Tonight was incredibly busy for the team!
There were a few factors that made it extremely busy for us...
1) It's the end of the month, which brings more people to the free meals because all the their SSI finds come been used up.
2) Our team was short-handed by a few members, while other volunteers were running late or fighting to find street parking.
3) Due to an abundant and blessed food donation, we switched up the menu and gave our dinner guests an option of cuisine to choose from, which in turn created more work for all of us.
I was humbly reminded that our ways are not always in the perfect plans of GOD...
I'd arranged for one of our brothers to share his powerful testimony with our neighbors today, which would have given me an opportunity to find some rest for a change. (It can be difficult at times not having an assistant that I can turn to when I need a break.) Anyways, our guest speaker fell through last minute due to his work schedule, and I was unprepared to give a sermon. The LORD reminded me of what He showed me yesterday from the book of Daniel, so I shared about the second dream of King Nebuchadnezzar. It was pretty amazing to fully rely on GOD to use that story to reach the crowd tonight.
We gave some of our neighbors the opportunity to participate in serving their friends and helping us out at the same time. I feel that this hands-on experience is something that those men will not soon forget. It amazes me how the few that actually want to help, express their desire so strongly and are willing to 'give back' in any capacity.
Thanks to our recent connection with CVS Pharmacy, through the network of a friend, we have been getting our cases of water for free every week. Being short-handed allowed others to go pick those cases up for us. It's only 1 short block in walking distance, but the fact that these guys are willing to do something for somebody other than themselves is certainly a big improvement!
I love watching GOD work and down there you can literally see Him doing something to the lives of each person that comes across our Ministry, whether it's our own team members, people passing by, or those that join us for dinner.... something happens, that only GOD will one day be able to make clear to all of us.
Praise Him!
