God is so amazing--and HE's doing great things in the City of Mesquite!!! Since we began the Nehemiah Mesquite Mission in the Valley View Heights Neighborhood--progress is being made!
CRIME
On at least two streets in Valley View Heights--neighbors are telling me break ins have slowed almost to nothing. We had our first crime watch meeting last month on Rose Street and had over 25 neighbors who up--many more than I expected. Everyone seemed encouraged and hopeful--I appreciated Councilman Brian Hutcheson being there to support this work. We had a crimewatch walk today through the neighborhood--with James Wood and his wife (James is our crimewatch captain from Rose Street), myself, and one of our Mesquite Police Officers--who knows that neighborhood very well and knew lots of details of each street. I very much appreciate Councilman Stan Pickett showing up also for that walk. On our walk, we encountered a few neighbors who were glad to see us out there and a couple of neighbors who are trouble makers who were not so happy to see us. But nonetheless--I know word will spread that we were out there with a police officer and that is good! And honestly, there is so much more you can see when you are on foot as opposed to seeing from an automobile. If it slows anyone from pursuing criminal activity--its a good thing! It appears also, that more and more neighbors are talking to each other and looking out for one another! That is a huge blessing!
CODE ISSUES
When the Nehemiah Mesquite Mission first started working in that neighborhood, there were numerous vacant houses throughout the neighborhood that were neglected and that just looked terrible! A few were in what I call "Perpetual Repair"--but basically nothing was being done. However, today you see several vacant houses cleaned up--a few have been rented or sold--and several are having real repairs and improvements made on them. Every Saturday when we go through and pick up trash and pray for each street's families--we see workers rebuilding those houses! Clearly our code enforcement workers are making a difference!
UNEMPLOYMENT
As we go through the neighborhoods--whether it be Valley View Heights or even my own neighborhood--we encounter a number of unemployed neighbors. We need to keep praying for our unemployed neighbors. I am very excited to announce that on January 8th--the Nehemiah Mesquite Mission is partnering with Sharing Life to have a Community Job Fair. It will be a mix of a job fair with as many employers as we can get, as well as an opportunity to get help putting together a resume and we will have some professionals there to help with coaching for job interviewing skills. We will also have other ministers there besides myself to pray with folks who have been struggling or to listen to their stories. We want to encourage people! Please pray for God to bless this job fair. Here are the details:
Nehemiah Mesquite Mission/Sharing Life Community Job Fair
WHERE--Sharing Life's Facility-- 3544 Emporium Circle in Mesquite
WHEN--Saturday January 8 from 10am to 1pm
Today when we were doing the crimewatch walk through Valley View Heights, we encountered a neighbor who said he has been unemployed for several months and I mentioned our job fair. We plan on hitting several neighborhoods around Mesquite with fliers about the job fair before next month. If you know of an employer who will be hiring in January--please get them in touch with me.
May God continue to bless the City of Mesquite and may HE help us rebuild our city and spread the good news of Jesus--House By House, Street By Street, Neighborhood By Neighborhood, Apartment Complex By Apartment Complex!
Bruce
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