A positive Note? October 21st, 2009

A Positive note?

Greetings,
Recently I was on TV in Wichita, Kansas, it was a popular lunchtime talk program. I had a little over 6 minutes to say who I was and talk about the ministry, which was really okay because they gave my web site and other contact info.

I mainly went on the air to beg for coats, not new ones, just used coats for the people. The response was about the same I always get from Wichita, I got more people coming for help and no coats oh wait a minute one of the people I help gave an old coat.

The Positive note is that some goodhearted people in Wichita are finding the homeless and giving out some coats and new blankets. Now the overflow will be open come November 1st which is three second year for being open 5 months of the year instead of just 3.
We did overflow the year before they started this. It was really fun as I just lived with the homeless a month before they started and a month after. Oh yes a little in December because they were not letting everyone in.

You see it is getting colder sooner as we are in a real period of global cooling, I think anyone can see that but if you listen to the informed media and the people in the White house it is global warming.

We have always made it a point to help fill the gap in services others do not, a big job by just a family ministry. No complaints.
All our funding comes from out of state and out of the country. Wichita for some reason just will not support what we do, well the poor love us and some not poor do, but support us no that would give me a heart attack I think.

Right now we had to stop the food pantry as that NOW requires a grocer’s license, yep we were just informed that from the food bank. I wonder just how many Churches have one for their food pantries? Or how many will get one?

There are I have noticed some small Wichita based churches and single people outreaches that give out food but I really do not think that they will be able to get a license or will. Wow and it is the poorer ministries that really help the poor in the gap in services. So for the record we no longer get free sweets and will now have to pray full price for the food we serve in our fellowship meals, but we paid full price for food for 9 years, only getting food from the food bank for the last year, we are in our 10th year of helping the poor in Wichita.

We have had so many people coming and asking for cold meds as this is another gap, can you imagine living outside with the swine flu? We are giving much in meds and prayers while it lasts, but right now we are running on zero. We have mostley shut offs on everything, if we are meant to go on in this 10th year then well it’s up to the Father.

Wichita just build a new arena, wow…..right down the block about 7 from us. This is called the old town area, they have been trying to get the homeless out of the downtown area because of the old town area, you see people with money do not wish to see them.

The Police are told to tell them move on but without telling them where to move on to. In 2008 they completed a study saying that there was a need for more beds but not providing any.

In fact if you are a woman in Wichita and you go homeless it would be a very rare thing to find a bed, really, I have to counsel women just going homeless all the time and have to tell them the only place for them is the street…Really.

Anyway we are told by certain people that the police have said that there will be no homeless downtown when the arena opens? Hmm this is really not legal but who can do anything about it.

Well keep us in prayer and if you are in Wichita DO not get homeless……..that is if you can help it.
Be Blessed, Pastor Dan Catlin
Messiah’s Branch “Homeless Out Reach”

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