Well we are getting ready for another service tonight at the mission. This week has gone by amazingly fast. I'm having fun. Tomorrow morning we are at Bible Club in the Beach Flats at 8:30 a.m. and the subject is prayer. We are done around 10:15 and then head over to the mission for morning service. We have a staff meeting afterword and them I am suppose to meet with a couple about some things in their life. Then at 4:40 p.m. mission starts again. Despite all the business the focus is lives being changed, repentence, growth, and of course most important obedience to God. Well I had some excercise yesterday at Ernie's Birthday. I played two volleyball games at least I was on the winning side for one of them. Most of the time the only excercise I get is walking up and down the mall, singing with all I'm worth or moving groceries around the mission. Keep praying for us we are under constant attack from the enemy. If you have ever been on the front lines you'll understand these are very intense even physical but we know Jesus is the victor. Steve S. says we knows who wins he looked at the end of the book. When we stand before out Creator and out Savior and our guide we will not thing of the trials and tribulations (which are small in America compared to others) we will celebrate with all our might for God helping us be triumphant. Praise His Name.

Well here it is Thursday already and it is a half day at the mission. There are a total of three half days. Pray for Don a fifty-five year old artist I really had a good talk to him yesterday about his relationship with Jesus. He is a throw back from the hippie days and with parents that came out of that I can relate a little. I met him playing chess with a guy he knows at the roasting company. Today is Bible study on the book of Acts and we are studying how it applies to modern day move of the Spirit. It is easy to think that we have Him figured out and what the formula is for Him to move. The reality is start with obedience and see what happens. People ask me all the time, where is my office at the mission? The only place I think I could call it is on Pacific Avenue that is where I spend my afternoons. I guess that is the way Jesus did it and I like to keep it simple kinda like Him. Well I hope everyone is having a good day. Don't forget to slow down and help someone today and tell them Jesus loves them. Ben

Well its been a long day and time to get my normal five hours. There has been a lot going on in the last 24 hours. Pray for Aaron a guy that got saved ( told God he wanted to live for Him). He has had problems with enemy possession and needs prayer. I have been working with a new couple that have a 4 month old and were going to be on the streets but we have been helping them with a hotel for a few nights working on getting them a place to rent. Their names are Donald and Jen. They are trying to live for God and need to get away from the streets. Pray for Royce who gave his life to Christ last Wednesday. I have a big day tomorrow going out on the streets to see who God brings into Jacobs and my path. I have been playing chess lately, actually quite a bit, it has become a good tool to talk to people about God and break into their life in a different way. I have a travel set I walk down the street with. I carry a big Bible in one hand and a chess set in the other. God is good and we are excited with what He has done and is continuing to do. God Bless You Ben

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Well its Monday morning and we are setting up for a new week. We have a coffee house tonight working with the younger kids on the streets. We have had a few break throughs working with them. A group of us have been fasting and praying for God to move in this age group. We have been seeing salvations among the 40 and older but nothing in the teenager to early 20. Most of the kids are on meth and this has caused mental problems as well as a hardness of heart. Many are also into wiccan and wearing the pentagram. We know who has the victory "Jesus Christ" and there is more with us, we are on the winning side. We are breaking down the enemy strongholds in the name of Jesus and the blood shed on the cross. Praise His Name.