Welcome to prayforthehomeless.org. This site offers you the opportunity to meet someone who is homeless and pray for them. We also include people who have recently been homeless and are in recovery from homelessness. They all have one thing in common: they need the power and blessings of your prayers. A small percentage of the homeless are able to stay in public shelters or other temporary accommodations for short periods, but the majority of these people sleep in abandoned buildings, warehouses or under bridges each night. We invite you to pick a different person to pray for each week and share this idea with a friend. This site is in the process of development. You can expect it to grow and change over the coming weeks and months. We invite your feedback and comments by email at prayforthehomeless@gmail.com.


We have added a feedback feature that allows you to click to indicate your committment to pray, write or email others. Providing this response will let others know which homeless have many people praying for them and which ones are still waiting for prayer. At the bottom of this page click on "OLDER POSTS" to see more homeless prayer candidates.

Charles G. - Prayer Candidate 149

Charles is 52 years old and is originally from Mountain Brook, Alabama. He has been homeless living in camps or other places on the street for most of the past two years. He loves to cook and has worked in a number of area restaurants. In July 2009 Charles was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. He has undergone chemotherapy and radiation treatment and will probably be facing surgery sometime in the next few months. Charles suffers from chronic mental illness, including clinical depression. He also struggles with alcohol addiction. Charles lives on the second floor of an abandoned building in the downtown area that he shares with several other homeless people. He loves to read and spends a great deal of time at the library. He also enjoys listening to public radio. Charles asks that you pray for his health as he looks ahead to his surgery and recovery. He also asks that you remember all homeless people in your prayers.

Update:  Charles has finally been approved for Social Security Disability and this has allowed him to get an inexpensive motel room in the downtown area and get in out of the elements. He goes this week to see a surgeon about a date for upcoming surgery to remove his tumor. He asks you to pray for his health as he moves forward with his cancer treatment.

Update:  In late February Charles had the opportunity to move in with another person who is in recovery from homelessness. This will allow him to have a place to stay while he recovers from surgery which is scheduled in the coming weeks to remove a tumor from his colon. Please pray for a successful cancer surgery.

Update:  Charles has an appointment to see the surgeon on March 23rd to make a final decision on whether they will operate or continue with chemo/radiation type treatments.

Update:  Charles is scheduled to have colon cancer surgery on April 21st at Cooper Green Hospital where doctors will perform a colostomy. He thanks everyone for the power of their prayers and wants you to know that the size of his tumor has been reduced by 50% during chemo and radiation. He believes this is a result of people praying for him and wants you to know that he keeps every single card he receives.

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