Drug sweep...

This morning, I read the article below from about a week ago. After reading it, I was shocked I have decided that I am going to pick a Saturday night, stay up all night and sleep during the day to see what my neighborhood is really like and of course to pray. I live in this neighborhood and often find out about things that go on either through neighbors or through the news because I am usually sleeping during the time of night when things happen. I am praying for more opportunities to minister to these guys who are involved in drug related activity and that their hearts would be opened to receive. Thank you so much for your continued prayers. I know that God is going to get a hold of their hearts. The article below is just a small portion of the original article.
DRUG SWEEP: A night in the street life of East St. Louis
East Side cops prowl the battlegrounds to rid the city of drugs, violence
BY CAROLYN P. SMITH
News-Democrat
Outside an apartment at the John DeShields Housing Complex, police spotted an unidentified male wearing a white T-shirt and baggy bluejean shorts. He started to move swiftly when he spotted police. There were several other young men hanging out on a back porch of the apartment. The suspect tried to enter the apartment, but police caught him before he could disappear.
Police found a large sum of money and drugs in his pockets. The suspect dropped his head and kept his eyes focused on his money while police handcuffed him and led him to a waiting prisoner transport truck. He was 18 years old.
When police questioned the resident of the apartment about the guy with drugs and others hanging around on her porch, she pretended not to know any of the youngsters and tried to plead her case, but police were having none of it. They told her that since the young man was caught on her property with illegal drugs, they would be forwarding a report to the East St. Louis Housing Authority and she could be evicted.