Details From Denver

We've served Alfonso several times in Denver.

SUCCESS IN OUR SECOND CITY
We’re happy to report that our upstart outreach efforts in Denver are doing just fine, thanks to the hands and feet of more than 30 volunteers who have stepped forward to serve.

Beth Garland, Gary Nilson, David Warren, Patrick Rutty and Andy Forcina have led 11 outreach days for us in Denver since April.

That translates into more than 150 lives already touched, including several elderly people we’ve crossed paths with who really needed someone to pray for them.

“I’ve been surprised by how open these random people on the street are to our approach – a little food, a little conversation, an offer to pray for them,” Patrick Rutty said.

We’ve also bumped into a man named Alfonso several times, who is usually outside the ESPN Zone on Denver’s 16th Street Mall. He peers through the store windows at the TV screens.

He always smiles and welcomes the box lunches we serve from Corner Bakery – who donated approximately $200 in lunches to us one day this summer.

We also received a $250 grant from Forest Oil Corp. in Denver. One of our volunteers, Bev Beeson, did the paperwork and promoted our work inside her company.

Our next outreach day in Denver is slated for Wednesday, Dec. 10. We would say “weather-permitting” given the wild winters there, but our Colorado crew won’t stand for it.

Says Patrick Rutty, “Why would we stop when the weather gets nasty?”