Life Support
25 Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity. 26 Anyone who wants to be my disciple must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me. – John 12:25-26 (NLT)
WHIRLWIND WEEKS
![]() We’ve also had the opportunity to pick up a kid by the name of Zach each week so that he could deliver meals with us. Zach is going into 7th grade and lives in one of the motels that we deliver to. He decided that he wants to start “giving back” by delivering the food that we deliver to him. He will be interesting to follow over the next few years as he is definitely at that cross roads point in his life. It sure is awesome that we get to share God with him through service. Who knows what seed might be planted in his life.
We were also humbled and honored to be nominated for the Charity of the Year, with the awards banquet held on June 17th. We were not able to attend the banquet due to it being on a Thursday night, which is our night to deliver meals. We were however, blessed to be able to send Jack & Roxanne Walker and Big Mike in our place. Jack & Roxanne have been both volunteers and donors with Jesus Was Homeless. Big Mike is great friend and we met at our very first Thanksgiving Dinner. He has gone from the receiving end to the volunteer end to the donor end. He is one of my favorite people to be around. His excitement and optimism is contagious. We did not win as another very deserving charity, Christian Associates, garnered the award. It was just an honor to be able to be recognized.
This past week was so cool. We had close to 40 volunteers and we all gathered around the Aunt Mollie’s garden to pray. It’s so exciting to see so many diverse individuals come together to be the “hands & feet” of Jesus. We would welcome you to “Come and See” anytime as well.
![]() ![]() 16 Then you will not be criticized for doing something you believe is good. 17 For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God, and others will approve of you, too. – Romans 14:16-18 (NLT)
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VOLUNTEER SERVING
John has been coming with us for almost a year now. He is one of our primary van drivers and helped us make the garden at Aunt Mollie’s.
“John Latty with Jesus Was Homeless, out every Thursday, trying to find new people, new places, for people that are in extended stay motels. It’s a great thing to do.
BEING SERVED
As I said earlier, it’s been a whirlwind the past few weeks. You could try to tell me that God does not have a sense of humor and I would tell you that you don’t know God. At our last BBQ, I had a gentleman ask me if I would marry he and his finance there at Motel 9. After I explained to him that I was not a pastor and had never performed a wedding, I agreed. In the state of Missouri you do not have to be an ordained minister. Anyhow, I thought to myself that I should be pretty good at performing marriages, since I’ve been married myself 3 times. Getting married didn’t seem to be the hard part, staying that way was. Amy and I met with the couple, Quentin Wiegel & Heather Rauchenberger, before the big day and shared some of things we’ve learned and failed at about marriage. Then on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 and in the 101 degree heat, I pronounced them Mr. & Mrs. Wiegel. And God doesn’t have a sense of humor, HA!
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Motel 9 – June 23rd, 2010

Wedding Party

Wedding Party

Wedding Officiant

Wedding Officiant
AUNT MOLLIE'S GARDEN UPDATE
THANK YOU
To Sir Speedy of Branson for continuing to provide our flyers week after week.
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COMING SOON......
God has been working on my heart for a while now to bring the “church” to the people. A lot of the folks we talk with are looking for guidance, hope, love and direction but they are not going to walk thru a church door. Unfortunately the message has been sent loud and clear that they need to clean up and then come to church. Well we are going to accept people where they are and how they are in a “small group” setting. We are still trying to listen to God direct us to the right location/motel but hope to have something nailed down soon. We are going to try a 6 week get together to discuss real life issues with folks and explore the answers through Christianity. If you would like more information on becoming a part of the “Life Support” let us know. We are hoping to have leaders step up and help facilitate as it grows. With God’s blessing we would then take it to several motels.

DONATIONS DO HELP
Thank you to those that have donated and to those that continue to support this out-reach. With no salaries to pay and no building costs to manage we are able to put 100% back into serving others.


PRAYER REQUESTS

Suzette Brawner – Suzette’s dad is battling cancer.
My mom & dad, Tom & Carol Stallings – My dad had yet another surgery on his ankle. This time it was a skin graft to help heal the wound of the previous 2 surgeries.
WISH LIST
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Groups, organizations, kids – to color and put smiley faces on our bags that we deliver our “Happy Meals” in. Please contact us to help. They come in packages of 500.
Businesses to sponsor a food item – If restaurants would just order 1 case of an item off our food list (see Resource page on our website) each week we could serve more of those in need.
Dessert Food Items – We really need these for our weekly meals.
Shaving Cream – We need these items for our monthly
Razors toiletry bags.
Deodorant
Large Print NLT Bibles
Small 2 Person Tents
$25 Grocery Cards
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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