Love, and keep going.

The end is only the beginning. | September 29, 2010

Ages have passed since my last blog entry.

For those of you who do not know, I’ve recently decided to stop the operation of I Love Evelyn. It was one of the most difficult decisions I’ve ever made, but I am sure it’s the right one. I’ve endured so much pain and brokenness throughout the last year. Just typing that gives me a sense of freedom. I’ve felt the need to keep a straight face. To pretend like everything was okay, and that I had it all under control. But the truth is that the events that have taken place over the last year have hurt me and broken me in ways that I cannot even yet fully imagine. And to be clear, this hurt and brokenness was not caused by my homeless friends and neighbors downtown. They brought me nothing but joy!

If you were somehow involved with I Love Evelyn, please know that I appreciate you! It was such a great joy to have the opportunity to serve alongside so many people who had a passion to love and minister to the broken. It encouraged me to know that there are followers of Christ out there who are eager to take the gospel to the dirty and pushed aside.

Over the next couple of months I’ll be spending most of my time in the presence of the Lord, hopefully being healed and re-discovering who He created me to be. I am excited to have the opportunity to go before the Lord with an empty slate. I’ll be finishing up the book I’ve been working on since the beginning of time, and I am taking a small part time job as a sub teacher at a local school district. I’ve also been given the opportunity to speak at a few churches, encouraging them and helping mobilize them to do ministry on the streets.

God is good. Regardless of my hardships, He’s good. His love endures through my failed plans. And while this feels a lot like the end of something, I know in my heart that the Lord is just beginning with me. And that’s exciting.

Love Chad.