38 You know, salt can't shut down. 27:39 We need to we need to get it out there to try and get 27:41 support for you guys. 27:42 And so seven total seven news stories, Channel six, Channel 27:45 13, Channel two. 27:46 I mean, everybody was talking about it. 27:48 And we we ended up after that news story. 27:53 I you know, our team, a few days later, they end up going 27:56 to our clients now to our guests and they go in the 28:00 courtyard where they are and they tell them what's going on. 28:05 It was it was, you know, in in this in this really just 28:09 emotional, heartbreaking time. 28:12 There was a there was a moment of beauty there because we 28:14 shared what's happening with our clients. 28:16 And someone in a wheelchair raised their hand and said, 28:19 I'll volunteer to keep this going. 28:21 You know, someone else, you know, with a disability, I'll 28:25 volunteer. 28:29 for everyone else. 28:30 And so, you know, we we. 28:33 So, you know, that happens. 28:35 And you know, while this is happening, I get an email about 28:38 someone that, you know, they see our shower trailer in 28:41 Sanford, you know, 30 minutes north of Orlando. 28:42 They say, hey, you know, we I just want to talk. 28:44 You know, I have some ideas for Sanford and love to meet with 28:48 you. 28:48 I'm like, OK. 28:49 So we schedule something for a week later. 28:51 Now, this is four days before the shutdown. 28:54 I meet with this woman. 28:57 And it was actually the the the day I was going to be here on 29:01 three and live with Danny Yvonne Shelton. 29:06 I meet with her and she, you know, she's like, hey, I want 29:11 to talk about Sanford, but I saw this new story. 29:14 I want to talk about that. 29:15 What was that about? 29:16 And I'm like, yeah, well, this is what's going on. 29:19 So, OK, well, you know what? 29:20 You know, let me see what me and my family can do. 29:23 Maybe we can help in some way. 29:24 I don't know. 29:25 You know, we'll we'll see. 29:26 I'll send you a text about an hour before I come on this live 29:30 show. 29:33 thousand dollars to salt to keep salt going. 29:38 So the next slide here shows. 29:40 So now all the journalists that did the whole story on us 29:44 shutting down, they ended up having as good journalists. 29:48 They're like, we can't have this out there. 29:49 They're not shutting down anymore. 29:51 So there were seven more news stories that had to come around 29:55 and share the miracle of what happened because they had to. 29:58 They couldn't keep the shutting down story out by itself. 30:00 Right. 30:07 with me the most. 30:08 You know, I and it was because, you know, sometimes when they 30:10 do stories, you talk about God and they don't include it in 30:14 the news story to that particular news story in the 30:16 middle. 30:21 So and because that's what we told our team. 30:23 We're like, look, we did everything we could. 30:26 All we can do is pray right now. 30:27 That's right. 30:29 We're in that room, you know, in tears, all praying for this 30:32 miracle. 30:35 And and so, you know, I what I do is I take, you know, we're 30:38 praying, you know, we pray that God can get the glory for all 30:42 this. 30:46 You know, we'll share how you deliver it, how you try to try 30:49 it. 30:55 media sometimes of salt. 30:56 You know, we have an Instagram. 30:57 And so I I, you know, sometimes I spend hours and hours putting 31:03 together a social media post and it gets like two likes. 31:07 And I'm like in my head, I'm like, yeah, it's going to go 31:10 viral. 31:10 Everyone's going to love that. 31:11 And no one likes it. 31:13 So but but in this case, I took a screenshot of that news 31:16 story, the same screenshot you saw in that previous slide 31:18 there, the middle news story, took a screenshot. 31:21 I posted on Instagram and it went viral. 31:25 Wow. 31:26 Three point eight million people saw this news story. 31:30 And so God got the glory. 31:32 Man, he got the glory. 31:34 He made this. 31:35 We don't have viral posts like that on our page. 31:37 We're not that big. 31:38 But for some reason, and I know it was God, he made that news 31:43 story viral. 31:44 And and so it was just, you know, had twenty four thousand 31:48 likes, you know, so many people saw it. 31:52 And and now I get to share it in places like here. 31:54 And share what the greatness that God did. 31:58 And, you know, it's it's it's it's so being a part of 32:02 ministry and, you know, we're all in it, you know, we're all 32:04 in ministry and stuff like that. 32:06 And, you know, every year, the challenges don't necessarily at 32:12 the core. 32:13 The challenges are all the same. 32:15 But but the difference is, is they get bigger and bigger and 32:18 bigger. 32:19 Yeah. 32:24 donation would have been like, oh, man, what are we going to 32:26 do? 32:27 Oh, what's what's what's going to happen? 32:30 Yeah. 32:34 thirty thousand dollar gap. 32:35 We're like, oh, no, what's you know, God, what are you going 32:37 to do? 32:38 And and you know what? 32:39 Well, we came on here and three being live. 32:41 Yeah. 32:44 Yvonne in the in the live. 32:46 And they didn't know they didn't actually know. 32:48 I didn't tell them before. 32:50 Right. 32:50 Right. 32:52 and you know, that that live 3ABN viewers. 32:58 Yes. 32:58 They stepped up. 32:59 Amen. 33:00 They were donating. 33:01 We got so many donations that that day from 3ABN viewers 33:05 wanting to help and make sure that we can hit our goal to to 33:11 to keep things going. 33:12 And, you know, honestly, I just I almost feel like I need to 33:16 take a second just to talk to the 3ABN viewers because sure 33:19 you know, from the beginning, like 2016, you know, we had 33:26 this dream and 3ABN viewers have walked alongside us. 33:30 They're they they're donating on a regular basis. 33:33 They're being a part of these miracles. 33:35 They're part of these miracles. 33:36 You know, they're part of this mission. 33:38 And it couldn't happen without all the support we get. 33:42 And we're so thankful. 33:43 And, you know, I'm almost in tears now because it's like 33:46 we're just we're just so we're so thankful for your support. 33:49 Your support goes such a long way. 33:53 And so we're just so grateful for you. 33:55 Thank you for your support. 33:57 I'm glad you put that out there because we definitely want to 33:59 reach out to the audience and I'm I know I'm just kind of 34:03 sniffling here to keep it from becoming teary because in 34:06 reality, when you think about what God does, he's looking for 34:09 people to stand in the gap. 34:11 There is an unseen world that remains unseen to so many 34:15 people. 34:19 We pass them by, you know, the song, People Need the Lord. 34:22 It's so fitting there. 34:23 I could see it in their eyes and you see it in their eyes. 34:27 Empty people filled with care. 34:29 I remember once years ago when we were new in ministry, there 34:33 was a man and his son that was homeless. 34:37 And we took him in our home to live with us. 34:41 He had nowhere to go. 34:43 Right, honey? 34:44 Yeah, I'll tell you about this. 34:49 never published it yet. 34:50 But it's, you know, I might even dedicate this to what you 34:53 guys do because we were living up in the Northern California 34:57 mountains at the time, our first church we pastored. 35:01 Actually the second one, but the first solo church. 35:05 And a van pulled up in the parking lot. 35:07 It was a lot of older people. 35:09 So we had our prayer meeting early in the day, like two o 35:12 'clock because they couldn't drive at night through the 35:14 mountains. 35:18 up a man and his son, Caucasian guy and his young son, I'd say 35:24 about 15 at the time. 35:26 And he said, we asked him his name, he told us his name and 35:29 we said, where are you going? 35:30 He said, nowhere. 35:35 So we says, so how can we help you? 35:37 He says, I just have 47 cents. 35:42 Can you help me with something? 35:43 So as I tell the story, the lyrics were just so powerful 35:51 that I'm going to just look it up here as I tell the story, 35:54 actually it's in my head. 35:57 So our church members, most of them older, they said, where 36:01 are you going? 36:01 He said, nowhere. 36:03 They said, well, why don't you stay for a while? 36:06 So we took him in. 36:08 To live with us. 36:09 So we put him in a hotel for the week, right in town. 36:12 And what do you need? 36:15 We provided it for him. 36:17 They said, so where's your destination? 36:19 We really don't have one. 36:21 We're just driving. 36:23 And I said, okay. 36:27 there at the gas station and said, hey, how you doing? 36:30 He says, I'm just getting some fuel for my van. 36:33 And he was there when I got there and I was filling up and 36:37 I bought the lead, but he's still there. 36:38 I said, is there something wrong? 36:40 Are you guys still in the hotel? 36:43 Actually, no, we're not still in the hotel. 36:45 What happened? 36:46 Well, my son got really angry one evening and they put us 36:49 out. 36:49 How long ago was that? 36:51 It's our second night. 36:52 So where are you sleeping in our van? 36:56 And he said, we're having battery problems and so how do 36:59 you get your battery started? 37:00 Well, we kind of drive up the hill in the morning, we put it 37:03 in neutral and push it down the hill so it starts up. 37:07 I said, I called, but actually I just brought, I said, come to 37:11 our house. 37:11 There was no cell phones. 37:14 I said, why don't you stay with us? 37:16 So we had them come in and it was not too far from Christmas. 37:23 Just shorten it. 37:23 Shorten. 37:27 is interesting. 37:30 We helped them fill out paper. 37:32 The church pulled together. 37:33 So this evening, I get the story. 37:35 So talking about going from one place to the next. 37:38 So quickly on the story. 37:39 So this evening, the father says to his son, go outside the 37:44 play, I got to talk to. 37:45 And he said, now we can tell the story because it's been 37:48 many years. 37:52 I won't tell you, I won't say from where. 37:55 I've been on the run. 37:57 There's probably a warrant out for my arrest. 37:59 And he explained the situation. 38:00 He says, if you want to verify that, here's my mom, call her. 38:03 He had not done anything illegal, but he found a very 38:07 uncompromising situation. 38:09 He reacted to it. 38:10 And my son and I just... 38:13 So he said, what we're going to do is we're going to return 38:14 back home, face our consequences. 38:19 And that was toward the end of the story. 38:21 But we bought them gifts and all. 38:24 They went back home, faced their time. 38:27 And years later, we came through the town. 38:29 This is shortened in the story. 38:30 And they were living in that town. 38:33 And so the words of the man and the son were out on the run, 38:36 heading nowhere. 38:41 They saw a small steeple, and then they found people right 38:45 there. 38:47 Man, I need to hear that. 38:48 I need to hear that. 38:50 What they didn't know, as we would come to show them, you 38:54 care. 38:55 They were out on the go. 38:56 What they did not know, there's no place you can't find it. 39:01 So I don't get emotional like this, but this is what salt is 39:04 all about. 39:10 There's no place that God can't find them. 39:12 I've never gotten emotional on this story before like this, 39:15 but I'm listening to the whole story of salt, and it's really 39:19 impressing me that there are so many people that are listening 39:21 to the program, watching the program. 39:25 I mean, we've had people come through here, and we've called 39:27 their families and said, your mother is here. 39:30 And they say, we don't really care. 39:32 We don't care what happens to her. 39:34 And I'm thinking, this is your mother. 39:35 She gave you birth. 39:36 I don't care. 39:37 You want to take care of her fine, but we don't care. 39:40 They hang up the phone, and we've had many instances like 39:42 that. 39:45 around the world that are having to deal with this. 39:47 I mean, when I say chapters around the world, people around 39:50 the world dealing with that. 39:51 Now take us down the Mount Sinai route. 39:57 So, you know, I just want to say, I mean, that's such a 40:02 beautiful story. 40:09 Before I leave, before I leave. 40:11 I'll let you hear it. 40:12 Yeah, I'd love to hear it. 40:13 It's a beautiful song. 40:16 So we, you know, so the Mount Sinai route, right? 40:21 Yeah. 40:25 It's our busiest operation. 40:27 It's at downtown Orlando. 40:30 We, you know, we did our mission well there. 40:32 It's led to our vision. 40:34 And what's happening is that organization that we're 40:37 operating on their property, we're transforming that 40:40 property into a drop-in center campus. 40:43 I mean, they're turning all the buildings focused on this and 40:47 with resources, five million dollar grant they got to turn 40:50 this campus into a center for people experiencing 40:53 homelessness. 40:54 So we were able to be that proof that this is needed here. 41:01 And it's helped to generate that. 41:03 So we knew we had to move off the property eventually, right? 41:06 Yes. 41:14 30 -day notice that we need to be out of here, like in 30 41:17 days, basically. 41:18 And this was at the end of last year. 41:20 So just get off the property. 41:22 Yep, yep. 41:24 over a hundred people a day where we're, you know, we have 41:30 our full case management team there. 41:32 I mean, there's, you know, all of our services and resources 41:35 are stocked in that building. 41:37 Our administrative team is in that building. 41:38 I mean, there's a lot of stuff that's getting uprooted here 41:41 when we have to move. 41:43 And so we looked all over the place and in that short time, 41:47 Mount Sinai Seventh-day Adventist Church, they were 41:49 like, you know what? 41:50 We can take you guys here. 41:52 You know, it would have had to been temporary at that time, 41:55 which we understood, it was going to be mostly outside. 41:59 It was about two miles away from where we were. 42:02 But it was on short notice, you know, for them to take us in. 42:05 We were so grateful for that. 42:07 So we could at least continue serving while we figure out a 42:10 longer term solution, right? 42:12 So in the middle of all that, you know, I have a graphic here 42:14 to kind of illustrate a little bit. 42:17 So, you know, we're in a place called the Christian Service 42:20 Center. 42:22 And, you know, in the middle of us looking for a space, right? 42:27 We see a place called Power House. 42:30 And that place was actually much better for our clients. 42:33 It was closer to where we were. 42:35 There was more space. 42:36 It could be longer term. 42:37 The challenge was, is it's $6 ,000 a month. 42:41 So we saw that place and we're like, oh, wow, this is great. 42:44 We heard the rent price. 42:45 We're like, you know what? 42:46 I don't know if God wants us here. 42:48 Let's go free. 42:50 Let's go to Mount Sinai, you know? 42:52 And so we end up going to that Mount Sinai Church. 42:56 We're about to go there. 42:58 About six days before we get to that, we officially move to 43:03 that location, open up. 43:05 I get a phone call. 43:06 It's a Thursday. 43:08 The next Wednesday is when we fully move into Mount Sinai 43:12 Church. 43:13 I get a call and it's someone yelling at me. 43:16 I don't know if, I can't remember the last time, like, 43:20 anyone's ever yelled at me like this, but they were like, we 43:23 don't want you here. 43:25 Keep your homeless people over there. 43:29 They're going to break into our homes. 43:31 They're going to, you know, get our kids. 43:35 They're going to, you know, do this. 43:37 I mean, it was like, it was a good 20 minutes and I couldn't 43:41 even get a word in. 43:42 I was just, I just stood on the phone. 43:44 I'm like, I try and you know, she keeps cutting me off 43:47 yelling. 43:48 And she's like, you need to stop, you know? 43:51 And obviously like, I can't make a decision right there on 43:56 this phone call. 43:57 You know what I mean? 44:00 to be, you know, is we're not just going to... 44:01 So I tell her, I'm like, look, you know, I thank you for 44:04 sharing. 44:05 I'll take what you said. 44:06 I'll share it with the team. 44:07 That's all I can say right now. 44:10 But that's my personal cell number that now gets circulated 44:13 to all the communities surrounding the church. 44:17 I'm getting calls all night on Thursday night. 44:21 Friday comes. 44:23 I'm meeting with some people, some allies that we have trying 44:27 to get some advice. 44:28 You know, I'm meeting with HOA presidents in that area. 44:32 I'm talking with the church even, because now the church is 44:35 getting, you know, knocks on their door and it's the 44:38 pastor's first week. 44:39 God bless him. 44:39 He's... 44:40 It was his first week. 44:41 He's like, what did I get into? 44:43 Yeah, that's my fire. 44:44 And that was his first Saturday. 44:46 He was going to speak and everything. 44:47 It was just crazy. 44:48 So, you know, I'm talking to him even because he's like, you 44:51 know, well, who saw it? 44:52 What's going on here? 44:53 You know, he's learning still and what's going on. 44:56 And so, you know, I'm talking to the church. 44:57 I'm meeting with these HOA presidents. 44:59 When I'm in this meeting with the HOA presidents, there's 45:01 three presidents there. 45:04 They're like, tomorrow, Saturday. 45:07 If you continue to go forward with this, we have a protest 45:10 that's rallying right now that's going to protest during 45:12 your church service at Mount Sinai Church the next day. 45:16 And on top of that, we're calling a press conference. 45:19 We're going to get the news there. 45:21 This is on Sabbath. 45:22 This is on church service time. 45:25 And so, I'm like, look, I hear your concerns. 45:34 I need time to pray about this, to talk to our board, talk to 45:38 our leadership team. 45:40 I can't make a decision. 45:41 They were forcing me to make a decision on the phone. 45:43 I'm like, I can't make a decision on this call. 45:45 I'm sorry, but please, please do not organize. 45:51 Please call off your protest. 45:52 Call off your press conference. 45:55 Just give me a day. 45:56 Give me a day to pray on this, to figure this out, talk to our 45:59 team. 46:02 through in this ministry. 46:05 And one of the challenges was, Mount Sinai is an amazing 46:08 church, amazing pastor. 46:10 I mean, they're spirit-filled. 46:12 They're wanting to do ministry. 46:13 And they're advocating. 46:14 They want, you know, the church wants us there, right? 46:17 They feel like this is a partnership. 46:19 This is something God, you know, ordained. 46:22 And, you know, a part of me, the human nature in me is like, 46:26 I don't care what you guys say. 46:27 We're going to do it. 46:28 You know what I mean? 46:30 You want to protest, fine. 46:31 But you have people's needs. 46:32 Right, you know, because this is for helping, you know, we 46:35 got to help our people. 46:36 We can't leave them stranded, you know? 46:39 But you know what? 46:41 I take everything off the table. 46:42 Man, and I just want to shout out my wife here because I was 46:46 struggling, man. 46:47 I was struggling. 46:48 My wife was there every step of the way. 46:50 She was with you. 46:54 this. 46:55 She didn't even seem worried. 46:56 She's like, it's going to work out. 46:58 You're stressing out too much. 47:01 But she was praying alongside me. 47:03 She was comforting me. 47:04 I mean, it was such a blessing. 47:05 You know, God really, I'm so glad that she's in my life and 47:08 that God, we're married. 47:10 Yeah, so anyway, so now on Saturday, I have to go talk to 47:15 the church because Mount Sinai Church had a business meeting 47:18 that Saturday night. 47:20 And again, this is now four days until we start operating 47:23 there. 47:26 You know, how is this going to look here? 47:28 You know, where do we set up? 47:29 Those questions we were going to answer that night. 47:32 But instead now, I had to go there and share with them. 47:35 Look, we took everything off the table and only left our 47:40 clients on the table. 47:41 And we asked ourselves, what is best for our clients? 47:44 Forget about money. 47:45 Take money out of it. 47:46 What's best for our clients right now? 47:48 The best thing we determined for our clients that what God 47:51 led us to was to be at that powerhouse location. 47:54 $6,000 rent, right? 47:56 And we're like, I don't know, God, that's pretty steep. 48:01 But you know, maybe that's where God wanted. 48:04 Because we realized that we just kind of brushed that 48:06 location off because of the rent. 48:08 But in reality, God could meet all the financial needs. 48:12 He's the provider, right? 48:14 He's provided for us before. 48:15 He just provided for us. 48:16 I just shared that story with you. 48:18 So God can do it. 48:21 At the end of the day, that location, the powerhouse 48:23 location was much better for our clients. 48:27 So we said, you know what, God, I think you're diverting us 48:30 back to this church. 48:32 Even though it's a lot of money, we then had to develop 48:35 the faith to say, God's going to provide. 48:38 It's best for our clients. 48:39 God's going to provide. 48:41 So I go and I share that with the Mount Sinai Church. 48:43 And man, I'm there in this, you know, and I'm feeling, you 48:47 know, I'm feeling a little... 48:49 It's hard. 48:50 It's hard. 48:54 excited about having partnering in this way. 48:57 You've been to the church, you know. 48:58 Oh, yeah, yeah. 48:59 We know Mount Sinai. 49:06 someone came up to the microphone. 49:07 They're like, I told them everything, you know, these are 49:10 the reasons why we believe God's moving us to this new 49:12 location, blah, blah, blah. 49:14 Someone came up to the mic and they said, so what are you 49:18 asking from us? 49:19 And I'm like, what do you mean? 49:21 I'm not, you know, they're like, well, ask something. 49:23 And I'm like, well, yeah, I mean, well, we could use help 49:27 for that rent because we don't know how we're going to get 49:29 that rent money. 49:30 And then people, I'll give 400 a month. 49:32 I'll give 200. 49:34 Writing checks right there. 49:35 Giving us checks for the money. 49:37 The pastor on the screen. 49:38 Yeah, the church will make a formal donation to this and to 49:41 help support this move. 49:43 You know, it was just, it was really beautiful. 49:46 It was really beautiful. 49:47 You know, beautiful people there, God-fearing people. 49:51 And then, so, you know, it was affirmation. 49:54 It was confirmation that God was going to provide for the 49:57 rent. 50:04 Avon health says, you know what? 50:07 You know, we had been talking with them. 50:09 We share with them the story. 50:10 They reached out to us recently a few weeks ago. 50:12 They were like, you know what? 50:13 We're going to cover the first year of rent. 50:15 Whole year. 50:17 $63,000 they're giving us to cover the rent of that church. 50:21 God provided the rent. 50:23 God provided the rent. 50:25 Now, now, when, when, in thinking about, you know, uh, 50:29 uh, you know, some texts in the Bible, right? 50:31 Okay. 50:32 All right. 50:34 Um, and so I have one last graphic here I want to show. 50:36 Let's see. 50:37 So, so... 50:38 Here we go. 50:39 Walk us through it. 50:39 In Exodus 13, right? 50:41 The, the, the, the Israelites come out of Egypt, right? 50:45 Goshen and, and in Exodus 13, it says, well, they could have 50:49 went the short way. 50:50 Yeah. 50:54 Egypt, right? 50:54 So they were like, okay, you know what? 50:56 I can't take them the short way. 50:57 Their faith isn't there yet, right? 50:58 So they said, you know what? 50:59 Let, let me take them the long way. 51:01 So we took them by the way of the Red Sea. 51:03 So they had the Red Sea experience. 51:05 They go and, and one of the climactic experiences they 51:08 experience on this long way to their home is the Mount Sinai 51:14 experience. 51:16 And after that Mount Sinai experience, they eventually 51:19 route their way all the way to, you know, where Canaan is. 51:24 Now they had to go through a Mount Sinai experience to build 51:27 the faith they needed to get home to the rightful home. 51:31 We also had to go through a Mount Sinai experience. 51:34 All right. 51:35 To be able to get to our rightful home because God, we 51:38 would not have had the faith for some reason. 51:41 And it's so crazy because, you know, and that's how, you know, 51:44 that's how it is, right? 51:45 You know, God does something amazing and then all of a 51:47 sudden, you know, we're like, oh man, we're seeing this 51:50 challenge now. 51:51 What are we going to do? 51:52 You know, and, and God, God used that situation to build 51:57 our faith, to gradually build our faith to get to the point 52:01 where we said, you know what? 52:03 It doesn't matter the money. 52:05 God's going to provide the money. 52:07 That's right. 52:07 This is where he wants us. 52:09 Amen. 52:11 I've heard that and so, and, and he did it and you know what 52:16 I mean? 52:20 God is so good. 52:21 This year, this just happened. 52:24 This literally just happened. 52:25 We just moved into the new place. 52:28 Yeah. 52:28 About a month ago. 52:31 Yeah. 52:31 Officially, how big is it? 52:33 So it's about, it's about, I believe it's a combined about 5 52:38 ,000 square feet. 52:39 It's huge. 52:40 So we have storage for all of our location. 52:42 Oh, wonderful. 52:43 Supply chain and all that. 52:45 We have office space. 52:47 We have a break area for our team. 52:49 You know, we're signing a three year lease. 52:50 We're going to be there long -term. 52:52 All of our services could be there. 52:54 We have a courtyard for guests to wait. 52:56 We can make it our own. 52:58 You know, our shower and laundry trailer will be there. 53:00 I mean, we have a case management dedicated space to 53:04 for our case managers. 53:05 I mean, it is... 53:07 The promised land. 53:08 Yes, it is the promised land. 53:10 It made it to the promised land. 53:12 That's what it is. 53:13 From Egypt to Mount Sinai to the promised land. 53:14 That's what it was. 53:15 That's what it was for us. 53:17 And I believe that God is just getting started with you and I 53:20 want to just take a little time here to reach out to our 53:23 viewers and our listeners because I know that if you've 53:25 been touched as I have, I mean, I don't ever get teary-eyed on 53:28 a program and tonight it's just my heart was moved and 53:32 continues to be stirred in me, Eric, about what God is doing 53:35 in your life. 53:36 And if you've had a lack of faith when you started watching 53:39 this program, you cannot end this program with that lack of 53:43 faith because God may have a Mount Sinai in your journey and 53:47 it may be on the way to the promised land. 53:49 You might be a person watching this program from a homeless 53:53 position. 53:54 And you're thinking, hey, what about me? 53:56 We're going to be praying for you tonight that God will lead 53:58 you and guide you. 54:00 And we know that the salt experience is not something 54:02 limited to Orlando or Southern California, but they're praying 54:05 for this to be nationwide. 54:06 But tonight, as a viewer, if you are in the position where 54:09 you can say, I want to be able to stand in the gap. 54:12 I want to be able to help build this bridge financially. 54:16 I know that God has blessed me in ways that only you know and 54:22 you want to reach out to salt. 54:23 Could you put that information back up on the screen there so 54:26 that they'll know how to reach out? 54:28 Service and love together. 54:29 That's what S-A-L-T dot org. 54:32 Service, S-E-R-V-I-C-E and A-N -D-L-O-V-E and the word 54:37 together dot org if you're listening on the radio. 54:39 And you might say, I want to reach out to Eric Camarillo. 54:42 I want to partner with him, his staff. 54:45 They may need more. 54:47 I mean, this ministry is just growing. 54:51 There's a silent world out there and God has blessed those 54:55 who are watching the program and those who are viewers of 54:57 this program, radio, 3ABN radio, 3ABN television. 55:02 And we want you to know that the blessing is literally, as 55:05 Danny has said, the blessing is on the go. 55:08 God will provide. 55:09 And as you bless, given it shall be given unto you. 55:13 There's the phone number. 55:14 You can also call 866-B-SALTY. 55:21 That's 2-3-7-2-5-8-9. 55:25 866-2-3-7-2-5-8-9. 55:28 I love that. 55:29 Want to get something catchy in there? 55:32 I will say if you call that number, make sure to leave a 55:35 voicemail. 55:38 That's our main number. 55:39 So we get a lot of calls on that number. 55:40 Make sure to leave a voicemail so we can get back to you. 55:43 Email me if so. 55:46 And honestly, if you want to make a donation, you could 55:47 always text PASSTHESALT to 44321. 55:53 You could go right on our website or you could text 55:55 PASSTHESALT to 44321. 55:58 And it's 501-C3? 56:00 501-C3, tax-deductible donations. 56:03 Yeah, yeah. 56:04 The 3ABN viewers have helped us to get this far. 56:06 We're excited to see where we can go and, you know, moving 56:10 forward. 56:15 Many denominations, but here's the blessing. 56:18 I was hungry. 56:18 You gave me food. 56:19 I was thirsty. 56:20 You gave me drink. 56:20 I was a stranger. 56:21 You took me in. 56:22 I was naked. 56:23 You clothed me. 56:23 I was sick. 56:24 And you visited me. 56:26 I was in prison and you came to me. 56:28 God bless you, Eric. 56:29 I'm looking at you prospering in the Lord and the work of the 56:33 Lord. 56:36 difference is going to be a significant blessing. 56:38 We're looking forward to the next miracle stories. 56:41 It's blessing others, you know, the homeless, the ones that 56:45 don't have. 56:46 And so we're grateful for what you're doing. 56:48 God bless you. 56:49 Not just you, but your team and your wife. 56:53 You know, it's wonderful. 56:54 Well, there's somebody out on the run heading nowhere. 56:57 We pray that in your journey, you will find Jesus as he 57:00 directs you to him through the ministry of salt. 57:02 Until next time, God bless you. |
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