For a Homeless Lady

[beatitude]

Please pray for a young homeless woman, K., who often begs outside the minimarket near me. She has a history of drug and alcohol abuse, but with the help of AA and a support worker, she's managing to stay away from these things. However, this means she's pretty isolated - she finds it difficult to socialise with other homeless people as many of them drink and it's too much of a temptation for her to be around alcohol, especially if it's cold weather and she wants to comfort herself. Please pray for her to be given strength and for her to find housing soon. We may have located an accommodation project that meets her needs and can take her in.

Please also pray for me to be given wisdom and trust. I've been helping her out a bit (she sometimes asks me for things she needs, like socks or sanitary towels, and once or twice I've brought her sweater home to launder it). She's never unreasonable in what she asks, and I think she's a truthful person. However, the culture of suspicion around homeless people is such that occasionally I doubt her story and wonder if she's just taking me for a ride, even though a few pairs of clean socks and some sanitary pads and very small amounts of money are hardly going to break the bank. Please pray for me never to lose sight of Christ in her and to always know the right thing to do.