Sometimes Serving the Poor Can Be…Messy

Kevin Blue has spent much of his ministry career serving the poor in inner-city Los Angeles. In this excerpt he describes working with a war vet named Clarence:

Richard, Tim, Caroline and Ellen moved into a poorer part of Los Angeles …During their first year in the neighborhood, this team of friends also met a man named Clarence. Clarence was a veteran, and, possibly due to his war experiences, at times he had difficulty remembering accurately and talking coherently. He was a large, barrel-chested man and a very kind soul.

One day Clarence…