In the News ... "Frozen in time"

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• Jesus House hoping to construct houses for homeless

By Lyndsay Weaver, Reporter
Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - The frigid weather is already settling into the rifts of cement sidewalks and the hard West Texas dirt — the surfaces where Odessa’s homeless lay their heads most nights.

But if Pastor Donny Kyker has anything to do with it, those who need a warm place to sleep will find that home at Jesus House.

The ground on Sixth Street and Dixie Boulevard was ceremoniously broken on March 27. It signified the tangible beginnings of the new Jesus House — where their six-bed transitional home will grow to as many as 250 beds — though for the last six months the dirt lot looks much the same ...

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