SOS Bus

I was walking through Belfast yesterday when I came across the SOS bus on the Dublin Road. The guy who was running it was kind enough to invite us in and give us a tour. It turns out this guy is actually one of the visionaries for this faith-driven mission.

The SOS bus is a really simple idea yet such a versatile tool for bringing the Word of God alive in the community. During the day they going into schools helping with social issues and learning difficulties. Afterward they would go into the local estates and park the bus so the kids can play playstation on widescreen television or just hang out. Similary older people can come and enjoy each others company and the generations can join together.

Then at night the bus parks outside the local social scene and acts as an aide to people struggling on their way home. They offer tea, biscuits and heat to help people sober up. They do shuttle runs to bring people home and they even have a fully equipped medical centre. One must wonder how did this all got on its feet and became so sucessful.

The answer I believe is offering your talents fully to God instead of saving them (remember the parable). They don't use Bibles as they believe that God is already written all over what they do (and men often make a mess of telling God's story), people come to God by being touched by the love offered to them. They have been donated a whole batch of decomissioned translink buses, and why can't we bring one of these to Lurgan?. This truely is an amazing mission and you can check out more at:-

http://www.sosbusni.org/