October 2, 2010: Delay

There is such a big delay today. The people took sometime to arrive, but that's ok. We were able to get enough people to distribute all the food and clothes, but at the second stop. We ran out of food pretty quickly, especially when I bought twice as many hot dogs as last time and I had over 15 dogs left over previously. The pictures will give you more or less what we were doing. What was distinctly different this time was that people stayed around more to chit chat. I enjoyed that.

Again, I'd like to thank Joey for coming out. He brought a friend of his from NFWBC. I momentarily had a brain lapse and forgot his name. It is awesome to get so many youth, college, ministers, and friends involved with this. There's nothign more fun than going rogue, meeting new faces, and providing help. Maybe we are the angels they talk about. Something to think about.

September 4, 2010: The Time

It seems timing is crucial. I arrived early in the morning around 9:30am, and perceived that many homeless were present. I recalled that if I went later, then less would be present as many of them would scatter and reach day laboring positions. At this time there were many that were on the wayside willing to talk and wait if we kept our promise.

I left back home after reaching Shamrock and the Texas Car Wash and headed back out with Joey and the crew at around 11:15am. There were more homeless than usual. We reach about 10 in the first group. For the past few times we were able to mobilize more clothes. I am trutly thankful for Joey and Nathan as they got NFWBC involved to distribute food and clothes. This makes it easier for all of us to now to feed and to clothe them.

I recall being able to pray with one gentleman regarding a job crisis at the second station. My wife was able to encounter a couple women. It seems as if the women don't sit with the men much. The second stop usually result in more day laborers. Praise God we were able to have a little extra to provide dinner to some folks.