Stay tuned and see that
where God leads He provides
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and exceeds expectations.
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My name is Jason Bradley,
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and you are
watching Urban Report.
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Hello and
welcome to Urban Report.
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My guest today
is Eric Camarillo,
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President of SALT
Outreach Ministries.
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Welcome to Urban Report, Eric.
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Hey, Jason, I'm
happy to be here.
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Yes, it's great
to have you here.
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Clearly you are no stranger
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to 3ABN's Dare to
Dream Network at all.
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You have been here, you
know, on several occasions
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and I have been impressed
with how God has been leading
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and providing in your ministry,
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and I'm looking
forward to diving into that
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and hearing all
the miracle stories
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that have been taking place,
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but before we do why don't you
just tell us a little bit about
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you, your background
and what SALT stands for?
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Yeah, so my name
is Eric Camarillo.
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I do have a background
as far as my education,
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I got social work
a bachelor's degree
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and got my master's
in non-profit management,
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and I'm the
president of SALT Outreach.
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SALT is an acronym for,
Service and Love Together.
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We right now have a mobile day
service center for the homeless
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or also referred to as
a mobile dropping center
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for the
homeless, where we provide
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basic needs to
them that includes
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shower through a shower trailer,
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clothing and hygiene product
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through a clothing
trailer, haircuts, food
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and other resource and
services through our partners.
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Nice, nice.
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So you said shower trailer,
and you said clothing trailer.
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I remember you
coming on the program
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and you were
talking about your need
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for a clothing
trailer, a change trailer
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and for a shower
trailer and you have it.
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Yeah I will say that honestly
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that shower trailer right there
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was $40,000 we had to raise,
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and if it wasn't for 3ABN
and Dare to Dream viewers,
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we might not have
been able to raise it.
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I mean just between the viewers
on this show we raised little
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over $20,000 from the
people that watch this show.
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Wow! And that
supports this mission.
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And so, if you know and
like I always like to say
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when it comes to
helping the homeless, you know,
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a lot of people don't know
where to start or what to do.
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You know, a lot of
people don't feel comfortable
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giving money directly to
those experiencing homelessness,
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but supporting
organizations like us
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that provide those
direct services to them
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is one great way to
support those people
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that are unsheltered right now.
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Yes, yes.
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Now I know, the last time
you were, well, I say here,
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but the last time
you were on Skype,
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my mother interviewed
you and you were telling her
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what was going on the
ministry and all of that.
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What are some of the
changes that have taken place
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within the ministry since then?
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Yeah, you know what?
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There has been a
lot, Jason, it's crazy,
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it's been like night and day
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and we can only give
God the credit for that.
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You know when Yvonne
interviewed us, you know,
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we had just gotten
some initial funding
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from the city of
Orlando to operate
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during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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You know, a lot
of the organizations
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because they operate inside,
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it wasn't safe
for them to operate
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and because many
of those organizations
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let's say provide food,
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it wasn't safe for them
to gather all of those people
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in one place.
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So us being outside
doing things by appointment,
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we were one of
the only organizations
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able to operate
during the pandemic
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when it first started
because you could imagine
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for someone
experiencing homelessness
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and everything
shutting down, the businesses,
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not being able to get food
where they usually get food.
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Not being able to go
into different places
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to get resources like a
shower or even use the bathroom.
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Yeah.
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It really put them
in a tough situations
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and so the city was like,
"Let's partner with SALT."
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And we partnered together.
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And they gave us initial funding
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to operate three days a week
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during the pandemic.
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And so, since then, you know,
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we've been
operating three days a week.
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We just increased
to four days a week,
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and the city of Orlando
approved a large grant for us,
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$250,000 to cover us
from October to September
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of next year which is huge.
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I mean, really, it's God's
way of increasing our capacity
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to serve even more
people and do even more,
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so that's exciting.
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That is huge,
so you got approved
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for the grant for $250,000.
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You're going to be
able to accomplish so much
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with that because all of
that stuff cost money, right?
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Getting stuff
like a shower trailer.
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What are some
of the other things
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that you are looking to do
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that you need to
garner support for?
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Yeah.
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And, you know, you're
right, when it comes to,
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I was just
looking at like last year,
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the beginning of last year
we were operating once a month
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maybe impacting 60 to 80 people
a month through our operation,
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but now operating
four days a week, I mean,
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our impact is almost quintupled
from that time last year.
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So definitely the extra funds
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are helping us to
make a bigger impact.
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We are hiring, we
just hired actually
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a licensed
clinical social worker
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who is going help
to do case management
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for some of those experiencing
homelessness they have,
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you know, mental health issues.
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We are hiring another
master's level social worker
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as well to help
with case management,
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and we are going to be taking
four bachelor level interns
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from the local
universities to be able to help
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with case management as well.
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So we can really kind of
connect them to the resources.
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You know, once they
get those basic needs
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from us connecting
them to other organizations
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that can help
with those other needs
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that they might have
eventually to end homelessness.
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You know,
because here in Orlando
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there is a
coordinated community effort,
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you know like we might do
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one aspect of
serving the homeless
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but then there might
be another organization
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does another aspect,
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another
organization that does another,
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and we all kind of
coordinate our efforts
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to really
impact that individual.
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So that's one thing
and the other thing too
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is we actually
just made a down payment
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on a laundry trailer.
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It's going to have six washers
and six dryers to help meet
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that laundry needs that
we, that the homeless have.
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Wow.
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That's huge, so
a laundry trailer,
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that is huge.
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So you are
establishing partnerships,
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you are building partnerships.
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Have any
companies helped support
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what you have
going on with SALT?
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Yeah.
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So we did have, you know,
the city of Orlando, of course,
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was a big entity
that's supporting us,
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then we have
Orlando Utility Commission
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who donated solar panels to us.
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I mentioned that
in Yvonne's interview
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that's been huge
to help us cut down
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on that energy cost
and that sort of thing.
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We did also have
the Hilton support us.
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During the
pandemic they helped house
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some of our
workers that were working
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and they didn't want to go
directly home for the risk of,
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you know, if they did have
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something passing
on to their family,
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they are able to go
to a hotel room shower
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and get changed
and then go home.
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But, yeah, we've had, I mean,
many different organizations
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and businesses really contribute
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to this mission
in different ways,
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you know, providing food.
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There's organization's
named Food not Bombs
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that does vegan food
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for those
experiencing homelessness.
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You know, another organization,
the Islamic Society of Orlando
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is helping to
provide food as well.
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The Christian Service
Center which is an organization
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that we are kind
of based right now.
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They are also
providing lunch every, you know,
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around 12 every day at
that site to help support
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what's happening there.
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So it's been exciting to seek
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kind of all this
different entities
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from all this
different backgrounds
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and organizations come together
for the same purpose, you know,
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to be able to meet those
needs, to fulfill, you know,
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Matthew 25, right?
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"'I was hungry
and you gave me food,
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thirsty and you gave a drink,
naked and you gave me clothes.
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I needed a shelter
and you took me in.''
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I mean that's...
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Yeah, I believe it's
referring to those experiencing
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homelessness in
those verses, you know,
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definitely the help is needed.
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Yes, yes.
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So, man, so you have all
these partnerships coming about
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and it creates extra witnessing
opportunities as well, right?
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Talk to us little bit
about being able to witness.
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I mean, you already doing
the practical Christianity,
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you know, Christ method alone.
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But talk to us about some
of the witnessing opportunities
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that you have had?
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Yeah.
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I know we're going to be going
through the pictures later,
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but that, that
was kind of like a,
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really like a prime example
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of what we're
trying to accomplish.
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You know, being able to meet
those needs and share Christ
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you know, while we're meeting
those needs is a huge part of,
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you know, what
we're trying to do.
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I know that we
just have a partnership
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with a local Adventist Church,
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Lighthouse Community
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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and they
actually have a box truck
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that they retrofitted
to be a mobile stage.
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And so, they'll
actually bring church out there
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to those
experiencing homelessness,
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to be able to meet
some of those steps,
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that spiritual need
that fellowship need
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that they have
because a lot of them
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did go to church, but
when the church is closed,
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they weren't able to do that.
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They couldn't go online
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and even
experience online church.
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You know what I mean?
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So this was something that,
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that was crucial
that they missed a lot.
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I mean, the
smiles on their faces
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definitely spoke for themselves
when we were able to do that.
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And then
obviously, you know, we as,
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and I hear from
our staff all the time,
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there are those that
just need prayer, you know,
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that we're going to pray for.
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And we're actually looking
to hire a part-time chaplain,
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calling them a chaplain,
that's going to be onsite
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to help meet that spiritual need
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for those experiencing
homelessness as well.
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So that's a project
that we're actually trying
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to raise money for as
well to kind of be there
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for them in that, in that way.
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So that's something
that's, that's been working.
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And then there's Patrick,
which I'll talk about later,
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I guess when we go
through the pictures that story.
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Yeah. You have so much going on.
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One of the things
that I'm curious about is,
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how do you pick the location
where you're going to take
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the shower trailer
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or where you're going
to take the change trailer?
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Like how do you, how
do you find that location?
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That's a good question.
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So we used to, we used to
kind of go to different areas
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where we felt and
one of the crucial things
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I think about a
drop-in center in general
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for the homeless
is, is, you know,
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being able to
meet those basic needs.
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But when you're
a mobile like us,
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we can actually meet
the homeless where they are.
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And one of the purposes
is to engage as many people
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as possible to
create those relationships
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and build that
trust, to then refer them
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to other organizations
to help end homelessness.
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So, you know, we definitely want
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to meet them where they are.
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And so that's
what we've been doing.
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We try to pick
locations where we feel
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that they are going
to be most comfortable
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going to, and
currently, you know,
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we just for about a
month now, we've been operating
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at the Christian Service Center
in Orlando, because that's,
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that's something that's
been in the community for ages.
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You know, those that are,
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that are
experiencing homelessness,
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they know where
that location is.
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I mean, the homeless, the
coalition for the homeless
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that has a shelter is
maybe two or three blocks away.
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So it's, it's,
you know, it's a place
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that they're familiar
with that they're comfortable
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with that, you know,
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and that's crucial in being able
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to provide these
services and build that trust.
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So that's how we
picked that location.
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Okay, good to
know, good to know.
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We do have several pictures
and so I'd like to start
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putting the first one up now,
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and then you tell
us a little bit about
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what's going on
in each one of these?
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Yeah. I'm going
to share a testimony.
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It's about our friend, Patrick,
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that's him right
there holding the door open.
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He's kind of, you
know, guiding some volunteers
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that are volunteering there
on how to clean the bathrooms.
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He came to us back in, it
was late 2018, early 2019,
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and he just came to us to
receive a shower, you know,
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and to get his needs met.
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And so, you know, we got
to know him a little bit,
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and he was so grateful at being
able to receive these services
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that he started to
clean the bathrooms
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after each person that
showered and used the bathroom.
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And as a volunteer, I
mean, he didn't expect
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anything in return.
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So that's just a picture
of him volunteering with us.
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If we go to the next shot here.
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That's, this is him
working with us as an employee.
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So when we decided to
hire people back in March,
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you know, he was
one of the first people
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we decided to hire.
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I mean, he's been with
us and volunteering with us
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for over a year at that point.
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And he was good at what he did.
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He was a hard
worker, so we hired him.
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And at the same
time as we hired him,
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we helped to get them
off the street as well.
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So he was in a
place with AC and a bed
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and, you know,
he was comfortable.
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And so that's a picture of him
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and our homeless
outreach director,
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Kathy, they just took a
picture there after outreach.
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And so, he was a huge
asset to our operation
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and helping us to
run during Coronavirus.
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The next picture here.
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So what ended up happening is...
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So Pat, he started to limp
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and it was back
in about late June.
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He started to limp, you
know, people are noticing,
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seemed like he
was losing weight.
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And he didn't
really know what it was.
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And we didn't, we kind
of were urging him to go
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and get it checked out
and go to the hospital.
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And finally, in
early July he did end up
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going to the hospital.
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And you know,
while we all thought
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it was some kind of like
pinched nerve or something,
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and, even him, thought
it was something like that.
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We find out that he
has stage IV lung cancer.
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Oh, man.
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That had metastasized
and spread to his hip,
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and that's why he was limping.
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And so the doctors told us,
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one of our
outreach workers, Carlos,
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was with him in the hospital
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and he wept when he
heard the diagnosis.
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You know, Carlos did.
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And it caught us off guard.
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It caught all of us off guard.
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And he only, he only
had a few weeks to live
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is what the
doctor said after that.
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And he didn't want to.
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Pat, you know, he's stubborn,
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you know, he didn't
want to stay in the hospital.
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He wanted to
leave because he wanted
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to say goodbye to people.
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And with the Coronavirus
restrictions with visitors,
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he knew that he
wouldn't be able to do that.
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You know, he want
to spend his last days
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with the people that loved
him and thepeople he loved.
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And so that picture
where he's in the bed
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that's after he
left the hospital.
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We had gotten him a
place kind of closer
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to where the people he knows is,
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you know, closer to downtown.
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And that was us
kind of with him.
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He actually in that picture
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that was right
after his baptism.
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One of his last
requests was to be baptized.
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And prior to this, it
wasn't just a spontaneous thing
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when he first
got shelter with us,
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when he first had
a roof over his head
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and a bed, he started
to do morning devotionals.
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And so, when you
look at his Facebook,
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you can see his
little morning devotionals
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that he'll post up on Facebook.
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And he started to
spend that time with God.
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You know, and
obviously, we would always
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kind of
emphasize that aspect that,
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that spiritual aspect with him
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and talk with him
and about those things.
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And so, you know,
one of his last requests
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was to be baptized
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and since he
couldn't move too much,
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he was baptized in
the bathtub of that hotel.
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Wow! The pastor
came and did that.
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And so, the next picture
that we have is about a week
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after that he
was moved to hospice.
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That's my wife
there sitting with him.
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We both visited, we
both went to go visit him
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as soon as he got
moved into hospice.
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And you know, there wasn't,
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there definitely
wasn't much time left.
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He was on morphine
to help ease the pain
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and the pain was
like unbearable for him.
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And, you know, we were there
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and we spent some time with him,
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spent a few hours with
him and just talking with him
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and, you know,
we prayed with him
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and, you know, the
next day one of our...
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Her name's Paula
Meadow, one of our board members
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and our HR director
went to go visit him.
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And as, when she got
there, he was unresponsive
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and he ended up passing away
while she was holding his hand.
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But, you know, I
mentioned the story
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because this is an
example of what we want to see
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with everyone that we serve.
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You know, we want
to be able to meet
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that need to help
get them off the streets
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so they can,
they can have a place.
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You know, it's hard,
00:19:03.07\00:19:04.41
when you're
living on the street,
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it's hard to be
consistent with anything,
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you know, even reading the Bible
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or, you know,
it's just, it's hard,
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you know, when someone
has that roof over their head
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and they have a bed to sleep in,
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and they're comfortable.
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Now that opens new doors,
00:19:22.09\00:19:23.59
you know, I feel like that
spiritual door is more open.
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You know what I'm saying?
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And so, when we're able
to meet those basic needs
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and when we're
able to then emphasize
00:19:32.00\00:19:34.77
that spiritual component
and when it leads to baptism
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and they're able
to get off the street
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and they're
working, you know, like him,
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he was working with us.
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You know, it's life-changing.
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And we want to see that with
every single person we serve.
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And so we're going to
create a program in his memory.
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You know, we did an
actual memorial service for him
00:19:54.19\00:19:56.79
after he passed.
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I have a picture of that,
00:19:58.19\00:19:59.53
that flyer that we
put out on social media.
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Invite all the volunteers
and his friends, family,
00:20:02.76\00:20:07.67
you know, and,
yeah, it was definitely,
00:20:07.70\00:20:12.44
really emotional,
very hard for all of us.
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I believe it.
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Yeah, but he was,
you know, he's awesome.
00:20:16.21\00:20:19.15
And I'm happy that in heaven
we'll be able to see him again.
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Yes.
00:20:24.49\00:20:25.92
When Jesus comes back,
it's going to be so sweet.
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When Jesus comes back to get us,
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that will be incredible.
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Yes.
00:20:33.43\00:20:34.76
It sounds like Pat made a huge,
00:20:34.80\00:20:37.43
you had a huge
impact on his life
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and he had a huge
impact on your life
00:20:41.27\00:20:44.27
and the lives of others as well.
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That's huge.
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And that's what it's all about
is leading people to Christ
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and that practical Christianity.
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And I think that
SALT really embodies that.
00:20:53.42\00:20:56.65
Like, I think that you guys,
00:20:56.69\00:20:58.45
as an organization
really embodies that
00:20:58.49\00:21:01.36
because you're meeting
tangible needs that people have,
00:21:01.39\00:21:05.39
and also witnessing to them.
00:21:05.43\00:21:08.00
And that's powerful.
00:21:08.03\00:21:09.36
I'm so glad
that he got baptized,
00:21:09.40\00:21:11.67
you know, prior to his passing.
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Yeah, yeah.
00:21:14.84\00:21:16.17
It was just an
awesome day with him that day.
00:21:16.20\00:21:22.04
And, yeah, he definitely
did make an impact in our lives.
00:21:22.08\00:21:25.68
We'll always remember him.
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So, yeah. Yes.
00:21:28.42\00:21:30.35
And I know that we
have a few more pictures,
00:21:30.39\00:21:33.29
so we'll start
going through those.
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I want you to tell us
what's going on in these.
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Yeah, so, this is, I
want to share this picture
00:21:37.96\00:21:40.80
because this is our staff.
00:21:40.83\00:21:42.16
You saw Cathy, our
homeless outreach director
00:21:42.20\00:21:43.80
in the middle there,
with the sunglasses is Oscar,
00:21:43.83\00:21:47.17
he's our homeless
outreach coordinator.
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And then the other three,
00:21:50.37\00:21:51.81
there are Carlos,
Paula, and Natalia.
00:21:51.84\00:21:55.94
They are our
homeless outreach assistance.
00:21:55.98\00:21:58.88
They all kind of specialize
in different areas like Carlos,
00:21:58.91\00:22:01.48
he cuts hair.
00:22:01.52\00:22:02.85
Paula helps with video.
And she was there on the right.
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And then on the
left, there is Natalia.
00:22:06.69\00:22:08.69
She helps with
data entry. Oh, wow.
00:22:08.72\00:22:12.59
You have to do a
lot of data entry
00:22:12.63\00:22:13.96
to track our impact.
00:22:14.00\00:22:15.33
So, but yeah, it's been,
they've been a huge blessing.
00:22:15.36\00:22:17.90
They've been on the
front lines four days a week
00:22:17.93\00:22:20.37
on serving those, you know,
00:22:20.40\00:22:22.04
that are
experiencing homelessness
00:22:22.07\00:22:23.41
and really being,
being those people to show
00:22:23.44\00:22:25.71
that love that
Christ has for them
00:22:25.74\00:22:28.04
just in person, you
know, and that's exciting.
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For sure. Yeah.
00:22:30.91\00:22:32.25
It seems like
there's a lot of positions
00:22:32.28\00:22:33.82
that are
required for this ministry
00:22:33.85\00:22:36.58
and organization to run?
00:22:36.62\00:22:40.26
Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah, for sure.
00:22:40.29\00:22:42.66
Yeah, I mean, it's,
I mean, I, even me, I,
00:22:42.69\00:22:46.66
you know, I'm mostly
work a lot remote now.
00:22:46.70\00:22:50.43
I mean, there's a lot
that happens in the background
00:22:50.47\00:22:53.03
that I have to do.
00:22:53.07\00:22:54.40
The homeless outreach director
goes both onsite and offsite,
00:22:54.44\00:22:58.57
does some things in
the background as well.
00:22:58.61\00:23:00.18
A lot of
meetings have to happen,
00:23:00.21\00:23:01.84
lot of fundraising
efforts that need to be done.
00:23:01.88\00:23:04.15
You know what I mean? Yes.
00:23:04.18\00:23:05.71
And it's, you know,
putting reports together.
00:23:05.75\00:23:08.05
I mean, there's a
lot in the background,
00:23:08.08\00:23:10.65
you know, I think when
we think about the ministry
00:23:10.69\00:23:12.85
we just kind of
think about that visual
00:23:12.89\00:23:17.33
of maybe someone
giving someone something,
00:23:17.36\00:23:19.79
or giving, you know,
handing out some food
00:23:19.83\00:23:21.30
or giving out some clothes.
00:23:21.33\00:23:23.57
But, you know, the
ministry could also look like
00:23:23.60\00:23:26.23
someone's sitting on a computer.
00:23:26.27\00:23:27.87
Yes.
00:23:27.90\00:23:29.24
You know, and
that'spart of, you know,
00:23:29.27\00:23:31.67
what needs to happen to,
to keep this running, so.
00:23:31.71\00:23:33.98
Absolutely.
Everybody has a part to play.
00:23:34.01\00:23:36.41
Yes. Right.
00:23:37.81\00:23:39.15
We have a few more pictures
that I want us to get to,
00:23:39.18\00:23:42.28
because our time is
running a little short.
00:23:42.32\00:23:44.55
What do we have here?
00:23:44.59\00:23:47.06
So, yeah, this is recent.
00:23:47.09\00:23:49.02
The mayor of
Orlando actually gave us
00:23:49.06\00:23:51.66
a shout out on his Facebook.
00:23:51.69\00:23:54.36
And that right
there, that, what he shared
00:23:54.40\00:23:57.70
is a recent news
story from two weeks ago
00:23:57.73\00:24:00.50
of the $250,000 grant
that was awarded to us
00:24:00.54\00:24:03.81
to continue
serving for another year.
00:24:03.84\00:24:07.61
You know, and I
just want to say,
00:24:07.64\00:24:09.28
you know, I think, you know,
going to even just looking at
00:24:09.31\00:24:12.18
just a story here in the
Bible, like Nehemiah, you know,
00:24:12.21\00:24:16.18
who was working for that king,
00:24:16.22\00:24:18.82
you know, that
government, right?
00:24:18.85\00:24:20.66
And he had, he saw
a gap in the community
00:24:20.69\00:24:25.09
and it encouraged him.
00:24:25.13\00:24:26.46
I mean, he, God had given him,
00:24:26.49\00:24:28.20
you know, he
spent time in prayer.
00:24:28.23\00:24:29.66
It was four months
from when he prayed
00:24:29.70\00:24:32.80
that initial
prayer in Chapter 1.
00:24:32.83\00:24:34.64
And until Chapter 2,
00:24:34.67\00:24:36.24
when he actually
asked the question,
00:24:36.27\00:24:37.97
you know, spent
that time in prayer
00:24:38.01\00:24:39.34
and fasting and thinking
about how to meet this need.
00:24:39.37\00:24:42.88
And then finally he decided
to ask the king for support
00:24:42.91\00:24:45.45
and the king who
didn't identify as, you know,
00:24:45.48\00:24:49.82
as the follower of the same God,
00:24:49.85\00:24:51.92
you know gave
him all the resources
00:24:51.95\00:24:54.56
that he needed
to be able to meet
00:24:54.59\00:24:56.29
that need for his people.
00:24:56.32\00:24:58.49
You know what I mean?
00:24:58.53\00:24:59.86
So I just want to
encourage anyone that's looking,
00:24:59.89\00:25:03.33
to start something or, you know,
00:25:03.37\00:25:06.23
to make a change
in the community.
00:25:06.27\00:25:08.70
You know, Jesus says,
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"Ask, and it'll be given to you,
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seek, and you will find,
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knock and the
door will be opened."
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You know, and I truly believe
that I think in fundraising,
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you know, just
in general you know,
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one of the biggest balls
that we drop in fundraising
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is not asking the
question, you know,
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and that's a huge part,
I just want to comment on.
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Yeah. That's powerful.
00:25:29.92\00:25:31.53
Thank you for
sharing that for sure.
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We've got, I'd say about
two and a half minutes left
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and I want to know
what are some of the needs
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that your
organization has currently?
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Yeah, so as you can imagine,
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you know, with increased funding
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it comes increased operation,
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but the increased
operation comes increased costs,
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you know, so we're
where our annual budget
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has now grown to
about 400,000 a year.
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And so, while the
city of Orlando funding
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does cover more
than half of that,
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we are still
responsible for, you know,
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raising another
150,000 for next year.
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So that's something
we're really working toward.
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We don't want to
decrease in services.
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We want to increase our capacity
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and expand our services
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and meet even more
needs in the community.
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So we're going
in faith, you know,
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asking God to
help meet that need.
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Even our laundry trailer,
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you know, we
made a down payment,
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but we still have
about $10,000 to go
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to raise the full
amount needed for that trailer.
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So it's another thing
that we're really pushing for.
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Well, we want to
put up your address,
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so that people
know how they can get
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in touch with you,
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and if you would
just read that to us.
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Yeah.
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So you can mail your
tax-deductible donations
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to 100 East Pine
Street, Suite 110,
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Orlando, Florida 32801.
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Our phone number
is (866) 237-2589,
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or 866-BE SALTY.
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And our website,
saltoutreach.org,
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and email address is
team@saltoutreach.org.
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Wonderful, wonderful.
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Man, I can't believe our
time is just about up, Eric.
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Want to thank you for, you know,
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what you're doing to
reach the community for Christ,
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what you're doing to
really put on display
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the practicality of the gospel,
00:27:33.42\00:27:35.75
and how you've been so
willing to help those in need.
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And thank you for
coming on this program
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and sharing today.
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I hope that you at
home will get involved
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and support this
wonderful ministry,
00:27:46.29\00:27:49.06
and you know what?
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It just wouldn't be
the same without you.
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Join us next time. God bless.
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