Last night my job was "Big Sleeper", which means that I helped finish cleaning the kitchen at the end of the night and then I slept at the hostel to help support the nightman on duty. I really enjoyed my night because I got to talk to one of the other staff members that I hadn’t really seen much this week and to keep him company so he wouldn’t be bored through the night. I finally went to sleep this morning at 4 and got up at 7:30 and came back to our house to sleep until 12. Today is my day off, so I’m just having a relaxing day of doing pretty much nothing but go to church. We’re going back to Zolder church today at 4. I really enjoyed last week, so we’ll see how this service goes.
One major ministry that we have here at The Shelter, is a cleaner ministry. What that consists of is people can live for up to one month for free (free bed, food, laundry) and they have to clean the hostel every day. At first I thought, “Great! Then we don’t have to actually clean the rooms!” But I’ve seen that it’s really so much more than that. Most of the people that come here as cleaners are looking to live in Amsterdam and it gives them a place to stay and look for work or a permanent place, and most of them know nothing about Christ. Every day before their work begins they start off with a Bible discussion and then throughout their stay they have conversations with our staff about Christ and why we have chosen Him. We have 4 cleaners in particular that are heavy on all our hearts at the moment. They now understand what the Bible has to say and Christ’s love for us, but they are still on the fence about accepting him as their Savior and Lord and fully trusting a relationship with him. Two of the guys left this week and one is leaving next week. So if we could just all pray for them, that would be great!
I’m very excited because in two weeks, I will be training to work with the cleaners.
Sound great. Will start praying.
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