We were back in front of storefronts last night.  I was feeling spiritually, emotionally, and physically exhausted yesterday afternoon, and seriously considered staying home.   I didn’t get notified where we were going until I was already late which was kind of frustrating but that’s the vagaries of technology.  We set up in front of Save on Foods at 70th and Scott.  The whole evening we were looking across the parking lot at the massive Sikh Gurdwara.  It challenged me to show love to all, but especially to the many people coming in and out from India.

The numbers of people coming were much higher because a grocery store is much busier.  It was a different type of people than in front of the pet store with all these spoilt little toy dogs coming in and out.  We were also right in front of a liquor store so that was fun.  Robert was there with me and he is a machine when it comes to meeting and establishing conversations with people.  I was blown away with his gifts in that area.  He had several conversations with a couple of homeless guys and encouraged them to come out to our new street ministry starting tomorrow night.

We also had several other positive conversations.  Many more people were asking us why we were doing what we were doing.  It was great to bear witness to God’s love for everyone.  One guy promised to come this Sunday to our church.  Another lady said she was glad to know where we were so she could come and volunteer and help out.  I don’t know what that means, but if she comes to church that will be amazing.

At one point I wound up doing some runaround work, picking up more water to hand out and dropping off team members.  I was grateful for that opportunity to exercise more administrative and organizing muscles.  Despite my fatigue at the beginning of the evening, it was altogether important that I was there and working, for my own development.

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