A few weeks ago, I went with the English Professor Larry Smith to find a man named Rudy who was squatting in a house, and try to convince him to come join the program at the Union Rescue Mission. We went to his house and were greeted by two full-grown pit bulls, who had taken a liking to Larry. We walked in and he was laying on his bed. Larry started talking to him, about getting his life together and told him that I worked at the Union Rescue Mission. He said he got shot, and would try to go the next day. It turned out to be a little scratch. So we left and were going to meet up with him.
Larry went back and he wasn't there but was able to meet up with him a few other times and told him he wa thinking about joining the program. Larry and his wife run a ministry house in Boyle Heights for Biola students and graduates called the Hollenbeck House. Rudy was the first one Larry met when they started the house in 2010. He told me that Rudy has been addicted to alcohol and drugs. He also has many children through a couple different relationships.
He was going to meet with Rudy today and bring him to the URM but wasn't able to. He asked me and my friend Ryan if we could meet him at King Taco today at 1. We showed up and waited for him, but he never showed up. Please pray for Rudy, Larry thinks this program could help him get his life back on track, so we're going to keep trying to get him to the Mission. My prayer is that the Lord will prepare his heart to be open to His Spirit who is the one who can bring lasting change.
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