If you’ve been a reader here long you’ve read some of my blog posts about going down to Waikiki and doing street ministry with the homeless. Blogs like Blistering Sunburn, An Ambulance, and a Drunk Preacher Pt 1, or how about Homeless Man Gets Beat Up For Obscenity.
I met up last night with Pastor RK who heads up the Tuesday night outreach that YWAM Honolulu partners with. RK also also has a church in the park for homeless people on Sundays.
As we hung out, I asked RK how church has been. “Hard, real hard” he responded. He told me about the struggles that come with pastoring a church of all homeless people. How people will look like they are making great progress and then completely fall off the bandwagon. How people after years of investment are still distrusting.
I truly admire RK. He believes the Lord told him to start a church in Waikiki for the homeless and to be faithful. They’ve been at it for a few years now and if I were in his shoes I would have given up long ago. There are no quick results, 1/2 a step forward, and 8 back. But RK and his wife Like have faithfully shown up every Sunday and Tuesday to hands on, love the least of these.
RK also has a dream of employing homeless people to work on a farm, to learn a tangible skill, to be able to feed themselves, and then sell their produce at a farmers market. Doors have been opening up for that vision recently.
RK’s main source of income does not come from Pastoring a church full of homeless people. When it comes to offering time… well… lets just say it’s not as big of an offering as some of the larger churches for tourists in Waikiki.
RK’s main source of income was doing media for a larger ministry in the region. But with cutbacks everywhere that source of income ends at the end of this month.
RK does have some supporters, but the consistent support that comes in is less than his rent. RK lives in a small apartment with his 3 children above a bar where he is always asking people outside to not smoke weed and crack outside of his window because he has kids in the house. RK is one of the most visionary, hardworking and faithful people I know.
I don’t usually make appeals on this blog, much less for other people since we raise support for a living too, but I’m asking you to consider partnering with RK and his outreach to the least of these in Waikiki. Would you consider sending him and his family a one time gift or partnering with them on a monthly basis?
For tax deductible giving you can give online through their sending church. https://giving.newlifecity.org/client/index.php You have to select RK and Kelike Missions for it to be given to them.
Please if you’re reading this and can or can’t give would you pray for miracles of provision for RK, and Kelike and their 3 children.
