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I started this ministry with the inspiration of my then 4 year old grand daughter.

She found a nickel and a penny on the ground and handed it me and said "please use this to help the homeless when you're in Atlanta."

06/12/2024

Yesterday I went to Atlanta early. I was going to walk down to the park and invite someone to Peachtree Center for lunch. As I pulled into the city at 2:24 I noticed a lot of police cars heading swiftly into the center of the city. At 2 pm an active shooter shot 4 people in Peachtree Center. 24 minutes before I was headed there.
I don't walk in fear but I do walk with the full armor on.
I still walked to the park and told a coworker that if I didn't make it back alive make sure everyone from the street was at my funeral and tell them about Jesus.
We are never guaranteed the next hour so, I pray you make the most of your day for Christ.

05/29/2024

It's been a long minute since I've posted. I posted in the past to "show" what God has been doing.
I haven't done that lately. I think it's because I feel protective of what God is doing. What he is doing in the city is good. This past year he has opened doors that he wouldn't open before.
This is a season of reaping the harvest.
We've seen people come to Christ, baptized on the street, freed from addiction.
No more is it about getting people housing. You can have a house and still be separated from Christ. You can be in a church and still a child of hell.
This is also not about anyone praying the sinners prayer. I see people pray it everytime it's offered. It's about discipleship, accountability and relationship with each other and with Jesus.
I tried for years to get the church to come and help and they would not step out of their structured Christianity. God is raising up a church that WILL bring change to people who are suffering. I'm excited to see those lives transformed.

12/11/2023

Mama T passed away Saturday. Thank you for your prayers.
This is the 3rd person we knew on the street this month.
I wish we could see the importance and urgency of discipleship and what an impact we could be if we took Kingdom building more serious.

12/07/2023

Yesterday afternoon, as I walked toward Woodruff Park in Atlanta one of my friends from the street stopped me and said "Jill, you need to get to the park, the paramedics are working on Terry."
Mama T, as everyone knows her had went into cardiac arrest and they did CPR for over 30 minutes on her. She had no pulse. A large crowd had gathered
Some filmed it. Some continued to laugh and talk. Some continued to drink their mini bottles of alcohol.

I had a volunteer with me and I broke down and cried. I asked her to begin praying, as I got my composure.
The thought that went in my mind was "this is the 3rd person I knew on the street that has died in the past 2 weeks".
Brooke prayed out loud and we waited.
They loaded her on a stretcher and took her to Grady.
After we gathered all her belonging and walked them to Safehouse we went to Grady to see what the outcome was.
They had brought her back to life! Or had they?
People back at Safehouse had been praying. Brooke had been praying.
God heard us yesterday.
Mama T isn't out of the woods yet.
Holy Spirit is moving in Atlanta. He is building something greater than any of us can build. It's not easy and it's refining us, as the ones sent in. But it is worth it.

11/16/2023

It's been a while since I've posted.
I wanted to put out there that for Christmas this year were are helping our adopted teacher. She is an intercity teacher who has 2 children of her own. We are putting together a list to take care of their Christmas this year. If you want to help take care of their Christmas please reach out to me.

09/04/2023

Thank you everyone who help get our teachers classroom set up.

09/01/2023

September 6th Crosswalkatl is sponsoring dinner for people on the street at Safehouse Outreach.
Let me know if you can come help serve.
I heard the volunteer coordinator will make it fun

08/23/2023

Any hairstylist out there that would be willing to donate services and partner with Crosswalk Atl and Safehouse Outreach on November 18th for Safehouses annual Chili Outreach?
The entire block on Ellis St in Atlanta is shut down for a block party.
Crosswalk Atl will sponsor a spot that will provide foot washing, nail care and hair cuts/braiding.
Message me or Courteney Gamadanis if interested.

08/11/2023

A couple weeks ago I had a 6th grade homeless girl (yep, 6th grade) and her mom come through our dinner line. She asked me where she could get some school supplies. I asked her for a list and Crosswalk purchased her what she needed to get her school year started.
Through that encounter a thought came to my mind "I should adopt a teacher and her class this school year". How fun would it be to love on a teacher and her classroom?
I kind of left that thought to the side.
Fast forward a week. I met this beauty, pictured below. I didn't know she was a teacher. I didn't know she was a single mom. I didn't know she didn't have anything for her classroom, but God knew.
So I'm asking my community and friends to partner with me this year and love on this amazing teacher.
We've set up an Amazon account. But let's also shower her monthly with cards of encouragement and maybe a small gift card for fast food or coffee.
So I introduce you to Miss Turner. She is a K-2nd grade special education teacher in one of the public schools in Atlanta.
God is going to show up and use you to show her love!

06/10/2023

Some weeks are very tough and we wonder if we even make a difference in people's lives.
This week ended with a lot of joy and relief.
2 Thursdays ago we had to call an ambulance for Roy (the man who had terminal cancer). After that no one heard from him. People on the street couldn't find him. I called the jails, Grady and even the morgue. We drove around the city, under bridges and in the parks. But he could not be found.
I received a phone call yesterday from another hospital. Roy had been taken there and put on the ventilator due to complications. And since he couldn't communicate they didn't know who to contact. Roy was taken off the vent yesterday and he gave them my name and told them to call Grady hospital for my number.
Story 2:
2 very important people, who are part of my testimony went to the hospital at different times this past year and they never came back to the street. Yesterday Carol and I found them and went to visit them. What joy it brought to all of us as we hugged and laughed.
Hit me up if you want to know what these 2 people that lived on the street did to change my story.
I am blessed beyond measure

04/18/2023

Saturday I took a team from Woodstock into one of the parks in Atlanta. They wanted to experience a different life from what they live. 3 of the children from the street ran over to talk to me, because they know me from working at Safehouse.
Monday morning, I went into a very wealthy Christian school to speak to 2 groups of 6th graders about homelessness, poverty and the work we do in Atlanta. These kids come from, what we would call "very good" backgrounds.
3 girls stayed after class to talk to me.
I have been thinking this morning... 3 little African American girls in the park. 3 blonde, blue eyed, white girls in a wealthy private school and they are connected by me. Born into different social groups. I thought this morning, none chose to be born into the life they live.
We've put up barriers and have said one group is better than the other and labeled the others as poor and without much hope for a good future.
What if these 6 girls worlds collided and they threw away all labels placed in them? What if we stripped the title "rich suburban kids" and "poor intercity kids" from them and we treated everyone the same?
Over 4 years ago I stepped out of my suburban life and collided, head on with a whole different culture and it wrecked every thing I ever knew about my faith.
Once Christ opened the door, he has forever changed this blonde headed blue eyed girl view on people who live in a different social economic class than me.
This moment in ministry he is calling me learn and teach what it means to love without boundaries.
I've put walls up towards the church these past 4 years and haven't loved Christ's church. Loving the poor comes easy to me. Loving a dope dealer comes easy to me. But the American church has been very difficult for me. He has told me over and over again that He loves us all and wants no one to perish. So I'm having a lot of growing pains right now. Change is never easy, but worth it if I follow Jesus' leading.
It's more scary for me to walk into a suburban church than under a bridge at night in Atlanta. So pray for me as I continue to seek the Lord's plan.
I'm always asked "aren't you scared? " I wasn't, until now that I have to go into the church. 🤪

02/13/2023

How sweet is this? We helped a mom with 5 kids and they baked us cupcakes! I'll post pictures of the apartment when we get it decorated.
What a great way to start a Monday

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