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20 yearsServing the poorand needy of New

York and NewJersey

We have been Urban

Missionaries for 20 years

now... largely supported

by people just like you!

$25, 50, 100 dollars

per month or more help

keep us in this vital

mission.

 After 20 years God keeps

 working miraculously in

the streets, in the lives of

the broken, hopeless,

addicted,lost.

Please pray for our team,

 volunteers, and the

people on the streets.

Read on for more stories

from the bus. 2010 has beenanother year of seeing lives

 transformed by God’sloving power!

Holida Edition 2010 

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ChristianWhile recently in the Bronx, I

came across a man namedChristian. He was sitting on thesteps of Love Gospel Assembly by

himself. On the way in on the busthat day, I was sharing with somevolunteers who had never been onthe bus before, how God manytimes uses the people on the streetto minister to us. Well, this was oneof those encounters.

As I

talkedwithChristian, itwas abundantlyclear, that though he is homeless,and jobless currently, had knew thathe really has all he needs, becausehe has Jesus. It’s not just a religion,or a “pie in the sky when I die” kindof Christianity that Christian is living,it’s his entire reality. When I asked

him about whether he had a place tostay, he said with a beaming smile,“I have a place tonight, I don’t knowabout tomorrow, but I have a placetonight.” When I asked aboutwhether he had a job, he said, I” Idon’t have a job right now, but Ihave everything I need right now”, Iknew it was his present reality, thatJesus is really all he needs, and he

has learned to be happy with, andwithout, because he has JesusChrist in his life.

I was immediately convicted ofhow much I have in comparison,and how much he really has somuch more than I. It’s a paradoxicalGod reality, that sometimes, themore we have, the more we think weneed. Christian is a man who

doesn’t just sing the songs like,“You’re all I need”, but he lives it.My encounter with Christian wasa genuine encounter withJesus... another example thatreminds me that we don’t go tothe streets with all the answers,but to “journey with others onthe pathway towards God.”

Come and volunteer andexperience God for yourself in a

powerful way!

The Picture on the Front...

This picture essentially says it aHo, ho, ho, merry “xmas.”“(abbreviation intended). All of uswill walk right by this person at ontime or another, in some form oranother. Myriads of people will rus

past this person in many differentways, getting gifts for other peopleas the beggar waits.

That’s why we are a part of the“Don’t Walk By” outreach every yein January. Every Saturday inJanuary, hundreds of volunteers wbe trained and sent to the streets oNYC to bring people back to a homchurch for a meal, and anopportunity to get off the streets ainto a new environment like a

shelter, drug program, etc. It’sanother expression of doing whatJesus said to do. If you areinterested, please visitwww.dontwalkby.org for moreinformation.

We Need Your Support

If you believe in this vitalMission, please considerbeing a regular monthly supporter. We are sustainedby people like you whobelieve in the work that Godhas us doing. $25, 50, 75, 100,500 per month... it all adds upto help keep us here! Here’s

how to do it!

Networkforgood.org

Go to the above address, search forNew York City Relief or The reliefBus, and DESIGNATE your monthly or periodic gift to The HoffmanFamily. You can set up regularmonthly deductions.

Checks: Payable to NYCR, with

“Hoffman” in the memo.

Contact information

The Relief Center295 Walnut St.Elizabeth, NJ 07201800-736-2773Cell 201-832-3843reliefbus.orgfacebook.com/thereliefbusfacebook.com/urbanmissionary bill@reliefbus.org

My friend Diamond with a man brought

back to one of the churches