RE: Jeremy Noelker: Your Prayers Are Needed

Please read this blog in it’s entirety, I know time is valuable, but I’m hoping we can all get involved somehow.

Good morning friends. You may remember when I told you about a young man I met singing outside my house a few months ago. If you don’t you can read a previous blog entitled “Because God Said” http://wp.me/pAKON-6t.

Over the past few months, Jeremy and his loyal furry companion, Scoobert, have walked all over Indiana bearing a cross that displays the words “Love One Another”. The cross also sports the signatures of the hundreds of people that were moved, when they saw Jeremy, to get involved or draw closer to God. In fact, Jeremy’s travels have taken him over such a distance that his original cross (also bearing hundreds of signatures) was worn down so far that he could no longer drag it behind him.

All of this because it was the first thing that God laid on his heart after becoming homeless earlier this year.

Over that past several months, Jeremy has, on many occasions, stopped through Brownsburg for brief periods of time, and I was humbled by some of the stories he shared with me.  But this most recent visit was different.

Just days ago, Jeremy stopped in and shared with me a vision to walk from Brownsburg to Washington D.C. in time for the “Rally to Restore Sanity” which, if you don’t know what is, follow this link http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-16-2010/rally-to-restore-sanity-announcement . While he and all who were present were mildly apprehensive about the journey, we all knew that the enemy would certainly try to keep something this huge and epic from happening. Jeremy would arrive in D.C. not with the intent to shout at people about their sin, not with the desire to sell them his God, but with the quiet humble prayer for America to begin to “Love One Another”.

So without much hesitation we printed off a walking route for him, prepped him with rations and supplies, spent a little time in the word, and off he went. Man, dog & cross headed south on SR 267.

I was blessed to catch a random facebook photo upload from a facebook friend in Greenwood, IN that saw him on Smith Valley Rd. She didn’t know him, but she was fascinated with her encounter. You wouldn’t believe the amount of response to her posting of this picture. Here’s another link if you’d like to check it out: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6702896&id=662286498&il=0&ref=notif&notif_t=photo_reply .

The true meaning of this post, however, is not to simply make you aware of Jeremy, but to offer you an opportunity to be a part of this epic journey. The first way you can do that is simply through prayer. Jeremy has pretty much nothing but a tent, some clothes, a canteen, some bread and peanut butter, and a go-phone. He will be walking on State Highways because it’s not safe or even legal for him to travel by foot on Interstates. After several days, Jeremy will find himself in the Appalachian Mountains where it is desolate and lonely. Pray. Pray. Pray. Please Pray. For comfort when he’s afraid, for supplies when he needs them, for a warm, dry place to sleep when he needs it, for safety from the elements, and for a heart of Joy as he fulfills what He has been called to.

The second way is this.

I was thinking earlier tonight. LOOK OUT! Ha And, I thought that maybe some of you who are reading this can help with money. Like I said, Jeremy is homeless, and a few weeks ago, he asked me if I knew a way that I could raise support for him to keep doing what he’s doing without having to be homeless and without provision. At the time, I had no great ideas for him… But today I do.

Jeremy must walk 624 miles to reach his goal in Washington D.C. and I’m thinking that some may be interested in pledging a set amount of money for each mile that he walks. It could be a penny, it could be a dollar, or whatever… But when he returns to Indy, we could present him with some funds to help him continue surviving and serving the Lord. If you are interested please send me an email at: info@joebanua.com

I know this was a lot to read, but I’m really excited about what God is doing with Jeremy, and I’m so honored and privileged to be a part of it. Oh Yeah! It looks like I might be over in the D.C. area on tour at the same time he should be arriving, so I might be able to bring him home after his journey… that would be cool if God worked it out that way! We’ll see!

Thanks for reading, friends. I’ll try to do this more often but with shorter reads… LOL

In His Hands,

Joe