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a little disappointing

I decided a few days ago that I am not going to wait to live the kind of life I want to live, I will start now. So I bought a bunch of speghetti and cooked it up today. Why? Well, I was thinking how nice it would be to have lunch with some of the homeless guys who hang out behind our apartment building. So with Ashlee carrying all the bowls and forks and I the big pot of speghetti, we ventured downstairs to find some new friends to share lunch with. I am asked for money by homeless people SO often in this city, but of course the one day I am looking for some hungry person to share food with, they are out of site. We basically walked around for 15 minutes looking for anyone who looked even slightly hungry. But to no avail. I had prayed as we began our adventure that this would be glorifying to God and that He would bring the right people to us. And I also prayed that I would not be discouraged if it did not turn out the way I wanted. So as Ashlee and I returned to our apartment in defeat, we began to talk about what we can do in the future. We decided to choose one day a week and make it the "lunch" day. And now when people ask us for money or whatever on the streets, we can tell them to meet us outside our building on "lunch" day for a free lunch. The more we talked about it, the more excited we got. Visions of "breaking bread" with these beloved people on the grass outside our building flashed through our minds. I am so glad she is here to encourage me in this. This is what the iron sharpening iron thing looks like.

Comments

Rach said…
I think that God's glory did come from your experience. You had willing hearts to share His love...so much of His glory can be seen in that alone. Te queiro mi carina!!!! Y Ashley tambien!! Dios te bendice!!!!
Anonymous said…
who knew that speghetti could have such far reaching affects like firing up the heart. keep at it, i wish many empty pots of speghetti in the future for you and your friends, ya crazy speghetti revolutionary, keep at it!:)
Kallie said…
Go you. Waiting for life just leads to disappointment and not a whole lot else. EMBRACE my dear! I miss you girls. Hug each other for me

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