Gil Thibault
Julie Larocco
Chris Abke24 Hour Run for the Homeless
Posted by Gil Thibault on October 26, 2010
From 6 p.m. on Friday October 29 to 6 p.m. Saturday October 30, 2010, “Barefoot Rick” Roeber will be running barefoot for the Kansas City Rescue Mission to benefit the homeless. The location for the event is Lee’s Summit North High School, 901 NE Douglas Street in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
When asked why he would put his body through such torment, Rick responded with the following.
“Our Pastor shared one of my favorite stories yesterday. About the first Moravian missionaries that left Hamburg Germany in 1732. These two young men had sold themselves to a wealthy plantation owner in the Caribbean. This landowner swore that no missionary would ever come to his island. Well, these young men sold themselves into slavery so they could minister to those 3,000 souls on that plantation. When they were asked “why” would they do this, one shouted from the deck of the departing ship ‘May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering.’
You may have heard that story, but I believe that the men at the mission are SO valuable. They have been dragged down by hell itself because the devil saw something in them of such intense value that he felt like he must throw all hell against them to keep them down. Jesus is worthy of these lives. We must reach them.”
It’s a mind-boggling perspective. What if the homeless we serve at KCRM and those we see on the streets of Kansas City are so cherished by God that the devil has decided to throw everything he has at them? What if these are the ones who the devil has picked out to personally destroy because of how much God loves them?
As Rick put it, “Jesus is worthy of these lives. We must reach them.”
Click the link to learn how you can support Rick and learn more information about the upcoming 24-hour run.
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