Taking It to the Streets

Throughout the week the Italo is working with the people on the street. It works on three basic levels. The First level is working in the streets with groups of people. They sing songs, they pray, they preach to them and also giving them food. Every Friday morning a                                    breakfast is held where there is singing praise songs, preaching and prayer after which everyone receives a breakfast of eggs, beans and Tortillas along with a cup of coffee. Mondays there is a small Bible study at the same location as the breakfast. About once a week, Italo goes out on the streets with the street youth sings and praises God with the youth, reads scripture and A testimony to the work God has done in the lives of others, and gives them a sandwich.

The second level is toward individuals who through these larger group settings seem to have a desire to come to the Lord and to change their lives. With these individuals a deeper and more personal relationship is developed and are helped in several other ways. Some of these ways include clothing, food, vitamins, medical services, learning how to start a small business, some studies and other similar services. Through this holistic approach it is the goal to improve her life situation and of course bring them into a relationship with the Lord and also.

The third level of the ministry is discipleship. Raul the one who is currently in this category. He gave his life to the Lord one year ago and was baptized. He is being discipled by Italo, while helping to minister to those in the prior two levels of ministry. This is especially helpful because it gives a real testimony to the others the changes God has made in Raul's life, who used to be on the streets using drugs with the other street youth. It gives a powerful testimony that God is certainly capable of helping them in their situation just as it did Raul.