June 23, 2006

June 23, 2006: Get ready for an important breakthrough in the situations that you have been struggling with for at least the past nine months. You have learned some important lessons, including what not to do. Now is the time when you can see a light at the end of the tunnel, for suddenly a light will dawn and I will give you fresh revelation that will bring you to a new level of understanding and freedom, says the Lord. Watch for answers that will solve difficult problems.

James 1:2-3 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

Lord, we want to thank You for Your amazing love, mercy and compassion. Last night was such a gift and we were blessed to be able to tag along in Your Holy presence.

The Love of Jesus has been brought to His Thursday night outreach for over two years. The Lord has enabled missionaries to become aware of which of His lambs is using alcohol, drugs, who is dealing drugs... while at the same time enabling the missionaries to love each lamb as he/she is with His unconditional love.

Last night more of the Lord’s fruit is becoming ripe and ready for His mighty Harvest. Missionaries were also able to witness seeds beginning to take root and grow.

One of the Lord’s lambs/area drug dealers has occasionally stopped by the study, waved and moved on. For two years missionaries have been bringing him scripture, notes of encouragement, and food every week. Last night he came to the study wanting a hug and when asked if a missionary could pray with him he said, “YES!” The Lord touched his heart, he even had prayer requests. He told the missionary he isn’t ready to accept Jesus as his savior because he isn’t ready to put on the "new garments of Christ", he isn’t ready to make that much of a change to his life. Thank you Jesus, he is so honest. Thank you Jesus he knows that a commitment to Christ is a HUGE life style change, not one to be taken lightly. Thank You Jesus he came and was touched by Your love. Please Lord remind him how loved he is by You and encourage him to return next week.

Another lamb returned last night. Until last week, he, too, would only poke his head in and tell us he wasn’t worthy. Missionaries were able to pray with him as well and learn for the first time in two years about his son.

Another of the Lord’s lambs had such a convicted heart. She loved soaking in prayer and worship, the study of Nehemiah and didn’t want any reminders of the demons she is fighting. Whenever someone reminded her of a demon, she became angry and lashed out. Please pray that the Lord will show her a peace which passes all understanding and for her to pray first asking the Lord for guidance instead of her fleshy problem solving skills.

While praying with each lamb last night missionaries felt the Lord’s calling to remind each lamb how much the Lord loves him/her. It was so apparent last night that the Lord’s lost lambs feel so unloved and unlovable. Please continue to pray that the love of Jesus touches each lamb today in such a tender, miraculous way that each knows it was Jesus.

One of the Lord’s lambs is in a 30-day treatment program and attending the Thursday night outreach. He commented to a missionary how last night was good for him. It is a reminder of where he has been. He feels he is at a crossroad and the evening helped him to see which path to take. God uses everything for His glory.

Another one of the Lord’s lambs has been released from parole 3 months early. Thank You Jesus! This lamb also continues to attend weekly AA meetings.

One of the Lord’s lambs is thanking Jesus for a week of steady work. He is also receiving weekly substance abuse treatment. The counselor called missionaries this week to check his "status".

Please continue to pray for one of the Lord’s lambs who gave into the temptation of alcohol. He is now sick and afraid to receive treatment. Please pray he will make an appointment to go to the VA hospital this week and the Lord will provide the transportation.

One of the Lord's lambs gave into temptation last week. A missionary went to visit him on Monday. He was ashamed for the missionary and his son to see him in his condition. The missionary returned on Tuesday to find him showered and in clean clothes, by Wednesday he was attending an AA/NA meeting, and Thursday asking for his job back. Thursday evening he asked to go to the outreach. Having these daily contacts with brothers and sisters in Christ is a key element to the plan of the “Circles of Support.” Circles of Support are a group of seven or eight people who help a particular person or family get established and back on the road to self sufficiency.

Sunday, one of the Lord’s lambs dying of cancer returned to attend church. He was so blessed by his church family, especially one brother who asked him to sit with his family, meeting his wife and children. What unconditional love to share those closest to you with a lost lamb! On the blog, a missionary wrote a Father's Day article of what she witnessed and asked that it be uploaded to the site. http://least-of-these.blogspot.com/ God is good!

The Lord has blessed two more lambs with apartments this week. One of these lambs is a blind, epileptic woman who has been living on the streets for the last 4 months. She was robbed last week of her disability check. She has been sleeping under bus stop shelters and was told by the police this week she could no longer sleep there... By faith she applied for an apartment knowing she didn’t have enough money for the first month’s rent and deposit. The application was approved Friday with her to move in Monday, by faith she signed the lease. A check for the needed amount was received Saturday. God is so faithful and good! The Lord has placed 5 lambs plus 2 of a lamb’s children in apartments within the last 7 days.

The Lord’s hearts and hands of the community have assisted with furnishing these apartments as well. God is so good!



Missionaries attend a church two years ago, prior to the church relocating. The Youth pastor has been ministering to one of the Lord’s “least of these” near the church building. He remembered the missionary family and had the church call for additional resource information. Thank You Jesus for the planting of Your seeds on fertile ground!



We are thanking the Lord for those who came to serve last night. Some it was a first time serving on Thursday and others it was a return visit after a long time absence. They were blessed to be able to give rides home to the Lord’s lambs and able to spend brotherly/sisterly love with His lambs.



For the first time in over two years, the outreach ran out of hot food. It was one of the largest crowds in quite awhile. We are thanking the Lord for the Food Lion provisions picked up every Thursday, at least the lambs were able to eat sandwiches.

As each of you pray, ask the Lord to provide needed hearts and hands to serve His least of these. Some of the needs include meals, prayers, transportation, and Godly hugs from loving hands and hearts.



As always we are thanking the Lord for all of you, your prayers, and your generous hearts.

Father's Day

Father's Day

It was Father's Day and I walked into church a few minutes late. The worship team was playing "How Great is Our God". I noticed Dwayne in the back row, hands raised high with a peaceful, sweet, serene look on his face. Dwayne loves the Lord and Jesus knows it. Yes, How Great is Our God, who loves each one of us equally. You see, Dwayne is a homeless man. He smelled like he'd had a few beers and looked like he hadn't showered or shaved in weeks. What you didn't see was that Dwayne grew up in orphanages and never had a family or home he could call his own, nor did he have a father that he could learn from or go to for advice.
After struggling through many difficult years, including a disabling car accident and fall on a construction job, Dwayne became homeless. Last fall, he was diagnosed with aggressive, cancerous brain tumors and was told he had a couple of months to live. One night soon after, he showed up at an outreach ministry for the homeless. Following an invitation, Dwayne accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior and Ultimate Healer. When he was later baptized, he seemed to have a glow about him that no one could explain.
Shortly after Dwayne's conversion, he returned to his doctor and had some tests done. The doctor was baffled and could not explain why the tumors had stabilized (you see he is homeless and could not afford, nor was he insured for expensive therapy). Dwayne knew why and he gave his testimony to the doctor and the doctor believed!
How thankful I was on that Father's Day, that Jesus loves me, sinner that I am, just as much as he loves Dwayne. Jesus also loves Sam, sitting on the 3rd row, who cheated on his wife last night. He also loves Pat, on the 8th row, who verbally abused and violently shook her 3 year old this morning. Jesus also loves Phil, on the 16th row, who has cheated hundreds of retirees out of their pension money. You see, not all of our sins are visible to the human eye, but Jesus sees them and loves us unconditionally. Dear Jesus, please help me to love others equally and unconditionally.
Dwayne knows that he has a Father and a place to call home (much better than he had ever hoped for as a child). Dwayne's tumors are growing again and he knows that his time is short. What a glorious day it will be when he hears his Father's voice say " Welcome Home, My Son".

By an anonymous missionary

Why serve the homeless

A missionary was asked why she serves the homeless.
Her response was “The Lord has asked me to serve those who are lonely and unloved. The Lord has shown me so many populations in my little Jerusalem of Wake County.
When you serve Jesus through the homeless, the ministries encompass:
o group homes with mental and physical disabilities;
o the elderly in retirement homes, nursing homes, assisted living, and the streets;
o the migrant workers and Hispanic populations;
o those in prison and ex-cons;
o those in hospitals, the sick and dying;
o those with HIV;
o the people of the night; (the blog won't permit the word)
o the substance dealers;
o the substance abusers;
o the poor in housing projects, the streets, and the woods;
o the "at risk" children;
o the physically and mentally abused women, children, and men;
o the rejected;
o the church;
o and what it means to pray.

What a gift from God to embrace all these ministries as one body, the Body of Christ!”

Mobile Unit

The Lord has provided so many medical personal to serve His lost lambs, Thursday, July 27th from 4-7 PM in the With Love From Jesus parking lot, 421 Chapanoke Rd, Raleigh. Thank you Jesus!

This outreach has also been blessed with the use of the fully equipped Baptist mobile unit bus as a medical and, prayfully, dental bus. The donated bus will be used as a spiritual clothing bus for the Lord's lambs. God is so good and faithful!

More volunteers are needed to support this outreach.
Please pray for a dentist and hygienist to serve the Lord's lambs that afternoon. A few non-medical servants of the Lord are also needed, one for registration and another to serve in the clothing bus. Prayer partners are always needed. Please remember to keep this outreach in prayer as you do the others.

The mobile unit outreach will be followed with the Thursday evening outreach, including a Bible study and meal.

Please contact Alice at 772-7050 or respond to this email if you feel the Lord asking you to serve that afternoon.

We are thanking the Lord for you, your prayers, and your generous hearts and hands. We serve an awesome God!

June 16

We are thanking the Lord for you, your prayers, and your generous hearts. So many of you have given to those moving into apartments this week. The items needs to go from living on the street and all your belongings fit in a backpack to living in an apartment.

The Lord provided items last weekend for one lamb moving into an apartment. The Body of Christ ministry (ministry of many faith based Wake county ministries serving the Lord's "least of these") was able to donate furniture and a truck. Two of the Lord's lambs from the Thursday/Sunday outreaches volunteered to lend a hand and back. The Lord with His perfect timing sent a family who was "downsizing" their home while the Lord's lambs are "upsizing" theirs. Please continue to pray two other apartments are being inspected today (the building was in a fire and has been rebuilt, we are claiming as the walls of Jerusalem as in Nehemiah). The applicants were asked to call back today at 11.
The first tropical storm of the season flooded one of the Lord's lambs out of her job and motel room. The Red Cross placed her at a high school for a night and then in a motel until Monday. Please pray she still has a job and thank you Jesus for the extra nights she doesn't have to pay for a place to stay until her apartment is ready. Her room was flooded, socking her belongings with water and mud.
Please also pray for those sleeping outside in tents, boxes, abandoned buildings, leantos, or just under the stars. Many of the Lord's lambs lost their clothing and bedding with the "almost 8 inches of rain" we were blessed to receive.

One of the Lord's lambs, missionaries have not been able to find for a few months. She lives in her car. She was found Sunday morning in an abandoned parking lot. If she is able to find someone to watch her puppy, she would like to attend church on Sunday.

An area business' seasonal worked has significantly increased. The Lord is answering prayers for those who are in need of work. Please continue to pray for transportation for those wanting to work and not willing to walk several hours to get there and back.

One of the Lord's lambs working at a retirement home has called asking for prayers for one of her elderly friends. She returned from the hospital and isn't doing well. Please keep her friend in your prayers. This lamb is considering joining AA Monday evening. She has been attending on and off since October. Please keep her in your prayers as she considers making the commitment of giving her alcoholism to the Lord.

BBQ chicken and pork left in one of the missionary's refrigerators earlier this week, while the missionary went to pick-up an area grocery store's deli "trash", someone else dropped off baked beans. After praying for a salad, an area church called asking if CitW could use 5 large (Sam's club or BJ's size) bags of lettuce, grape tomatoes, salad dressing, and watermelons. Ask and you shall receive, abundantly!
Tonight our homeless Bible Study group started Nehemiah. The group plans to read and discuss a chapter per week. The Lord's lambs were awesome sharing ideas about the wall, obedience, disobedience, burning in hell, Jesus came to gather the scattered... Our Hispanic translator/missionary wasn't there tonight. The missionaries were bumbling through, and then the Lord graciously provided Hispanic family, around 8, to rescue the large Hispanic group as well as the missionaries. God is so good! After the study the lambs wanted prayer. As missionaries were praying with people, one of the new lambs accepted Jesus as his savior. The tears of repentance and the Holy Spirit poured down his face. Thank You Jesus. The missionaries praying with another lamb could feel the spirit moving in him and the resistance of the lamb. He, too, had tears of repentance. Please continue to pray for these lambs as they walk the path leading each closer to the Lord. One of the lambs who know Jesus wanted his "vino"last night. As he brought the "vino" to his lips, he became physically sick, remaining sick the rest of the evening. He asked for prayers and prayers of forgiveness for attempting to drink in the presence of his little "compodra". Several laid hands on him and prayed.

Another gift of the evening was one of the Lord's lambs who has enrolled in a substance abuse program was granted leave to attend last night's outreach. The program usually does not allow lambs to leave the program site for 30 days, this is only day 16. The first chapter of Nehemiah spoke so personally to him. The lamb was ministered to by another lamb. The ministering lamb had received this lamb's apartment and job last week. We are so thankful the Lord granted the pass. Please continue to pray for the lamb as he continues to program. Allow this to be a time the lamb grows closer to the Lord.

Pray for a lamb as he has been paid for the first time in months, temptation and available substances are great! The Lord provides such a network of Holy connections. This lamb has been blessed with a job, working with one of his friends from the Healing Place. He and his supervisor have the same sponsor. God is amazing! These Holy connections have the ability to keep each accountable, just as each Christian is to encourage others in their walk.

June 9, 2006

The next Mobile Medical/Dental Team meeting is at 7 PM, June 14th at the Horizon clinic. The address and phone number are Horizon Health Care for the Homeless, 102 North Tarboro Road, Raleigh and 743-3315. Please forward this information to all medical and dental professionals interested in serving the Lord's least of these.

The Body of Christ of Wake County is meeting June 13th at 7 PM in the Board Room at Wake County Smart Start. The address is 1121 Situs Court, Suite 250, Raleigh. This group is area ministries joining together resources serving the Lord's least of these. Please forward this information to ministries interested in serving the Lord's least of these.

This week the Lord's lambs have been in the news. The story can be read at http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/447736.html . Support Circles used with the Katrina victims are also going to be used as part of the 10-year plan to end homelessness. Please keep in pray Support Circles as training begins this summer for those who feel lead to be part.

Last week prayers were answered for those seeking apartments and deposit money. An area church and Womenade donated money to place FIVE of the Lord's lambs into housing. We are thanking the Lord for all of you! God is always faithful!
One of the lambs lost her original apartment due to lack of funding. The Lord and His perfect timing, with grace and mercy honored prayers and found her a better apartment for less money. She moved in Thursday. She has asked for prayers for furniture and other household belongings. An Apex church has prayerfully asked its congregation to assist with donations of household belongings, as well as members of the Body of Christ group. 2 Corinthians 9:9-11
Another lamb and her two children, too, lost the original apartment due to lack of funding. She has found a nicer, less expensive apartment with a second bedroom for her children. Her children have been in foster care for the last two years with weekend visitation due them being homeless. Now with an apartment the family can begin the process to be reunited. The same church has prayerfully asked its congregation to assist with donations of household belongings, as well as members of the Body of Christ group.
We thank the Lord not only for your prayers for apartments, but for your prayers for employment. One of the Lord's lambs attended church Sunday and Monday morning was blessed with a full-time job, a room to rent, and a car (once he has saved enough money for insurance, and he wants to save the money). The same church has prayerfully asked its congregation to assist with donations of household belongings, as well as members of the Body of Christ group.

A missionary from Restoring Hope was told of 4 siding jobs and an apartment to rent for those working with the siding job. Hallelujah!!!

One of the Lord's lambs has called missionaries asking for rides to return to AA. She wants to obtain her drivers license and needs to be sober for 6 months.

One of the Lord's lambs was released from jail and has called missionaries wanting to attend church on Sunday. God is so good! We are thanking the Lord for the seed sown a few years ago. May it be taking root, Please pray the ground is fertile, please pray that she has Christian fellowship to nurture God's Word, pray that she become part of a faith based support circle.

One of our lambs receiving outpatient counseling for substance abuse is taking a medication to reduce alcohol cravings. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. He is picking up his 30 day AA chip this week. Thank you Jesus!

Continue to keep in prayer the Lord's lamb who has chosen alcohol over his job.

One of the Lord's lambs is having a heart cath. next week. Please keep her in your prayers, she is anxious.

The study last night was dying to sin and asking the Lord to help each of us recognize sins and laying down the right to that sin at the cross. There was quite a bit of discussion and conviction. Many lambs left due to the conviction and guilt. All of the scripture used was about dying and becoming new in Christ. Luke 9:57-62, John 12:24-25, Romans 5-8, 1 Corinthians 15:42-43, Galatians 5:16-26, Galatians 6:7-9, Ephesians 2:1-10, ... A new missionary joined the group last night. The Lord has placed on her heart the passion to serve abused women. Thank you Jesus!

The Growth of the Spirit

We were so blessed to have Alice McGee using a crayon and paper to explain to the Thursday Bible study how Jesus comes to live in us and transform us.

Here is a link to a Powerpoint presentation that ties all that information together.

http://home.nc.rr.com/aboyce/spirit.mht

God Bless!

The Growth of the Spirit

We were so blessed to have Alice McGee using a crayon and paper to explain to the Thursday Bible study how Jesus comes to live in us and transform us.

Here is a link to a Powerpoint presentation that ties all that information together.

http://home.nc.rr.com/aboyce/spirit.mht

God Bless!

June 3, 2006

The Lord’s activity has been so visible these past few weeks. We are so thankful He is the Lord of provision through so many of His serving hearts and hands.

CitW has been blessed by an area caterer for some time. He has donated food 5 days a week. The leftover food has blessed not only CitW, but Restoring Hope. Restoring Hope is a ministry serving not only the homeless in west Raleigh, but the homeless in Cary and the Cary prostitutes. This ministry, like CitW, is following Jesus’ lead bringing the “least of theses” food, drink, and clothing, as well as God’s Word and prayer. The caterer’s school business has come to an end, still having the summer party business. The Lord knowing this sent His servants to an area grocery store to pick-up food. The food, as well as the blessed burden of picking it up and delivering it to those in need, is being shared by 5 area ministries from The Lord’s Cary/Apex “Body of Christ” group.

The “Body of Christ” group has been such a blessing to so many. One ministry, Helping Hands of Apex, has received “extra” donated cases of canned goods and Ensure for families and Elderly in Apex in need. Another ministry, Hope Chest, receives furniture and has the use of an 18ft covered truck. They have been able to transport furniture to those moving into apartments. Food was donated to feed those working on a transitional home for ex-cons in Raleigh today. Food has been shared to feed Hispanic families in Apex, Brazos de Cristo, and another elderly population, as well as the Cary homeless and prostitutes. What a blessing to see the Body of Christ in action!

Transform NC is a group of Wake County pastors who pray for Wake County every Thursday morning. One of the pastors has been so convicted, he and his congregation is adopting a homeless person. The Lord and His perfect timing!!! The support circles used by the Katrina victims is now part of ending homelessness’s 10 year plan A new pastor from the Cary/Apex are has joined this group.

Evolving from this group has started a new CitW’s outreach near the prayer meeting every Thursday at 11:30. Please pray for the Lord’s provisions for this new outreach.

Several people are ready to move into apartments this month. The grant money for housing was only available through May 15th. Please pray for the Lord to provide money for deposits for the month of June.

One blessed couple who was blessed to receive grant money last month is expecting a baby in November. An area church has received baby items for them. Hope Chest was able to retrieve their items from a storage unit as well as donate other needed items for their apartment. God is so good!

The Thursday evening Bible study was blessed by donated pizzas, veggies, peaches, and desserts and rolls. The lesson on integrity was missed placed and the Lord blessed the study with a lesson on Salvation and Sanctification. The facilitator used a crayon and paper to draw how Christ penetrates your life. This was the first time in months that one lamb moved in close and participated with the group. He was being convicted of areas on sin. Another lamb wanted to take the crayon drawing home to ponder. He asked continual questions. A missionary has tried to duplicate it as a short PowerPoint which is available on the blog. The study will continue next week. Missionaries realized what a blessing the visual aides were Thursday evening and felt the Lord’s leading to ask that you please pray for a donation of a laptop computer.

One missionary family has lost the use of 2 family cars used to pick-up people for church Sunday morning, limiting the number of people attending church in Apex to 1-5 people depending on their son’s work schedule. For the last two weeks the missionaries have had to tell people they couldn’t take them to worship with their “home group”. Can you imagine the hurt hearts of those who are told “no, those who have to say “they can’t there isn’t enough room” as well as, the Lord heart??? Please pray for the Lord to provide serving hearts to offer to take people from Garner to church in Apex and home again. The Lord has provided food for everyone for lunch, but His workers are not able to bring the willing lambs to His banquet.

There are so many of the Lord’s lambs we are blessed to sing His praises.
Two of the Lord's lambs assisted last Saturday and Monday with food pick-up. They have received so much and feel so blessed, they want to give back to the Lord.

One lamb is a non-substance abuser. He is a hard worker and looking for work. Please pray for the Lord to provide a job for him.

One of the Lord’s lambs decided he needed help to “kick” his substance abuse problem and by God’s grace was able to be part of the program through the Raleigh Rescue Mission.

A second couple has been adopted by church in Fuquay. Thank you Jesus!

One of the Lord’s lambs decided this last hospital visit was ENOUGH and returned to an outpatient substance abuse program and AA. God being so gracious, the program forgot to remove him from the program last year, his place has been held and the program can continue with the process of getting him hearing aides and medication to stop the cravings of alcohol. Please keep this lamb in your prayers. He, too, wants a job.

One couple lost her disability check and the Lord blessed them with jobs cleaning apartments. The property manager is requiring them to attend AA meetings to keep their jobs. They should have enough money saved by the end of June to move into an apartment in July. They are asking to return to church. Praise God!

One of the Lord’s lambs has found an opening with a transitional disable room in Vermont. He left Thursday morning on the bus. Before leaving he called a missionary to pray with him over the phone then another missionary took him to the bus station. God is such the awesome provider!

The Lord’s lambs in WV, both, have jobs now. She is caring for an elderly woman in the woman’s home. She has such a compassionate heart. Her stress test went well last week as well

The Lord’s lamb in CA is doing so wonderful since his procedure in April. He is attending AA, riding his bike and enjoying time with his family. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. He may be eligible for the liver transplant list this fall. His life is such a testimony to how mighty of a God we serve. Please pray he has many opportunities to share it with others.

One of the Lord’s lambs has chosen alcohol over his job. He was hospitalized Saturday for passing on a greenway near a major road. He will not come to the door when missionaries go to his home. Please keep him in your prayers.

Another of the Lord’s lambs wants to take a DWI class to receive her driver’s license. Missionaries will no longer take her to the class because she hasn’t been sober for the required time period. Please pray for her to understand why it is so important to be a person of integrity. Also pray for the DWI classes. A missionary called, and they do not check whether the person is telling the truth or even attending AA. The missionary was told if they come to a class smelling like alcohol, they might use a breathalyzer.

We are thanking the Lord for you, your generous serving hearts, and your prayers.