“Dream again. What can you do now that you couldn’t do before and won’t be able to do later?” - my mentor repeated to me multiple times…
In a WhatsApp prayer group with some friends, the wife of a first responder messages, “My husband has been put in charge of a hotel that they are moving homeless across LA into during quarantine…please pray.'“
Falling asleep one night shortly after, an idea comes to mind…”what if…..”
I text the same group the next morning, they seem to like the idea. A little while later I ask, “anyone interested in putting it into action together? Let me know & we can zoom.”
Last Saturday, a handful of us zoomed for 1 hour and turned a hypothetical idea into a planned reality. Launched Project H2O (Homeless to Hotels Opportunity - to flow Jesus’ living waters through the place) 48 hours later. Within 30 hours of launching, we are 118% funded & have all 100 cloth masks donated!! There are 7 pick locations across LA from Playa Vista to Huntington Beach to Claremont to La Crescenta.
God is blowing this out of the waters!!! We’ve given people only 72 hours to implement & be a part of the impact and they are jumping in. To close out, we’ll have 24 hours to collect all the cards around LA, assemble 100 care packages* and deliver to the first responder who will then one to each homeless person in that is being quarantines in the hotel.
PLEASE PRAY FOR PROJECT H2O.
*Each care package will have a washable cloth mask, toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, a bar of soap, comb, chips, candy (sugar helps cut drug cravings), granola bar, a card with a phone number for follow up next to media links like the Chosen App & Jesus Film, and most importantly, a handwritten, prayed over, card with a message of truth spoken in love - the gospel.