The doors of our home have been open to the unwanted since Nov. 4th of 2009. The mission in helping the outcasts of the world has been in our heart for ten years. In the beginning I tried to define what it would look like, but everyday up until this point I find a new group of unwanted people. From the aged-out orphans, to the young adults that found themselves homeless due to heavy drugs and alcohol.
Almost a week from today God’s spirit covered my natural mind from the early morning thoughts of fatigued or daily accomplishment. As clean as a kick in the face with a golf shoe, God’s spirit woke me with the desire to go to our local homeless shelter. Being there before, I find that as for now, it’s not my place to dig in, so this was a surprise to even Kelli. Our mission is for the younger generation right now.
I headed out to the shelter with one of my guys and started to look around the place to see why God lead me there that day. I know a lady that works there that I lead to Christ two years ago. She has been made aware of our mission and God revealed to her a young man that just arrived that day. He lost everything to drugs and alcohol and everyone around him gave up and rejected him because of his addiction and theft charges. I called him forward and asked if he knew God. He said he had been crying out to him, but God would never deliver him from his torment. I asked him if he believed that Christ could change his life and he said yes. So then I asked him to follow me to a truck our friend lent us and before he got in, he prayed the sinner’s prayer. It’s been a little over a week and this has been the first time in seven years that he has had no desire to do drugs or alcohol. He is deep in study with us here at the In Triumph House regaining a clean mind and a stronger desire for our Lord Jesus Christ.
A few days after that we got a call from a lady that desperately needed to drop her daughter off at our home. After we meet we understood the urgency. The mom had been thrown in jail for beating her daughter and could not by law be 100 feet from her. Just bringing her to our house could imprison her. The girl has had 5 miscarriages and survived a rape. Her hatred for her mom was apparent and her dad left years ago. Kelli led her in a prayer as she was crying out for God to touch her. Being here for the few days that she has, God has been covering her pain and restoring her heart.
Thank all of you for being apart of what we are doing with these young people. God has heard all of your prayers for us, and your gifts have always been delivered at the perfect time. If you ever are low on faith, call us and we’d love to share how your support moved a mountain at In Triumph.
In Christ & In Triumph
Pete Orta
