For this new site there are a few things I would like to bring you. One is the Meme MY WALK MONDAYS hosted by Scrapping Servant. Another thing I would Like to do is write some book reviews. This week I am going to combine the two. The one thing I won’t do though is write about Christian Romance novels. The reason stems from the fact that i don’t and won’t read them. I have very specific convictions about them and I will write those in a a later post. So the book for today is One Lady at a Time by John Benton 
John Benton is the Founder and President of the Walter Hoving Homes Located in garrison Ny and Pasadena California. This is john’s 40th Book. The ministry reaches out to women who are addicted to drugs and alcohol and who are Prostitutes. They bring them into the home once they choose to leave the life they have been lining. they enter the home for either a 6 month or 12 month recovery prograam where they are introduced to Jesus Christ. There are many stories just like this one:
Like the time I wanted to rescue a girl from her vicious pimp . . .
When we were on the streets some of the ladies had told Elsie and me that Teresa was in great danger. They had seen her pimp beating her up even while the cars whizzed by. Teresa was screaming for help, but in that part of town no one stops to help. They stop for nothing.
I decided to try to find Teresa. I took two of the staff with me. I found out through the years that you can easily get killed if you travel alone. (I don’t know if taking the staff into a dangerous situation was wise, but these two staff were very courageous!)
We kept searching for Teresa. It was getting close to midnight and we were just about to give up when I saw her!
Teresa was in a dirty, greasy fast food joint. Sure enough, there was her pimp. As I stopped the car and looked in, it was obvious they were arguing.
I knew one of two things would happen if I were to walk in there. Either Teresa’s pimp would go after me, or he would beat Teresa if she attempted to leave him.
There seemed to be only one way out. Somehow Teresa had to leave that place and get out on the street alone so we could talk with her.
Teresa and her pimp kept arguing. We waited for almost an hour and still they didn’t come out.
As we were waiting in the car, I heard somebody yell. Sure enough, two guys were mugging a man on the street. This was the one area the vice squad had told me to stay away from.
A guy walked over to our car to talk to us. That gave me an idea. I explained who we were and asked him to persuade Teresa to come out to talk. He said he’d do it for $2.00!
I gave him the $2.00.
I watched him go inside. A while later he returned and said Teresa wasn’t coming out.
I whispered a prayer asking the Lord what to do. My first impulse was to go talk to Teresa myself, but decided against it. Who knows what would happen?
When the guy came back I gave him my card and asked him to slip it to Teresa when he got a chance. I thought it best that we head back home.
When I got home late that night I was really troubled. Should I have gone in after Teresa? We continued to pray for Teresa that somehow something would happen that she would make contact with us.
And something did happen. Teresa got arrested!
But this time, when she was ready to get out, she called us.
I picked her up. She came to our Home, went through the program and graduated.
Today, praise the Lord, Teresa helps us here at the Walter Hoving Home with our bookkeeping responsibilities and is doing a fantastic job!
This man has a tremendous amount of faith and it really challenged mine! A man who risks his life out on a street in NYC or in LA to just get another druggie/prostitute off the street. The love that he and his wife Elsie have for these girls amazes me and challenges me to love the unlovable! Just as Christ did. I can’t say enough about this book and it was more than well worth the 10 cents I paid for it! For more information on the Walter Hoving Homes Click here.
