Under the Overpass

Under the Overpass-by Mike Yankoski

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.

Have you ever put your faith to the test? Jesus calls us to live our lives radically for Him. He calls us to take up our cross and to follow Him, leaving everything behind you. Leaving the comfort of home, the comradeship of friends, money, possessions, everything. Do we have that kind of faith to willingly give up everything we have and seek Him out? Mike Yankoski was an upper-class college student who one day heard a pastor talk about living your life radically for God and having that kind of faith. He began to question himself and realized that he wanted to find out if he left everything behind him and lived on the streets if his faith would get him through it. Mike and Sam spent five months living on the streets of four different U.S cities where street life is prominent and rough: Denver, Portland, Washington D.C and Phoenix. They panhandled for money. Ate in dumpsters and slept outside on the ground.
This book will challenge your faith. It is not meant to guilt you in anyway into leaving everything behind you to live your life out on the street as Mike and Sam did. This book is meant to get you thinking about whether or not your faith in God is really at the level it should be at.
Mike and Sam's life post-street life was radically changed and to this day they speak at various seminars and rally's sharing what they had learned and inspire people daily with their story.
I think that this book is very good. It definitely has been challenging me to think about my own faith. I know that I could not live my life out on the streets and I know that my faith is not at the level it should be at. I definitely think this is a book that people should read, it is a very fast and easy read book. The stories Mike and Sam told throughout it were captivating.