Lvoe

How has your first week of May gone? Saturday night at 10:30, the fullest the moon will ever get for the year will be happening. Enjoy God's amazing gift to us.

Mr Scott led us around on our visits last Saturday. Did you see some of our pictures of the morning? Our first stop was to see Turner. Turner has not been there for a couple of weeks, but we know he is ok. He leaves us a cardboard sign, Turner's version of "flying the sign". The sign has requests he needs for the coming week. Priceless! No Richard. Smokey and Leroy have finished their new entrance to their camp, so we park in another area to greet them. That is where I noticed this ministry has gone to the dogs! Noel has Little Bit, Matt has Rosey, Catfish has his three. More dogs visiting the guys then we had people. The guys love the dogs and seem to enjoy their company. Tim was back at camp after spending 10 days in jail. Unfortunately Tim lost his job. But what a spirit Tim has, He said, that's ok, I can always find work, there is a job out there for me. Dale was doing ok. Tim found a little dog and brought it to camp. It is Tim's dog, so Dale says, but everywhere Dale walked the little puppy followed him around. Dave is working some with Big D and finding odd jobs. 

A bunch of children all week. No matter what the temperature, what is going on in their lives, they make their way to the center. They come and hang out, play games, get up a game of basketball, ride bikes, get their snacks, have a good time. I hear from customers, I will be so glad when this year is over with, so my children won't have to do so much homework. Our kids have not come with work to do in months? Wonder what's going on? As we wind down for this year, be praying and thinking about our roles in their lives for next school year. What are we called to do? What do you feel led to do? Where is God calling you?

Tuesday evening, Matt led us in the reading of the passage, "I am the vine and you are the branches". Reminding us, to remain in Him and He will remain in us. All of this is bigger than anyone of us can handle. We are being asked to go beyond what we can do by ourselves. Only through us abiding in Him will we be able to deal with life and the building up of God's Kingdom.

Thursday was an enjoyable supper. Being the first of the month, our numbers were smaller allowing many of us to sit and talk with our neighbors. It was great to see Pete sitting down, eating supper and enjoying conversation. It was great to have Ms Judy Livingston back with us again. She has been out for several months. Mr Tom was back preparing our meal. With the kitchen out of commission, we are making due and everybody is working together to have a good time.

We had a special treat after supper, our Lomy joined us and we listened the whole evening to his adventures. He looks good, seems relaxed, his spirit is beaming and he seems to be in a good place. We asked questions about his favorite things to do, people he has met, the communities he has lived with and his adventures along the way. He pulled out his camera, put his disk in Joey's computer and we got to see some of his trip. He won't be here for long, leaving for San Antonio Sunday, so if you weren't able to see him Thursday try to do so before then. He is off to Haiti and then back to California for more exploring and adventures. He won't be home until the end of summer.

Our electrician, John Williams toured the kitchen with John this week and they have worked out a plan of attack for rewiring the kitchen. It will be quite a change, having receptacles that work, none of them have worked sense we moved in. Our plumber, Josh was suppose to work last weekend, but got sick, so we are hoping he will be here this weekend. The contractor for the vent hood and the new air conditioner will be starting next week. John Sauls will be working this Saturday as he always is. He needs help hoisting up the large beams into the ceiling to hold the weight of the new appliances. Come if you can.

Prayers for William as he continues to struggle with his addictions. So sad, he gets his check at the first of the month and by day 6 of the month he is broke. What else can we do to help him through his struggles.

Prayers for Ms Sarah and Mr Scott for this weekend as they deliver the message at the grown up side of Grace.

Prayers for this Saturday at 11:30 as we begin our first journey into our community walk. Ms Dawn has agreed to be the point person for us, so prayers for her as she leads us as we follow the path God has set before us. Very exciting.

Prayers for Pete Bollinger as he prepares to led a new ministry at Grace and beyond. God is preparing Pete to lead people through prayer and then reaching out to the poor. With the exposure Pete has had through Common Ground, he feels like we will be a valuable part of this new ministry.

Hate to be redundent, but folks, exciting times are a head of us. It seems God is preparing people to come and be a part of our community. We have been obedient, we have listened, we had faith, some of us has had patience and now God is preparing something truly special beyond what we could have only imagined. Continue to pray, continue to listen, continue to lvoe as we travel along our journeys. Amen.