Speaker 1: And good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 1: It is timed out for our community connection. And today
Speaker 1: we have our friends from Lighthouse Outreach Center Eral. It's
Speaker 1: always great to have you on board. But you brought
Speaker 1: friends to he brought ladies with me.
Speaker 2: Yes, we're glad to have an opportunity to be with
Speaker 2: you and bring.
Speaker 3: Some people to share about the Lighthouse.
Speaker 1: And we've got a lot going on. First of all,
Speaker 1: we have an upcoming film documentary it's called Americans with
Speaker 1: No Address and that is coming up Sunday at East
Speaker 1: Cross Church at six point thirty pm. Interesting because that's
Speaker 1: a very big topic of conversation these days.
Speaker 3: Right the movie was made.
Speaker 2: This is the documentary of the filming of the movie.
Speaker 2: The movie itself is about a story about people that
Speaker 2: are having no address in how God's working in their
Speaker 2: life and what's going on. But the documentary talks about
Speaker 2: they did a tour across the United States.
Speaker 3: Stopped at different shelters across.
Speaker 2: The United States is homeless people and saw different situations
Speaker 2: throughout the nation, so you can see the scope of
Speaker 2: the homelesses.
Speaker 3: It's nationwide.
Speaker 1: At Lighthouse Outreach that's a strange occurrence. That is something
Speaker 1: that we work handed hand with getting people back into
Speaker 1: the mainstream.
Speaker 3: Every day.
Speaker 2: We have people that come from all different situations, some
Speaker 2: of them coming from outside, living outdoors and with no
Speaker 2: address actually, and some of them are brought here by
Speaker 2: friends a family.
Speaker 3: That need a place for them to stay.
Speaker 2: Some of them the law enforcement brings people time time
Speaker 2: and to get released from jail and need a place
Speaker 2: for them to stay. Sometimes they come from a rehab program,
Speaker 2: need a second secondary stop in the recovery. And it's
Speaker 2: exciting to see the changes. We've got a lady right now,
Speaker 2: she's a single mother, three kids. She's moving out this
Speaker 2: whend this Friday. She's got her life together. She's moving
Speaker 2: back with.
Speaker 3: Her mom or mom has her older son who's got
Speaker 3: some physical difficulties. But she told me the other day, I.
Speaker 2: Said it's a good thing, because sometimes it's not a
Speaker 2: good thing. She said, yes, she said, last time I
Speaker 2: been to my mom, my mom said you're different than
Speaker 2: what she used to be.
Speaker 3: Wow, And that's a wonderful, powerful statement and a different
Speaker 3: meaning good.
Speaker 2: And she's got a job working for a medical group
Speaker 2: up there and where she's moving to in Oklahoma.
Speaker 3: So Wow, it's a great thing. Now I lived to
Speaker 3: welcome back.
Speaker 1: You've been here a time for three or four. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Like we were talking about being holeless, and now I
Speaker 1: understand that we actually have folks from Lighthouse because they
Speaker 1: have a.
Speaker 3: Whole now vote yes. It's just.
Speaker 4: They get excited about the fact that they have never
Speaker 4: voted before and now that they haven't address it's been
Speaker 4: permanent for a while.
Speaker 5: I think we've had seventeen or eighteen.
Speaker 3: Wow, that's oppressive new.
Speaker 4: Voters for the Lighthouse, which is a pretty good person
Speaker 4: each when you consider we have children and young people
Speaker 4: there too, so and we've made a real effort and
Speaker 4: we're proud of that fact and they're excited.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Sally with this here, Sally, you're a dorm super
Speaker 1: vicere Yes, how you like that.
Speaker 5: It's a challenge, but it's fun.
Speaker 6: I get to help other people and that helps me too.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 6: I'm still growing and covering from my addictions and stuff.
Speaker 6: You know, I was living out in the tent for
Speaker 6: a week and the heat and oh.
Speaker 5: What couldn't have been my bath was more like a
Speaker 5: bug spray.
Speaker 6: And the coyotes, you know, they're pretty scary at night,
Speaker 6: you know, busy, it's not fresh light.
Speaker 5: I didn't get much sleep.
Speaker 6: I showed up at the die House crying, standing at
Speaker 6: the front door, and I didn't have any hours on.
Speaker 5: The front door. I was just standing there and I.
Speaker 6: Rang the doorbell twice and nobody come around. And I
Speaker 6: pushed a little button and said hello, nobody come around.
Speaker 6: Seeing people coming out the back door, and I'm like, well,
Speaker 6: I had to go over there and see somebody getting
Speaker 6: somebody out of talk with my feet just stayed planned.
Speaker 6: And then Joe Clark come through the door and put
Speaker 6: his Bible in his hand, open the door, and he said,
Speaker 6: I really don't have anything. I said, I just need
Speaker 6: a small space, because honestly I was I was on
Speaker 6: the verge of committing suicidey and.
Speaker 5: I was just mentally gone. I was just done.
Speaker 6: You'd hit rock bother I thought I'd hit rock Bunton before,
Speaker 6: but that was that was the bottom. And Joe said,
Speaker 6: let me work a few things around. I really don't
Speaker 6: have any room and gave him the weekend. Called me Monday,
Speaker 6: seven o'clock Monday morning. I'm on the phone. He said,
Speaker 6: I still haven't gotten no room yet, but he found
Speaker 6: me a spot. Wow, and it saved my life from
Speaker 6: a young age.
Speaker 5: When my mother passed, I used to go to church
Speaker 5: and they just pray and God'll fix it.
Speaker 6: And then when she passed when I was eleven, it's
Speaker 6: like you lied to me, you know, so I kind
Speaker 6: of quit believing.
Speaker 5: I am going to be sixty one next month. And
Speaker 5: I believe in God and he works, He work miracles
Speaker 5: I do.
Speaker 6: I say a lot of praying for I pray in
Speaker 6: the chapel every morning and every evening. I pray for
Speaker 6: strength and guidance and the work and the wisdom, and
Speaker 6: I try to help others because you know, it's never
Speaker 6: too late to get help. I thought I was addicted
Speaker 6: to drugs, an alcoholic. I started drinking like a fifteen,
Speaker 6: So Devil's had a hold on.
Speaker 5: Me for a long time.
Speaker 6: And I just pray for God to, you know, help
Speaker 6: break them chains and keep the shield around me.
Speaker 5: And they've saved my life. And now I'm a.
Speaker 6: Dorm supervisor, just barely off of my two week So
Speaker 6: what do you call that striction? Restriction you keep you
Speaker 6: in place, you know, keeple drounded. And I was just
Speaker 6: like I just felt it on my skin. I gotta
Speaker 6: get this done and get this done.
Speaker 5: You're in the right spot.
Speaker 6: Just slow down, take it easy. You know, we've got
Speaker 6: the right people around you.
Speaker 5: And I's fear they can see them all away.
Speaker 6: I'm just like so, I just picked one thing a
Speaker 6: day and start getting everything, get my ducks in a row.
Speaker 6: And I'm very proud of what how far I came.
Speaker 6: And I couldn't have done it without him.
Speaker 1: You must a couple of ways, because I'm looking at
Speaker 1: a woman here. I never would have guessed, ever had
Speaker 1: problem one. I see a smile, I see radiance, I
Speaker 1: see positivity.
Speaker 5: Yeah, that a few it's gonna absent for many years.
Speaker 3: Well, it looks a good idea today.
Speaker 5: Thank you. It feels good. It feels good.
Speaker 1: Good today.
Speaker 5: He works miracles, he does, he does.
Speaker 1: That's just one of the video miracles we hear at
Speaker 1: that lighthouse.
Speaker 6: And there's so many that need help. Don't be afraid
Speaker 6: to ask for help. It's out there. I wasn't one
Speaker 6: to ask anybody. I was always independent. It's at a
Speaker 6: tough girl, you know. And I can do it by myself.
Speaker 6: You know, I'm too old to change. I've done it
Speaker 6: for too long. It's never never, never too late. Never
Speaker 6: too late.
Speaker 5: God is there all the time for you.
Speaker 1: That's amazing, Linda. This is just one of the many
Speaker 1: great stories that come out from the Lighthouse outreach.
Speaker 3: It happens every day, really absolutely.
Speaker 4: And I think that's one of the things with this
Speaker 4: movie that we have coming up on Sunday really emphasizes
Speaker 4: that homelessness doesn't mean the stereotypical view that a lot
Speaker 4: of people have of homelessness.
Speaker 5: You know, there are people. Everybody makes bad choices, but
Speaker 5: there are some people that were really dealt to bad
Speaker 5: hand and the kids.
Speaker 4: This movie also follows the storyline of a gal that
Speaker 4: turned eighteen and aged out of foster care nowhere to go.
Speaker 4: You know, when she turned eighteen, the foster parents.
Speaker 5: Locked the doors on her.
Speaker 4: So we just want to emphasize that this is a
Speaker 4: problem everywhere. The average man who becomes homeless is after
Speaker 4: he's fifty years old. So you know, there's just a
Speaker 4: lot of information out there and we want to help
Speaker 4: put This documentary is great. You hear documentary and you
Speaker 4: think boring, but this one is amazing. We got to
Speaker 4: see it this spring. It will touch your heart in
Speaker 4: so many ways.
Speaker 1: Now this is going to be Sunday at six thirty.
Speaker 5: Sunday six thirty.
Speaker 4: East Cross Churches are host free popcorn and drinks.
Speaker 3: Do I have to get a ticket?
Speaker 5: You do not have to register. It's free.
Speaker 4: Just come, bring a friend, we'll have a great time.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that is amazing, girl. How does it get done
Speaker 1: there at the Lighthouse. God's got God's in control. I
Speaker 1: know that.
Speaker 3: It's just amazing.
Speaker 2: And part of it is the legacy when Naomi started
Speaker 2: at twenty some years ago.
Speaker 3: Naomi passed away.
Speaker 2: About a month ago, and I believe the city really
Speaker 2: owes her a great debt of gratitude and appreciation. We're
Speaker 2: looking at what we can do to honor her, and
Speaker 2: we've got some things in the works we might be
Speaker 2: able to do in our area, right back there where
Speaker 2: the Lighthouse is founded. But it was based on prayer,
Speaker 2: and it was based on helping a person's life, get
Speaker 2: their life changed by a heart change.
Speaker 3: It has to be a heart change, because.
Speaker 2: If we just feed people, if we just clothe them,
Speaker 2: we just get them a job or get them to
Speaker 2: the doctor or whatever, and don't address the deepest issue
Speaker 2: every person has, and that's their spiritual condition, their relationship
Speaker 2: with God, then we failed them.
Speaker 3: We may have helped them have a.
Speaker 2: Little better life now, but they're going to die with
Speaker 2: or without God, and we are part of our job
Speaker 2: is to help them. And once this person turns life
Speaker 2: over to God, these other things begin to fall into place.
Speaker 3: It's not easy, it's not simple, but there's a way out.
Speaker 2: You've got somebody guiding you, and you've got some principles
Speaker 2: to help you, and you've got a whole host of
Speaker 2: Christian community.
Speaker 3: To give you support and encouragement.
Speaker 2: So the life change has to be the main emphasis
Speaker 2: of any kind of ministry that's trying to help people
Speaker 2: get their life turned around. We have people from all
Speaker 2: different satuations. We've got a young man there now, he's
Speaker 2: twenty six years old, to believe, he's got two years
Speaker 2: of law school, and he came to us homeless and
Speaker 2: needs help.
Speaker 3: Right now.
Speaker 2: In God's work in his life, we're seeing a great change.
Speaker 2: And just like in Sally, sometimes you can just see
Speaker 2: in a person there's just something more there than what
Speaker 2: looks like.
Speaker 3: On the surface.
Speaker 2: And that young man has got a lot of potential.
Speaker 2: Hopefully he'll be able to continue to go back into
Speaker 2: finish up his law degree, but there's something going to
Speaker 2: be taking character before then, and we're working with him
Speaker 2: on that.
Speaker 3: I have a question for you.
Speaker 1: We used to get these nice little invitations there right now,
Speaker 1: and again I have no I said, I got to
Speaker 1: read this, and then Garrett would go and visit with you.
Speaker 1: You have these tours every day and again tell the
Speaker 1: story of lighthouse.
Speaker 4: Yeah, we invite the community to come in and have
Speaker 4: a free lunch with our residents.
Speaker 5: Take a quick tour.
Speaker 4: We have a lot of new things going on there.
Speaker 3: I see.
Speaker 4: We always have a great attendance, have a great meal.
Speaker 4: Our next one attendatively scheduled for December third, all right,
Speaker 4: and we have them about every six to eight weeks,
Speaker 4: depending on when a holiday's holidays that if you don't
Speaker 4: get an invitation and you want one, call the lighthouse.
Speaker 1: Now. We also run on the generosity of our friend
Speaker 1: to neighbors too, So if somebody wants to make a
Speaker 1: contribution that's really going to go a long way at
Speaker 1: someone's life, can they just get a hold of you
Speaker 1: at the lighthouse.
Speaker 4: They and we also have opportunities now that if people
Speaker 4: would like to.
Speaker 5: Sponsor one of those I had no idea lunches.
Speaker 4: That's a new opportunity now and you can just you know,
Speaker 4: eat nellis info at Bartlesville Whitehouse dot org or give
Speaker 4: us a call or go out to our website. It's
Speaker 4: a great resource. It's just Bartlesville Lighthouse dot org. You
Speaker 4: can contact us, you can donate there. You can walk
Speaker 4: in the door in hand and so check them.
Speaker 3: We'll take it. I put it into good roly.
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of churches have partnered up with
Speaker 1: you one way, chiep or form or another to afform
Speaker 1: it an association, whether it servian meals.
Speaker 3: Or just help it out.
Speaker 2: There's the three different ways that churches help us significantly.
Speaker 2: One is that we have about nine churches that serve
Speaker 2: a meal once a month. They prepare meal, bring it
Speaker 2: down there, and the people in the church get to
Speaker 2: serve the meal, get to visit the people interact. It's
Speaker 2: a wonderful opportunity to have a mission right here in
Speaker 2: our own local community. And it helps us with our
Speaker 2: financial budget also. And then also we have pastors from
Speaker 2: different churches come and do messages chapel for us, and
Speaker 2: we've got I used to doing most of the chapels,
Speaker 2: but now if I could to a chapel.
Speaker 3: Every once in a while.
Speaker 2: It's an occasional and I love doing it. But we've
Speaker 2: got so many good pastors coming right now, and they
Speaker 2: just seem to relate to the people. And they're from
Speaker 2: all different Church of Christ, Salvation Army, Highland Park, Baptists
Speaker 2: for All Humanity, Wesleyan, just a bunch of different sources.
Speaker 2: And we have many nights coming from Freedom into Kansas
Speaker 2: once a month's been coming from about fifteen years now.
Speaker 2: They do a special service for us, all a capellal,
Speaker 2: beautiful singing of hymns, just a wonderful opportunity to see
Speaker 2: a variety of Christian experiences for gent to the people.
Speaker 2: So and then another thing, some churches put us in
Speaker 2: their budget. Every month we get a check from the
Speaker 2: church from their mission budget. Some churches take a special
Speaker 2: offering once.
Speaker 3: In a while.
Speaker 2: East Cross it does a mountain of food every year,
Speaker 2: gives us about seven thousand dollars worth of food, and
Speaker 2: we're getting ready for that. They're already collecting it at
Speaker 2: the church there. And so there are just so many
Speaker 2: ways that people help us out. And I'd love to
Speaker 2: come and speak at your church, bring a resident or
Speaker 2: to to give it their testimony. So there's a lot
Speaker 2: of opportunities for church to become involved. And you know,
Speaker 2: we think of missions is overseas, but we've got missions
Speaker 2: right here.
Speaker 3: It's coming to us right here, all.
Speaker 1: Right, Live and tell us where we can find again
Speaker 1: we Partlespiel.
Speaker 4: Whitehouse dot Org is our website and that's a it's
Speaker 4: you can connect directly through us. There.
Speaker 5: You can donate to the White House.
Speaker 4: We have a list of our wishes and wants and needs.
Speaker 4: If you want to donate, or you can sign up
Speaker 4: to come. Just take a tour anytime.
Speaker 1: And you can eat.
Speaker 3: Sally.
Speaker 6: I would like to add we have simplus sized women
Speaker 6: and we pigurely use some plus sized donations. Okay, I'm
Speaker 6: trying to find shoes for one young lady in my
Speaker 6: dorm and I'm having a hard time with that.
Speaker 5: But she's got a pair of flip flops. That's all
Speaker 5: she's got.
Speaker 3: Let's see if we can change that.
Speaker 6: Ye sim plus size I mean for boy X and
Speaker 6: joiceyea women, Yeah, yeah, you got Well we've got a
Speaker 6: couple of those.
Speaker 1: Well, well we put the word out. Let's see, we'd
Speaker 1: get right there to the lighthouse, followed the week.
Speaker 5: Follow the light, it would be highly appreciated.
Speaker 1: You great I want to thank you all for coming
Speaker 1: in today. Don't in the movie Sunday night, six point
Speaker 1: thirty and that is at East Cross Church, the upcoming
Speaker 1: film documentary Americans with No Address.
Speaker 3: Thank you very much for being here.