Prayer and Praise

Art by Yvan Strong

~Sanctuary is approved by the Gresham Fire Department to host overnight shelters under certain severe weather conditions. Praise God! We've been praying and working hard for this!

~We will be hosting meetings to teach skills for hosting the homeless in ones church in the next month, as well as a community meeting for those who live around our Gresham facility. Pray that we would be able to increase peace for the homeless.

~Pray for Anawim's financial situation which is reaching emergency levels.

~Pray for two couples who were able to get off the street, now it looks like they will lose their apartments. Pray that they will be able to work through what issues they have and stay off the street.

Prayer and Praise

We love you, Lord!

• We give Jesus all worship, we give him our obedience, we give him our trust!
• Thank God for giving two of the Anawim folks trailers to live in,  Please pray that they can get places to park them with reasonable rent.
• Thank God for three of the Anawim homeless folks deciding to remain clean and sober.  Pray that God can keep them on track.
• Thank God for giving enough sleeping bags, tents, socks, hand warmers and more to keep our folks warm on cold nights without shelter.
• Thank God for the shelters being open during the recent snowstorm.
• Thank God for the City of Gresham being willing to compromise with Anawim to allow the building to be open during the coldest weather.
• Thank God that Anawim received a couple more regular donors.  Pray that we get more- we still are unable to meet our regular costs!

Prayer and Praise

· Three homeless couples in Anawim have obtained housing. They are all looking for work. Two of the women are also in college, getting their GEDs. We are seeking donations for their schooling.

· Looking over this last year, a number of people have found work, some have turned away from drugs and alcohol, some have turned away from violence to seek lives of peace. This is all the work of the Holy Spirit in the midst of Anawim.

· At the same time, many more people have become homeless. Every week we hear of at least another person who is on the street, or living in their car. More people are using the services of Anawim than ever before.

· We have received so many donations this year that our folks are mostly prepared for the winter.

· However, the churches involved in the day shelter did not obtain permission from Gresham to raise the temperature of opening the shelters. So we are not allowed to open unless the temperature is lower than 25 degrees, even though the threat of hypothermia is much higher than that. Please pray that the city would soften their hearts on this matter.

Praise and Prayers

~Recently, Rian and Kim, a deaf couple from Texas, came on the scene here in Gresham. They were on the street and around our facility for a month. But now they have an apartment!

~Pray for our neighbors in Gresham, that they would be kept safe from the violence that pervades our area.

~Praise God for the renewed energies and support of churches and individuals that are supporting the homeless this fall: First Baptist Church, East Hill Four Square, Rockwood Adventist, St. Henry's Catholic Church, and the many donors that keep us open!

~Pray for the many newly homeless that are coming on the street, trying to learn how to survive in cars or without anything.

~Pray for the protection of the homeless as their possessions-- especially tents and sleeping bags-- are being stolen or destroyed.

~Pray that our people would be able to gain employment for their ongoing survival.

~Pray for Robert, a mentally ill man who is without his medication and confused on the street.