At the moment it is meant to be still summer in Australia, at least til the end of the month... and usually we still have fairly warm weather, however today was only 20 degree C, last night was 10 degrees. Which is fairly cool for an Adelaide summer, where it would usually range between at least 25 and 43 degrees C during the day, and 15 to 30 degreees at night.
For us who have clothes in our wardrobes, and doonas or quilts stored away in the cupboards, it does bother us that much, we just put a long sleeve shirt on or a jumper, and pull out an the doona or an extra blanket. However the guys on the street don't have that luxury, they have either what they are wearing and maybe what they can carry... These guys aren't prepared for the cooler weather, especially this early in the year, they haven't thought about going to the different welfare groups to see if they can get a blanket, or some extra clothes during the day. So they come out to the soup run, wanting blankets, cause it has got cold, and at the soup run there is either only a small supply of clothes, maybe a couple of blankets (if they are lucky) or sometime nothing at all.
The more i see these guys out there, on the street, with out much, the more i want to do, the more i don't want to be living in this 2 bedroom place by myself. i think it is unfair, but also i am here to live incarnationally, however at times i still feel as if i live above the people that God has called me to, and reaching down to them, instead of standing along side them, and being on equal ground.
I am yet to find the answer to this... I have a few thoughts floating in my head of what i could do... However it is what God wants, His will, that i want to do. So I want to spend some more time in prayer about this. I would appreciate your prayers as well
Blessings.
Lux
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