The Surprising Reason Tents Started Popping Up Around One California City

Billy Hallowell : Oct 24, 2017
Faithwire.com

"If you find and treat people with value, they will rise up every time. When you treat them with respect and honor and value, everything changes." -Pastor Virginia La Salle

(Fresno, CA)—[Faithwire.com] With so much negativity raging across America, some residents in Fresno, California, have set out on a mission to try and change things by encouraging people to turn to prayer. (Screengrab via ABC/Faithwire.com)

It all started when Virginia La Salle, an ordained pastor, decided last spring to take to the streets of Fresno to encourage people in prayer—a mission that has only grown in size and scope in recent months, The Fresno Bee reported.

La Salle eventually came to call for people to launch prayer tents all over the city this past weekend.

But even before she called for 100 prayer tents, she and friend Linda Crowder were leading prayers on the streets, mainly coming together on Sundays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help encourage strangers.

Prayer tents reportedly began popping up in empty lots, with local Christians praying for people from all walks of life who happened to stop by...

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