Baby boy

Friends, THIS is what HOPE and restoration look like...

My dear friend has been clean for 6 months.  By the grace of God, her sweet baby boy is just perfect!  She, like Mike I mentioned in a previous post, has a long, hard road ahead of her.  Please keep her and her precious little boy in your prayers.

Big Mike

One of my favorite friends downtown is 'Big Mike.'  (ok...they are almost all my favorites, but still)  He is like a big teddy bear, seriously!  He told me a few weeks ago that he was headed to Lincoln, Nebraska for a rehab program and needed a suitcase.  Suitcase in hand yesterday, I asked him about the program and how he ended up going to one all the way in Nebraska.  Are you sitting down?  Here's his story...

Mike was walking out of a liquor store one Sunday afternoon when a woman and her husband were just leaving church.  The woman saw Mike, pulled over and got out to talk to him.  She asked him if she could pray for him because she said he looked like he had something troubling him.  He was in a bad place, just like she thought.  He agreed to let her pray for him.  As she talked to him more he shared how he started drinking in 2006 right after his baby son had died on his chest from SIDS.  Along with the drinking came more addictions.  This brave, amazing woman didn't just stop there with a prayer.  She met with Mike a few times, told him he needed to change his 'people and places' and got him set up for a rehabilitation program in Nebraska.  She has even covered his Greyhound bus fare.

Talking to Mike yesterday, it is evident that he is so excited to for this opportunity.  He's ready.  Please keep Mike in your prayers as he has a long, hard road ahead of him.

Processing through Mike's story yesterday, what really struck me was not so much that God prompted this woman to act but that she recognized it and acted.  He prompts us all of the time.  Are we so busy that we don't recognize it or hear Him?  And if we do hear Him or recognize that prompting, do we have the courage to take action?

Fear not...

Holy Moly, it's been a long time since I've posted on here!  Fear not...God with a side of PB&J is still being served to our friends each and every Tuesday at the American Legion Plaza.  ...and for OVER 2 years now!  I have a lot to catch you up on, so bear with me.  If you see a blog post with 'RETRO' you'll know that it happened within this last year.  (Retro is the rage now anyway, right?)  SO many great stories and people and experiences.  Some not so great stories too, but even some of those are a little entertaining.

Be sure to check out our Twitter @PBJIndy.  I've not been good keeping up with that either, but I'm trying to get better!  :)