Thursday, January 27, 2005

Hey everyone! I just had to write about our experience yesterday, it was so much fun and so exciting. But first a little history. Matthew and I and our leadership team for our youth group came up with a ministry we are calling "Outhouse Ministries". Matthew preached a message on this at Generation Church a few months back. The short story...if we don't get our "stuff" out, we will implode and die. Just think about it for a minute...you will get it! So, once a month for right now we are adopting an apartment complex in Roseburg to outreach to. But we are not going and cramming the Bible down their throats, all we are doing is blessing them and serving them, bringing them food and seeing if we can meet any direct needs. This apartment complex is one of the worst neighborhoods in our city, busted for Meth labs, police are there all the time. So last night was our first night going, we took about 30 teenagers and young adults and it was INCREDIBLE! I was so expecting to get some doors slammed on us, and to my surprise, everyone was so nice and open and glad we were there...the cookies and brownies helped that for sure! There is something exhilerating about doing the gospel outside of the 4 walls of the church. I seriously have been on an adreniline high from it, I mean it is 2AM and I am writing about it! Anyways, I wanted to capture the moment in writing. Hope you enjoyed it and are inspired by it!

Love,
Sabrina

Posted by Sabrina at 1:55 AM