Prelim: Good Neighbors Rest. BaseCampJesus

[Notice: The offer I've made on a property here in Cortez has been respected by the buyer. We've come to terms. There is one major obstacle to get past that could kill the deal. Should know within a week or so. Plan B is A much less physically powerful base camp, is a lot that I probably could buy. If Creator makes this plan A happen, it could be base camp Jesus by mid september.] 

The laborer is worthy of his rest, Jesus. Paraphrase. Rest, restore, pray, meditate.. for the next day's work.

Jesus was the Good Samaritan, the good neighbor. I've come to realize that everything that Jesus spoke as though he was telling us how we should live, was the description of how he lived. He is the master. And like a true master would do, a true teacher would do, he teaches what he practices first. On a prominent appropriate plaques outside it might be called:

• A Base for Thriving 
• Thrivers Place
• Servant's Rest
• Laborers Rest
• Base for Thriving 
• Jesus' Sacred Place
• A Thriving Base
• Good Neighbors House
• James' House [Jesus' brother] 
• Jesus' House
• Missions Base 
• Thrivers Base
• Base for Rebirth 
• Jesus' Guest House.... 

Not sure the name, and it's important that the name communicate what it is. 

And that the name communicate what it is not:

• It is not something that any of us are entitled to, except by our labor.
• It is not comfortable or fun. In this dying writhing in pain world who's got funds, time, talents for that?
• It is not something that is ours. It is the property of Jesus and God we have the sacred Trust of using to their delight.
• It is not a hangout. Jesus didn't hang out, ever.
• It is Jesus Sacred Space to be used as such.
• It is a place of sacred mutual respect for people that can do so, and never ever for people that even for an instant do not do so.
• It is a place of Jesus tough love, because he had no other type of love. Nor should anyone else.
• It is not anything but a base camp for neighboring.

Who and what it is for; what may achieve an invite for a place of rest, a safe secure legal place for a tent, 6:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. one night at a time:

• Laborers, those moving themselves and or others toward thriving. Clear unmistakable verifiable obvious evidence that 6 hours that day has been spent serving self or others, and zero time serving the evil spirits within self and others.*
• Gainful low wage non-living wage employment
• Verifiable Library time
• Verifiable community service time
• Verifiable rec center time
• Counseling time
• Group recovery time
• Etc. Any time spent that reasonably moves one toward thriving and away from self-destruction
• - minus. for every hour hanging out in the day center.
• - minus. For any time that remotely looks like hanging out in known drinking and drugging areas. Etc.
• Co-workers. This will take even much more extreme care.
• Live in assistant(s) 
• Invalids
• Elderly
• The son of man has nowhere to rest his head. If Jesus example and words are to be believed, we are not here for one second for ourselves. We are here as God's servants. Every breath. Every single breath. And you know what? That's the only place that thriving is to be found. That's the only place that Joy is. Every step including shutting this thing down will be taken to be sure that this is a moral launching pad, not a moral hazard.

To be continued. Yes I know it's futile for me to say so, but input desperately needed. James

* free mapping software can be used by those that want to make their use of time verifiable with free applications like this, this being an Android app. Yes, people would have to have a phone if they want to make their time during the day verifiable. Pretty much anyone not responsible enough to hold on to a phone, isn't yet qualified for using Jesus property in the sacred manner in which it was given to us.

Notice: I don't know that the inside of this place will ever be used. Maybe by a permanent staff member(s) whose compensation is being here rent free, and the infinite Joy of helping others. To avoid moral hazard this will be no one's legal residence ever, except for james, the one writing here. And James doesn't expect to ever live in it. He'll be living where he lives now, the only place life is to be found, out on the streets of Cortez serving his least of these siblings, but possibly parking on the property and sleeping in the back of his vehicle at night. Supervision. Or, sleeping on the floor inside the building on a mat so that the otherwise unoccupied building has supervision for people sleeping in tents outside, to come in and use the restroom. If there is ever Furniture in this beside sleeping mats, it might be a bed and chair for a staff member that is infirm and or elderly, and or an individual or small family in the rare case that they are in an emergency and need shelter for a couple of days. Much to figure out. Did I mention, thoughtful, constructive input needed?