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Mike – April 2012
Mike lived in his truck and worked as a handyman/carpenter until his truck was stolen and all his tools. Now he lives at the Anawim house and is always there to fix what is broken and to built what needs to be built. Honestly, without Mike we’d be in trouble.... -
Mark and Leanne – April 2012
Probably the nicest couple you’ll ever meet, Mark and Leanne started to come to the day shelters bringing basics of what the folks on the street needed. Now they focus on volunteering at day shelters at Anawim and 1st Baptist. -
New Book! – April 2012
Steve Kimes, our head pastor, has his first book published in the Kindle format. It is called Long Live the Riff Raff: Jesus’ Social Revolution, and it can be purchased for 4 dollars from Amazon. If you don’t have a Kindle, you can get the software for free for your... -
Prayer and Praise – April 2012
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,... -
How Your Church Can Love The Homeless – February 2012
Not every church can help the homeless to the degree that Anawim does. Every church has their own ministries that the Lord has called them to. But every church can take on a small aspect of ministry to the very poor among us. For many of our churches, this will... -
Love Links – February 2012
“If you love those who love you, what reward should you get for that? Even the worst people love those who love them.” Luke 6:32 Link #1: What is love? Questions we should ask ourselves Link #2: How do we love our neighbors and our enemies? Link #3 Video: How our... -
All We Need Is Love – February 2012
“All we need is love”; “What the world needs now is love sweet love”; “Love is all around”… Certainly love is a big topic, especially around Valentines Day. So many hearts, so much red and pink… for unromantic guys like me it makes me vomit chalky little hearts that say “be... -
Prayer and Praise – February 2012
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...
