第3164期:Slum church

For 14 years, we do it every Friday around this time. We come out and we feed people, right? 14年来，我们每周五差不多这个时候都会做这件事。我们出来给人们分发食物，对吧？

We feed them first the spiritual word of God, we call it and then, we give them physical food. 我们先给他们“精神食粮”，然后再给他们提供物质食物。

We let them know that "Hey, you don't have to come to listen to the word of God in order for us to give you food. 我们让他们知道：“你们不必为了让我们给你们食物而来听上帝的教诲。

If you just want to come when we're serving, you can come when we're serving. 如果你只想在我们供应餐点的时候来，那你可以直接来。

You don't have to listen to me. I'm nothing special. I don't have nothing great to say to you except for what's in the word of God." 你不必听我的。我没什么特别的。除了上帝箴言外，我没什么溢美之语要对你说。”

The hardest hit place in Los Angeles, still praising God, still giving him the glory, still coming out on Friday nights. 在洛杉矶疫情最严重的地方，人们仍在赞美上帝，仍在颂扬他的荣耀，仍在周五晚上外出。

And what I've started to notice is happening is that more and more people are coming back every week. 我开始注意到，每周都有越来越多的人出来加入我们。

There are all kinds of people who come here. There are people who are housed. 来这里的人形形色色。有的人就住在这里。

There are about 9,000 people who are housed right here in Los Angeles. 洛杉矶大约有9000人都住在这里。

And what's in Skid Row, what's called Single Residency Occupancies, right there are little small apartments, kind of like the size of a jail cell, a small jail cell. 在贫民区里，所谓的单人居住单元是什么样的呢？那些公寓可能就跟监狱的单间一样小。

There's a lot of good people down here, but it's like the has-beens, the ex-gang members, the ex-pimps or prostitutes, ex-parolees, ex-probation or their family just forgot about them. 这里有很多好人，但是这里也是很多“过气人”的收容所，前帮派成员、前皮条客、前妓女、刑满释放人员、缓刑期满人员，或者是那些被家人遗忘的人。

So, they end up coming down here. It's something down here and it's kind of like Paul, when he said in the church, during the, excuse me, "you can stay down here or you can go to heaven". 他们最终来到了这里。这里有一些事情，有点像保罗在教堂里说的，“你可以留在这里，也可以去天堂”。

When you come to Skid Row, you have to put on your Ephesians 6:18, your whole armor of God. 当你来到贫民窟时，你得穿上以弗所书6:18所提到的上帝所赐的全副军装。

Because even when you don't want to do something, you see somebody doing something, so you end up wanting to do it. 因为即使你原本不想做某事，看到别人在做，你最终也会想做。

About 400,000 people are at risk of facing eviction due to COVID-19 and all our elected officials are doing are passing eviction moratoriums. 大约40万人因新冠疫情面临被驱逐的风险，而我们所有的民选官员都在努力暂停驱逐令。

Well, after the moratorium, somebody has to pay that rent, right? 暂停之后，总得有人付那笔租金，对吧？

And so, after the moratorium, all landlords are going to do is proceed with evictions, right, with the eviction process. 在暂停令结束之后，那些房东还是会继续驱逐弱势群体。

And so, we're asking them to cancel rent. It's small movements like this that will shift theparadigm. We can't focus on the hate. 我们要求他们免租。这样的小举动会改变现状。我们不能只关注仇恨。

We can't focus on what's going on in Washington D.C. We need to focus right here at home, individually with each person you meet and see. 我们不能只关注华盛顿特区发生的事情。我们需要把注意力放在国内，着眼于每一个遇到和看到的人。