After meals from garbage cans and dumpsters, night after night Mike and Sam found their beds under bridges and on the streets. They were forced to depend on the generosity and kindness of strangers as they panhandled to sustain their existence. For more than five months, the pair experienced firsthand the extreme pains of hunger, the constant uncertainty and danger of living on the streets, exhaustion, depression, and social rejection"and all of this by their own choice. This is their story. Through Mike's firsthand account, Under the Overpass provides important insight into the truths of the street and calls the younger generation of believers to take great risks of faith to bring Christ's love to the neediest corners of the world.
(From the back cover)
Mike Yankoski's life went from upper-middle class to scum-of-the-earth repulsive overnight. By his own choice. From the United States capital to San Diego, Mike and his traveling companion, Sam, journeyed as homeless men for five months. Not for a project or even in response to a dare. He needed to know if his faith in God was real--if he could actually be the Christian he said he was apart from the comforts he'd always known.
So with only a bag on his back, a guitar in his hand, and Sam by his side, he set out. And like any traveler in a foreign land, he returned a different man. Mike's unusual, captivating, and challenging story will rock your own world...perhaps even change your life.
Faith like Paul| Posted April 01, 2008
Though Mike Yankoski was not openly martyred, he lived his faith on the streets. Maybe this was taking extreme measures, testing his faith like that. But he did it anyways, seeing if he could stand the test.
And he did. Read his story, you won't be disappointed.
