As you may or may not have noticed, I have been rather quiet the last two weeks. I have been fairly sick for the past week and a half, nursing bronchitis. Finally getting some antibiotics and getting better. Unfortunately Aaron has it now. I had to cancel several opportunities last week to be out on the street and meet people. Which has been frustrating since our time is coming to a close. We have about 3 ½ weeks left before we head back home.
One thing we did do was go to a wedding last Saturday. It was a beautiful testimony of redemption and new life in Christ, as well as a marriage. The groom, a man about 50 years old wed a woman at least in her 40’s. Both came from a lifetime of drug and alcohol addiction. He has been in and out of prison, living a life of crime, and she had been living a life on the street since she was 12, prostituting herself. In the past year and a half they have come to know the Lord thru the friendship and discipling of the Salvation Army and other ministries in the downtown eastside. Against all odds, they survived and now love Jesus. They are off the streets, but still in and around the streets and people they had used and abused for so many years. They are a walking testimony of what the power of God can do.
One of the beauties of this wedding was how the wealthy came along side the destitute and became friends, family and lifted each other up. The wedding was in a lovely home in a wealthy neighborhood. The ladies making and serving the reception food (which tasted great!) were from the “right” side of the tracks. You would never had thought that they even knew what the “wrong” side of the tracks looked like. There was much love, acceptance and acts of service throughout the day showered on the couple, making their special day, really special – something they could never had been able to do on their own. It was an honor to be able to be a part of it.
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