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Calling showed up to serve food and pray with the members of the camp.

Prendergast was passed out on a sheet of plywood, but he got up to help the team set up a tent.

“I was in really rough shape,” he remembers.

Just as the team was about to leave, Prendergast ran after them to ask if they would pray for him. They did, and they told him they would be back out in a few days.

Prendergast told them if they did come back, he’d go with them. As promised, the team returned. Several of the hospitals were full, but Pendergast finally received admittance to the Dallas Life Foundation, which requires every guest to go to chapel.

“It was there that I had my — AA calls it a ‘spiritual experience.’ I call it just a plain miracle,” Prendergast says. “I got serious with Jesus, and he got serious with me. I said, ‘Would you please take it away?’ And he said he would. From that point forward, I haven’t touched a drink since. That was November 30, 2010.”

Prendergast’s story is an exceptional one,

Quality. Value. Pride. Three Fountains

but even if things hadn’t played out the way they did, Habashy says Our Calling would still be following up with him four years later, available to help him when he was ready.

Prendergast immediately began volunteering with Our Calling, going out on search-and-rescue missions and helping around the headquarters.

One day it came up in conversation that he was well versed in cooking and kitchen the road — to just act like he or she doesn’t exist. management, so Our Calling decided to hire him as the kitchen manager, which is where he still works.

Since then, he has restored his relationship with his family and straightened out his legal troubles. He recently received a driver’s license, which he thought would never happen.

SO, WHAT SHOULD I DO?

So, here we are, sitting at a red light, trying to figure out what to do: To give or not to give? That is the question.

Habashy points out that one of the most psychologically damaging things people can do is to completely ignore the person standing by the side of the road — to just act like he or she doesn’t exist.

To help, Our Calling developed a di erent approach. They created a small booklet that includes a map, phone numbers and many other resources which can be purchased on the Our Calling website. Habashy suggests people carry several copies in their car, along with trail mix or granola bars to o er panhandlers, instead of giving them cash.

Our Calling also provides dozens of volunteer opportunities for people of all ages. Neighbors can volunteer as individuals or in groups. There are opportunities to serve food, help around the headquarters, become a part of a search-and-rescue team, be a mentor or lead a Bible study.

If you can’t volunteer time, Our Calling is not opposed to taking monetary donations. In fact, as far as drives go, it’s easier for Our Calling to order things such as hygiene items, food and blankets in bulk. So it’s more cost e cient for people to simply donate money. However, people can also organize clothing, sock or shoe drives to donate.

Our Calling hopes to expand its ministry in the near future, which will require a new building.

TO LEARN MORE visit ourcalling.org and click the “give” button to donate online. Our Calling is a member of the Evangelical Council on Financial Accountability, an accreditation agency. Our Calling also has a wish list available on its website.