Making new friends (pt. 3) . . .
Today after I sent Nikki off for her conference, I found me a great place to watch people as I drank coffee, read, prayed, and asked God to send me a new friend for the day . . .
I have been asking God all week to send the right people and everyday he has done just that. There was John on Wednesday, then Tom yesterday and today he sent me LeDonta. I was able to take LeDonta to Subway for a pizza and some cookies and allow him to share his story with me as I shared God’s Love for him. 
One thing you will notice in the picture below is how intently LeDonta is listening to me as I tell him God Loves him . . . and this Love God has for him has nothing to do with him and everything to do with God. It isn’t a cause and effect kind of Love he is so use to. This Love is a FREE GIFT FROM GOD! See LeDonta tells me his story of growing up in a military family and never feeling like he had a place to belong or fit in. His mom divorced his dad and took up with another military man. Then they just kept on moving. He moved here to run from all of the problems he had everywhere else. Problem is there were problem waiting for him here. He is homeless and makes it the best he can . . . asking people for food or money – but he has lately started prostitution. He has found a lot of men who will pay him well to give them “company” as he put it . . . I was praying today – just like every other, “God if you have someone for me to meet and Love on, then you bring them to me.” Literally, 5 to 10 homeless guys have passed me today, made eye contact and nothing. Nothing . . . then LeDonta, comes up and asked me if I have 65 cents so he can get something to eat. I tell him “No, but if you want – I’ll take you to dinner.” He accepted and I was able to listen to his story . . . show him the Love of God and send him on his way with a full belly. Pray LeDonta will continue to have encounters with God’s children.
