Last May, Pastor Mayo Sowell of LIIV Atlanta church left his home, phone, and wallet behind to live for a week on the streets of Atlanta. He carried only a GoPro camera, a Bible, a journal, the clothes on his back, and a determination to better understand life for the city’s unhoused residents.

The father of three said he, his wife Kai, and his team agreed there would be no contact during his solo journey.

He was dropped off on Luckie Street, he said, and the goal was to have a personal experience and see how his church could better advocate for those without shelter.

“We got as close as we could to what they were experiencing,” Sowell said. “[There were] fearful nights, lonely nights.”

His journey is now a documentary titled “The Least of These.”

One of the most searing encounters, h

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