Be blessed to be a blessing...

We are in need of help making some phone calls the next couple days.  If you are interested it would be a blessing to have you and can be as little as an hour of your time.  Please post a comment if you would like to hear more and we will notify you by private message.  Thank you!

Join us to learn more about Equipping the Church to Help When Asked...

Conference hosted by the Memphis Prayer Collective to equip the Church to help when asked.

Talks by Marlon Brown | Jamey Lee | Tana Vanderhooft

Break-out Sessions include: 
* Connecting people with Resources in Memphis
* Interacting one-on-one with individuals asking for help
* Developing strategies for churches, small groups, or missional communities

(Breakfast & Childcare provided)

A Storage Unit called "home"

We are always amazed and humbled by the ways women find to protect themselves on the streets.  Last night we were supposed to deliver a greyhound bus ticket to a woman named Marie that we have been working with and is homeless.  Ruth's Heart is helping her get back to Florida after trying to survive on the streets of Memphis for over a year.  When I called her last night it was about 8:40pm and she said we couldn't bring the ticket to her now because the gates were locked and she couldn't get out.  What I didn't realize is that she lives in a storage unit and the facility gates are locked at 8pm.  My first thought was, that is so smart!...and so incredibly sad all at the same time.  I pictured what it must be like coming and going every morning and night from a storage unit she calls "home".

Today, Marie is going back to an area that she is familiar with in Florida, there is room for her at the local Salvation Army and they have a 90 day program that will hopefully help her get back on her feet.  We met her this morning with her ticket and she promised to call when she got there.

I've never before thought of the women, men and children that could be making storage units their home, but will forever be thankful for the security that it provides those like Marie that are just trying to feel a small amount of safety while they struggle to get back on their feet.

Mark 5:34
He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

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Pay It Forward blessing of a bus pass...

If you have been following our story about the letter we received with the "7 day pay-it-forward" but pass...we received a follow up call today from the woman that was in a domestic shelter last week and through your donations we were able to provide uniforms for her to start her new job.  When I met her to take her the uniforms, we never spoke about how she was going to get to her new job, I assumed since she didn't ask, she must have it taken care of.  Well, today she called and asked if we happen to help with bus passes because she is no longer at the domestic shelter where she could walk to work and is now in a boarding house where she will need transportation.  The beautiful thing is that our normal policy is to provide two 7 day passes which normally gets them to their first paycheck.  However she is in need of three 7 day passes because she gets paid exactly 3 weeks from today.  Coincidence?  I don't think so!  Having the "pay-it-forward" pass is going to allow this woman the comfort of not worrying about how she is going to get to work all the way up to her first paycheck, and we agreed that the first thing she would buy with her checks going forward would be her bus pass for the next week.  That was already her plan, I just wanted to be sure.

"Thank you Lord for taking that bus pass provided by one person that is now back on their feet and providing it to another that is in the midst of the struggle to get back on her feet.  Your timing was not only beautiful but perfect!"

If you would like to help with the remaining bus passes for this client, the cost will be $33.00 and you can make a donation of any amount and put "bus" in the comment and we will make sure your donation is used towards this cause.  Visit our donations page at:  Ruth's Heart Donations

Also consider checking the recurring payment option from PayPal if you'd like to help support clients like these each and every month.

Thank you and be blessed!

Sometimes it really is the little things...

Today we are so very humbled...we received this letter in the mail after investing only $41.50 on this client by providing him with a total of 9 bus passes (2 to search for a job and 7 to get him through to his first paycheck once he found a job) and obtaining his Birth Certificate for him from another state which he could not do without a computer and a credit card.

"Sometimes it really is the little things than can change someone's life."  Please join us in praying that this young man's positive life changes will continue!

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Thank you and God Bless!