Prayer Ninjas, just to keep you in the loop- here's what's been going on the past 24 hours or so. (Prayer email sent to my church family back at my home church).

 Things have been going REALLY well at GTI lately, some great new friendships have been developed with people who even a few weeks ago wouldn't darken the door of the meeting room. One of the local Tim Hortons has taken us on, and is providing day olds to our newly established breakfast party (once a month to help meet the needs for food the week before cheques come out). We've had a concert with a bluesman from Toronto, and have a storyteller booked for this month's breakfast. 
I've been really excited about some advocacy and awareness things I've been able to do with a young family I've gotten to know better in the past two months, Please pray for them as they deal with some of the cuts to funding that they have relied on in the past.

But of course... when things get good... there's always something that's going to be a challenge.....
here's a copy of an email I just received from one of our full time folks....


> Church at Our House wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > Just got a call from E (a very vulnerable resident of Greenwood) who 
> > has taken the first couple of rounds of flak. Property guy came over 
> > and yelled at her twice already today because N has given Property Guy the 
> > letter re:Tenants Rights.

[N has been working towards getting the landlord tenant act to cover his accommodations, this is a 3 month process, and he reached his 3 months yesterday... and delivered the letter this morning]

> >
> > As of now, our team are banned from the property and from talking to E, for some reason.
> >
> > E is in everybody's bad books, even though she had nothing to do 
> > with it.
> >
> > As of now, there are no more Dinners on Wednesdays or church on 
> > Sunday. Or Breakfast next week, one assumes.
> >
> >property guy told E that the owners will have to find someone to run their 
> > jewelery and dry cleaning businesses until after the hearing on the 
> > 2nd. Don't know what that means.
> >
> > E has been told to deliver these messages (part of her punishment, 
> > no doubt), but she can't sit waiting for round 3, so she's going to a 
> > friend's house for the day.
> >
> >
> > All this because a guy wants his floor fixed. 

It's very frustrating... I have a newsletter nearly finished at home that I'll get sent out to you tonight to fill you in on what we've been up to the past two months... again, these are super exciting times... and super difficult.
Pray that E wouldn't have everything dumped on her, that N would get his floor fixed, and that Property Guy would.... hmmm... well, that we would continue to love him the way God loves him... and that he'd chill out a little.
Thanks for all your prayers!