Man on the street (Part TROIS) EYES ON THE STREET

It's been a couple of weeks since I last wrote. There were some things I needed to take care of last week so Earl and I didn't meet. As usual, I've got people wanting my help with their website and last week provided some time for me to do that.

Right now I'm sitting inside of an ingDirect Cafe with Earl. We spent most of the day running some errands up and down the EL, having breakfast at the Window and lunch at the Greek Orthodox church, with a quick trip to our church to pick up some clothes. As you know, Earl and I have been brainstorming a website that will be a resource for the homeless of Chicago. That is the reason for our current location. Last week and this week I spent a little time putting together a basic website with a control panel that will allow Earl to begin inputting some of the information. Right now he is learning how to add new pages / links as well as edit their content. Next week we will focus on inserting images so that as people see the resources they can also match them visually. Earl says's that he has access to a camera so he is going to start taking photos of the various locations as he visits them.

If you want to see the site and some of Earls postings please visit http://www.fcunited777.com (remember this is in progress)

The photo is of Earl at the Harold Washington Library downtown Chicago...we were working on Math for his GED.

Prayer Requests 1. PRAY FOR EARL: Earl is has been dealing with some swelling of the legs. In addition he has not been sleeping well. THe lack of sleep is affecting his legs because he doesn't really ever stay off of them long enough. He is getting some medical assistance by way of water pills but please pray for Earl's health as well as some rest.

2. PRAY FOR WOODY: Woody is another friend who comes to the warming center on a regular basis. He has been on my heart a lot lately as I have bumped into him on the street a few times as well as had some conversations with him at the warming center. Woody is a really good guy who can't seem to shake alcohol's hold on him. This is an issue he acknowledges but he is surrounded by other guys who spend all their time and money drinking. I believe Woody wants to live a different life than that but finds it difficult to break the pattern. Please pray for Woody and his friends as well as the volunteers at the warming center as we seek to share the love of the Lord with them. May the Lord reveal himself to Woody in a mighty and gracious way.

3. SUPPORT; As you know I have reached 50% of my needed funds for the two year commitment. I has been an overwhelming blessing to watch as so many people have come along wanting to be part of the work that the Lord is doing in Ecuador. Your prayers and commitment to the Gospel in Ecuador is inspirational and sustaining during my time here in the states. Thank you for your generosity of time and resources.

Please continue to pray with me for the second half of the needed funds. My hope is to be able to return to Ecuador by June. MY friend Chet and his family are again leading a team from California into the town of Zancudo (Libio and Sixto) I love Zancudo, it's people and the team that is coming down and I would very much like to be available to again translate for them this June. In order to be able to travel at that time I need to have 80% of my funds in. The remaining 1/2 comes out to about $1000 a month that I need to raise. Thank you for your continued prayer and support.

Blessings.

Joshua