{"id":1776,"date":"2006-11-19T23:24:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T05:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2006-11-19T23:24:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-20T05:24:00","slug":"austin-street-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/austin-street-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Street update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, after all the prayers and planning, the encounter<\/A> Thanksgiving Coat Drive was a huge success in my opinion.
\nWe had well over 20 boxes full of coats, shirts, pants and blankets.
\nThank you so much encounter and Waxahachie and everyone else who donated.
\nI believe we had nearly 4 full truck loads of clothes and such to take to the men and women at the Austin Street Shelter in downtown Dallas.
\nAnd while that was utterly amazing, I think we easily had 30-40 volunteers come down with us today from encounter, along with probably just as many from Brittney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s church in Canton.
\nEveryone was so thankful and gracious.
\nWe easily gave out all our blankets and men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clothing.
\nWe did our best to find uses for all the kid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clothing with those living on the streets around Austin Street and for the women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clothes that didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find a home on Austin Street, they were all taken to a battered women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s shelter in Kaufman.
\nEveryone I talked with had a great time and many first-timers said they can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait to go back.
\nI think Matt easily cleaned out any and all personal things in his truck just so he could fill a need for another individual.
\nOne of the more interesting conversations I heard about today was when Phil was making his way up and down the line of people gathered outside Austin Street to be sure everyone got a coat.
\nHe saw a man sitting there with a few belongings and an apparently new pair of socks.
\nHe asked him if he got a coat or needed one.
\nThe man replied, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I got me a new pair of socks. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all I need.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nPhil pointed out that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never had anyone ask for money. No one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ever caused any real problem when we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve come down there. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re just often men, women and families that have fallen upon hard times.
\nThere are still other needs at Austin Street and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still going to continue going.
\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s interesting to think that while Jesus tells His followers to care for the hurting, hungry and poor, He also reminds us that the poor will always be with us.
\nNo social program, no church program, no amount of money is going to take it away. There will always be the poor among us \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which means there will always be a way to serve.
\nIf you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still interested in being a part of this ministry or making a donation, here are some things they guys mentioned they are still needing:<\/p>\n

  • Bibles\n
  • socks\n
  • long underwear\n
  • pants, shirts and underwear for larger men (XL, XXL)\n
  • reading materials\n
  • reading glasses\/ magnifying glasses
    \nIf you would like to donate any or all of these things, please zip me an e-mail or call me. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be glad to let you know how you can get involved.
    \nWe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll also still accept coats and blankets for men, women and children.
    \nThere were a number of men who walked up well after all the warm clothes that might have fit them were gone and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d love to be able to help them as well.
    \nThanks again for all your prayers and support. I have a feeling people were touched today with God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s love thanks to your willingness to help and serve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Well, after all the prayers and planning, the encounter Thanksgiving Coat Drive was a huge success in my opinion. We had well over 20 boxes full of coats, shirts, pants and blankets. Thank you so much encounter and Waxahachie and everyone else who donated. I believe we had nearly 4 full truck loads of clothes … Continue reading Austin Street update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pEnSo-sE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}