Food in the Street

Food dropped off in the streets

August 98: I was in Berkeley one evening and sitting next to the street on a concrete flower box. A car pulled up and a woman opened her trunk and put some covered pans on the concrete near me and then drove away. I opened the pans and found chinese food, large thick pizza slices and homemade cookies.

I was eating when Bob a homeless man that I was making friends with and ministering too-- walked by. I called him over and we shared a meal together. Also told a homeless teen about the food and she ate the cookies--go figure.

Bob and I had a good talk about our families and our history. Something about eating together brings people together.

I believe the entire event was orchestrated by the Lord.

Note: The first time I met Bob he was sitting on the street panhandling. I stopped and talked to him and he said: "Do you believe in the devil"? I told him yes. Bob said he was at war with the devil. I said me too. Bob let me anoint him with oil and pray for him. The presence of the Lord was so strong on that Berkeley street. He heard the gospel many times in the missions over the years. Only the Lord knows his heart.

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