Thank you to everyone who has left encouraging comments here, sent us emails, and called to see how we’re all doing. We know we, the kids, and the ministry are covered in prayer. We’re so thankful!
At our meeting this week we talked about some of the numbers related to the ministry. We have always said we count our successes by conversations, not conversions. You can not be numbers oriented when dealing with human life. You can never save enough, help enough, influence enough, etc. The purpose was to compile a short list for a meeting that took place yesterday afternoon with the downtown business people in regards to the homeless youth and who is doing what with them. This information was compiled with other organizations in the area that work with troubled youth. I thought after yesterday’s post, we (and you) could use some positive news, and maybe catch just a glimpse of what we do. Some of the numbers are encouraging, and some less so. This isn’t an exhaustedly complete list, but it will give you an idea.
Daily outreach – kids that we have contact with each day while on the streets (outreach) – 20 to 30 kids
Street youth at our weekly pool hall night at Shakespeare’s (Thursdays from 6:00 – 8:00) – 60 to 90 kids (average of 75)/ week
Street youth that eat a meal with Dry Bones every Thursday night (8:00 – 8:45 at Common’s Park) – 80 to 100 kids/ week
Street youth that attend Bible studies with Dry Bones – Wednesday’s meal and Bible study from 12:00 – 2:45 (these kids are seeking and open to learning about Jesus) – 8 to 10/ week
Thursday afternoon coffee and Bible study (kids that have made a commitment to Christ) – 5 to 7/ week
Street youth that attend church with Dry Bones staff or volunteers – 10 kids/wk
Street kids that we are in contact with that come to us after “failing” or being kicked out of other programs – in contact with approx. 35/ week ongoing
Street kids that attend Celebrate Recovery on Friday nights with DB staff – 4
Street youth that we come into contact with directly after leaving jail/prison or halfway house – 3/week
Street youth that DB connects into counseling services – 3/month
Personal attention – Going with youth to appointments including court dates, doctor’s visits, Urban Peak, etc. – 25/month
Street kids that we come in contact with that are transient (traveling through and stopping in Denver or on the streets for a short period of less than one week) – 2 to 5/week
Monday night Coffee Nights (currently not having because of Hannah’s coffee shop closing and our ongoing search for a new location for such an event) – 40 to 50/ week
Volunteers – 30 people / month
Area churches that support and are involved with Dry Bones – 7/month
Denver and area Businesses supporting Dry Bones on an ongoing basis – 13/month
Kids we are in contact with each week that are waiting for program openings, paper work, and so forth (i.e. – Section 8, inpatient drug rehab, shelter programs, etc.) – 40/week
Helping former (or current) street youth maintain enrollment in school – 6 currently
Kids we have played some role in getting off of the streets that we continue to maintain ongoing contact and relationship with off of the streets – 45
Sometimes I Write 
WOW–I think those numbers are very encouraging!
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Keep at it girl! You’re doing great work for the Lord.
YOU ARE A BLESSING.
Sarah P
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that’s a lot of souls to be influencing for God. i suspect there will be a dry bones garden in heaven one day, what with all the seeds you guys have planted. may God continue to be glorified through your work!
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I found you!
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ha, ha, ha, ha:
The New John Gill Exposition
of the Entire Bible
Genesis 9:21
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken…
Either not being acquainted with the strength of it, as is thought by many; or having been used to weaker liquor, as water; or through the infirmity of his age; however, he was overtaken with it, and which is recorded, not to disgrace him, but to caution men against the evil of intemperance, as well as to encourage repenting sinners to expect pardon: and this shows that the best of men are not exempted from sin, nor secure from falling; and that though Noah was a perfect man, yet not as to be without sin; and that whereas he was a righteous man, he was not so by the righteousness of works, but by the righteousness of faith:
and he was uncovered within his tent;
being in liquor when he laid down, he was either negligent of his long and loose garments, such as the eastern people wore without breeches, and did not take care to wrap them about him; or in his sleep, through the heat of the weather, or of the wine, or both, threw them off.
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Matt, you’re a stinker teasing me about that…now I’m going to have to blog about it…:)
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