A DAY OF OUTREACH

SATURDAY JANUARY 3RD WAS A DAY OF OUTREACH. I WENT OUT TO A LOW INCOME APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF HOUSTON,TX WITH STREETLIFE WORLDWIDE MINSTIRIES. OTHER ARTISTS THERE THAT DAY WERE GIFTED AND ENO. WE PROVIDED THE ENTERTAINMENT AS THE STREETLIFE STAFF BROUGHT FOOD AND DRINKS. I WAS THE LAST PERFORMER OF THE DAY AND HAD THE HONOR OF LEADING EVERYONE IN THE SINNERS PRAYER. I RAN INTO A YOUNG MAN THAT KNEW ME FROM WHEN I WAS DOING THE SECULAR MUSIC AND HE WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE CHANGE THAT GOD HAD MADE IN MY LIFE. HE COMMENTED THAT HE WOULD TRY AND PUT THE STREET MUSIC DOWN AND MAYBE TRY THE GOSPEL THING. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUTSIDE AND A BLESSED DAY FOR OUTREACH! A CONSTABLE ON THE SCENE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID HE APPRECIATED THE MINISTRY WE WERE DOING. I REPLIED "I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU AREN'T TOO BUSY IN 2009!"




LATER THAT EVENING I DROVE OUT TO TEXAS CITY WITH TREVOR LEE. WE WENT TO A WOMEN'S PRISON FACILITY. THERE WERE WOMEN IN THERE MY AGE ALL THE WAY TO MY MOTHER'S AGE. I HAD BEEN TO MEN'S PRISONS BEFORE BUT THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME HAVING TO MINISTER TO WOMEN BEHIND BARS. I WAS HEARTBROKEN AS I WALKED IN. I KNEW I CAME TO ENTERTAIN, BUT I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS A TIME OF CELEBRATION. AS I SAW THEM ENJOYING THEMSELVES IN THE MIDST OF A BAD SITUATION I KNEW I HAD A JOB OF BRINGING HOPE. I PERFORMED "WHO IS YA LOVIN" AND "I LOVE YOU". LATER I HELPED TREVOR CLOSE BY SINGING PRAISE AND WORSHIP SONG "HUNGRY!" IT WAS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. THAT DAY I REALIZED MY GIFTS ARE BEST UTILIZED IN THE STREETS AND IN THE PRISON. AND I AM GOING TO BE DEDICATING A GREAT PORTION OF MY LIFE TO PRISON MINISTRY. MY MOTHER USED TO DO IT AND NOW I BELIEVE I HAVE OFFICIALLY RECEIVED A CALLING IN THAT AREA. THANKS TO TRE 9, PASTOR BOYD OF COOL MINISTRIES, PASTOR LEVI, AND JESSE FOR OPENING UP THIS DOOR FOR ME. I WILL KEEP EVERYONE POSTED ON MY TRIPS TO THE PRISONS AND BOOT CAMPS!