June 6th Prayer Update
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
We are blessed to have the privilege to go out and proclaim the hope we have and the love of Jesus through the sharing of the gospel. We thank the Lord for guiding us to the people we spoke with during our last outreach. Please pray with us for the Lord to continue giving us wisdom and guidance in pointing people toward Him. Please pray specifically for those mentioned in this report, that the Lord would stir their hearts with a desire to follow Him in repentance and faith.
We are excited to announce the start of our Livermore Team! In partnership with Gospel Community Church, starting July 18th, we will have one monthly outreach. Our Livermore Team will have a separate sign-up list available on our website.
During our June 6th outreach, our teams distributed:
16 English language Bibles
4 Spanish language New Testaments
4 English language New Testaments
9 Cross-Talking (Addiction) Books
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Our Antioch team engaged in significant conversation with Jaime and Chino (shown). They recently served lengthy prison sentences together, and both have a good understanding of scripture. We shared the gospel with them and prayed with them. Chino and Jaime both recognize their need for repentance, and both admitted their use of marijuana was a barrier to their faith. Chino told us while in prison and drug free, they felt a closeness to God that was profound. Chino and Jaime appreciated their interaction with us, having felt genuinely loved and cared for by our team. Please pray with us that the Lord draws Chino and Jaime to repentance. Pray that He would give them saving faith, and lead them to live their lives in obedience to Christ.
Our Martinez team had the opportunity to speak with Krista (shown). Krista was familiar with the gospel and has a background with Christianity, but admitted her prayer life is essentially nonexistent. We were able to provide her with a Bible and reading glasses, along with food and other supplies. It was apparent that she suffers from mental health issues. Krista requested prayer for protection and housing. Please pray with us for the Lord to protect her in her current situation, to give her clarity of mind, and that she might truly have a desire to follow Christ.
Our Central Concord team had the opportunity to speak with Angel (shown). We've spoken with Angel on several occasions, and he believes his good works will be sufficient for salvation. We went through the Ten Commandments with Angel, and as we went through the list, he seemed to show signs of being convicted of his sin. We shared the gospel with Angel, and explained that our good works do not lead us to salvation. We prayed with him, and encouraged him to put his trust and faith in Jesus for salvation. Please pray with us that the Lord would give saving faith to Angel, and bring him to repentance.
Our Central Concord team also had the opportunity to speak with Angie (shown). We have known Angie for a few years, and she always engages in friendly discussion with us. Angie admitted that she struggles with the topic of repentance, and said she wasn't sure that she could "do that right now." We shared the gospel with her once again, and encouraged her to read her Bible. Please pray with us that she accepts our challenge to read a chapter in the book of John, and that the Lord would draw her to seek repentance for her sins.
Our Vallejo team had the opportunity to speak with Glen (shown). Glen has health problems and may only have several more months to live. Glen struggles with drug addiction, so we provided him with an addiction booklet, a Bible, food and supplies. Glen believes his good works are sufficient for his salvation. Due to his health prognosis, we felt an urgency to share the harsh truth of eternal separation from God in hell. We then shared the glorious Good News of the gospel with him; that God's gift of grace and salvation is free, and we encouraged him to turn toward the Lord in repentance and faith. Glen was emotional during our prayer with him. Please pray with us that the Lord gives Glen saving faith, draws him to repentance, and gives him an urgent desire to follow Christ, before it is too late.
Our North Concord team had the opportunity to speak with Eric. Eric has some health problems, and has difficulty getting to the health clinic. He added that the health clinic often has lengthy wait times, which causes him great frustration. Eric became emotional and cried while our team read Galatians 5 and prayed for the Lord to help him with patience and perseverance. We explained that although we can't change the wait time at the clinic, the Lord is unchanging and can provide patience and comfort. We encouraged him to read the Bible we gave him. Please pray with us that Eric turns to the Lord for strength, in faith and repentance, and for Eric's health and protection.
We were so encouraged and thankful this past week for you, our wonderful volunteers. We had zero sign-ups for bagged lunches for this past outreach, so we sent out an email to see if anyone would be willing to help provide. Within an hour, all sign-up slots (100 bagged lunches!) were filled! The Lord was so kind to provide so quickly through a number of you!! As you might imagine, it takes many volunteers to make our ministry effective each month, and we are so thankful for everyone who serves alongside us!
Prayer Requests
Please pray that these individuals read the Bibles they received.
Anthony (Pray for freedom from alcohol addiction)
Sebone (Pray for freedom from fentanyl addiction, repentance. Tent burned down, lost everything)
Lilly (Pray for freedom from addiction, received an addiction booklet. Pray for housing)
Josh (Received an addiction booklet, struggling with depression, pending probate matter, pray for protection and provision)
Jed & KB (Pray for housing situation, home burned down. She recently gave birth and is pregnant once again. Pray they find a church to attend, and for peace during stressful season)
Nicole (Her four children were recently removed from her care by CPS, currently lives in broken down bus. We passed along her information to a local organization that helps with housing, pray they can help her).
Lonnie Russell (Pray for SSDI payments, housing situation, and sister who is recovering from cancer)
Matt (Pray for participation in upcoming Bible study session)
Roger (Pray for participation in upcoming Bible study session)
John (Expressed interest in NorthCreek, pray he attends)
Pray for those who were friendly but declined Bibles.
Rob
Paul (Pray for conviction and repentance)
Tatiana (Pray for mental health issues, protection, provision and mind clarity)
Victor
AJ (Received an addiction booklet)
Rich
Mike
Lance & his girlfriend
Mike
Kevin
Ray
Dan (Received an addiction booklet, pray for health)
Taffey (Pray for health, in wheelchair)
Kelly
Alex
Roy (Deaf, pray for situation with violent brother)
Eliseo (Pray for healing from old hand injury)
Kareem
Bonnie
Nacho
Sharon
Jose
Tony
Mary
Pray for those who were closed to conversation, that God would soften their hearts before our next outreach.
Shavonne
Chris
Kristy
Erv
Sergio
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Our Next Outreach is June 20th, 2026
Please consider serving during a Saturday Outreach in one of the following ways:
1) Supply & Prepare Lunches
2) Evangelism at the Homeless Camps
3) Volunteer Breakfast
4) Cookies for Volunteers
Our ministry is a labor of love with the main purpose of providing gospel hope through practical means to the homeless. Thank you for serving alongside of us!
We continue to pray for those who might be able to contribute a small additional monthly gift of $25 or $50 a month to help with ongoing Hope680 expenses, including our ministry supplies, offices, and RV maintenance. We are trusting God to continue to provide through you!
FYI Our Executive Staff and Leaders (including Toby and all team leaders) are unpaid volunteers - all donations go 100% towards the running of Hope680, including administrative contractors, our facilities, and RV maintenance costs, as well as ministry supplies.