Starting Now - Part 2 (new home for the homeless)

Almost a year ago to the day, I wrote an article titled 'Starting Now'. In it, I discussed the ministry of Levi House. This ministry of my church exists to provide "a safe & effective refuge for Launceston's homeless". At the time of writing, the ministry was still a dream. There had been attempts to purchase a building to use as a homeless shelter, but it had fallen through. The thing that impressed me about the people behind Levi House was that they were not just sitting and waiting for the dream to happen, they were doing what they could - no matter what it was - to make a difference straight away.

Since that time, I have volunteered to become a small part of the ministry, serving meals once a month. It has been a powerfully impacting experience for me.

Now, a year on, an exciting step has occured in the realisation of the full dream of Levi House. As announced today, the Commonwealth Government have donated four million dollars to turn part of our church building into a home for the homeless. That picture that the leaders saw all that time ago is now going to become a reality. For me, this is a personal answer to prayer. It is exciting to think of the lives that have been touched over the last year, and interesting that if the leaders hadn't started with what they had, we may never have gotten to this point. It goes to show that as Jesus said, those who are faithful with a little will be blessed with more.

As for me, I've learned that it is better to feed one hungry person a meal, than to sit and day-dream about feeding all the hungry of the world.

There are exciting times ahead.