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Takin' It to the Streets...

By Joe Colaizzi

Many know Joe Colaizzi as the long-time successful director of the Kansas City Rescue Mission, a CMC that ministers to homeless men. However, few know Joe’s spiritual journey which is conveyed in Takin' It to the Streets.

“The headline screamed: ‘Satan Is Alive and Well—Living Among Us!’ . . . My greatest fear was further confirmed—I, Joe Colaizzi, was Satan!” With these words, the author begins his riveting, page-turning story—a gripping saga of how the Lord delivered and healed him, nurtured and equipped him, and took him to the heart of New York City to become involved in the lives of broken and hurting people.

This spellbinding book dares you to lay it down. You will be entertained, challenged, and blessed by Joe Colaizzi’s grace-filled testimony.

To learn more about the Kansas City Rescue Mission, visit http://www.kcrm.org.

Read about stories like these in Joe’s book:

“Lord, I’m stuck,” Joe prayed, facing a long, unsafe hike to Times Square late one night. Then out of nowhere, a well-dressed Black man flipped him a subway token, and Joe’s faith increased while Takin’ It to the Streets.

Thirteen days on the street without food. It seemed so unfair at the time, but it turned out to be a unique cross-cultural training program on homelessness. Just one way God prepared Joe for Takin’ It to the Streets.

“I killed my son,” the stranger confessed to Joe Colaizzi, “and God can never forgive me!” Joe talked and reasoned and prayed with Bill on a bustling sidewalk in New York City. And the man walked away a new creation in Christ. “I’m forgiven!” Bill declared. “Thank you.” Just one of the heart-warming stories of victory in the book Takin’ It to the Streets.

They hired a limousine to bring the homeless to the banquet. Tuxedoed men met them at the door. They were escorted to linen-clad tables dressed with fine china and silver. It was a Thanksgiving Day feast fit for the King—all part of Takin’ It to the Streets!

“The man’s gonna shoot you!” A robbery in broad daylight. With a gun. The victim sitting on a park bench. Dozens of people all around. And yet it happened! Just one of the many adventures in the page-turning book Takin’ It to the Streets.

For more information about this book, visit the Adult Mission Education section of the Nazarene Missions International Website.