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.


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Abraham (Stone) W. - Prayer Candidate 159

Abraham is 60 years old and is known universally in the homeless community as “Stone.” He was born at Yellow Bluff in Wilcox County and later moved to Mobile, Alabama where he was a star running back at Trinity Gardens High School. He went on to play running back for Tuskegee and eventually played basketball for the US Army during his time in the military. Stone served with the Big Red One at Ft. Riley, Kansas, in Germany and also Vietnam. He worked at many things after the war including 14 years as a Birmingham postman and driving for Mayflower Movers as an owner/operator of his own semi-truck. At one point he owned and managed several semi-trucks which he contracted for over the road transport.

A number of events contributed to Stone’s journey into homelessness. Included among them were a divorce, the loss of his business, and what he describes as “a series of bad decisions” resulting from failing to deal with his anger. Stone walks daily in his faith as he navigates the city. Material possessions are no longer a priority in his life and instead Stone puts his energy into building a sense of community among the homeless. Stone has been living on the street longer than almost anyone out there, and has a high level of respect among those he walks with. He sleeps with a close knit group of homeless people on the docks near the Central Bus Station in Birmingham. Each morning they must move their clothes and blankets to the base of the railroad bridge, covering them in cardboard and plastic to protect them from the weather and then retrieve them just before sundown each day.
Stone asks you to pray first that he stays strong in the Lord, and second for his 80 year old mother who is in a nursing home in Mobile. He would like to see his mother again soon.

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