...."Things I wish I'd gotten on video".

I'm on a search committee for a new Minister of Students at church. We had an interview with a candidate on Tuesday at 6:00, so I was not able to be downtown this week to help cook and serve.

I'm always a little bummed when I have to be somewhere else on Tuesdays, but I was really bummed this time because we had planned to have Cheese Grits. MMMMMMM. I was hating the thought of missing that. BUT.........

We changed plans and did Lemon Pepper Chicken instead. We had to move some chicken out of the Activity Center freezer and we didn't have much room in the freezer downtown, so we cooked it. That means I'll get to be there for Cheese Grits on another night. Nice.



I talked with some of the folks that were there so I could post about something other than my finger (Still hurts but slowly getting better. Thanks for asking).

BAILEY / SAM / CAITLYN / CHRISTIAN / TYLER / LANE / EBY /
MO-GAN / CREEEECH! / BRIEN / ANNA / MITCH / WAYNE / WADE / SAM / BOONE / ELAINE / DANIELLE / TWIG / HAMPTON /.........

......came out on another night below freezing and served others. I might've missed a name or two. Sorry If I did.Really appreciate the youth who came out this week, because exams started the next day. They could've bailed and used that as their reason, but they didn't. We have great teenagers. And college kids, too.

LEMON PEPPER CHICKEN
POTATOES
PEAS
DESSERT
HOT CHOCOLATE/WATER

We were not the only ones in the building Tuesday night. There was a service going on in the Sanctuary, also. After most had packed up and gone ahead to the 2nd stop, Brien, Anna and Mitch were finishing up and getting ready to head out themselves when the Fire Alarm went off. Not being there myself, I can't do justice to the story. Brien told it to me. It involved fire trucks, a Hover-Round, stairs, firemen, Kurt Wachtel, and the usual chaos that comes from fire alarms during large assemblies. No real threat was posed. It seemed that one of the children attending the service pulled the alarm. It was after 9 and the service was still going on, so I have an idea why he might have pulled.

They passed out hoodies again this week to anyone who didn't get one last week.

The ones I talked to all mentioned how cold it was, and that was after just serving at only one stop. Back in the old days when we were across the street on the sidewalk in front of St. James, we never came inside because of the cold. We just stuck it out, then packed up and went to the next stop.
While I'm reminiscing....

Some of the Stranger Things seen on Tuesday Nights

10. A homeless woman with 3 dogs
9. A guy come through the line wearing just a pair of cargo shorts
8. The location of Michael Dub's tattoo
7. A guy get into a car and then ram another guy's car in front of the Mercy House
6. Otis eat 9 hot dogs
5. The raccoon on top of the Mercy House while we serve
4. Somebody whip out their own bottle of hot sauce and put it on the food
3. Gunshots (o.k., technically I didn't see them, but I heard them and that's enough)
2. Free Daters
1. A guy get Tasered!

This might make me a bad person, but " A guy get Tasered" is also on my list of.......