Tuesday January 25

Rainy. Rainy. Rainy.
Saw it coming, too. The forecast was 100% rain, so we had a plan.
First stop was easy- eat inside. But the second stop is always trickier depending on what we're serving. This week we served meatball sandwiches and white potatoes, so once we started serving in the dining room, Brien started making "setups" - take-out trays with potatoes, dessert, and a open roll with cheese waiting for meatballs. we were going to need the take-out rays because the 2nd stop is always outside, raining or not.
having the setups ready made it very quick to put together right before we left.
CREEEEEEEECH! / ALEXANDRA / ALEXIS / MORGZILLA / BRIEN / TYLER / BOGGS / BLAKE / DON / CHARLES / STEVE / TWIG / WAYNE / JAMIE / .......came out in the rain and cold to make sure things got done for people who needed it.


Don called me about 6:30 and said he'd bring a pop up gazebo tent, so we slapped that beside the porch at the Mercy House and extended our usable space.


MEATBALL SUBS
BOILED WHITE POTATOES
DESSERT
SWEET TEA / COFFEE


Believe it or not, this week was the first time ever that we offered coffee.  sodas, hot, chocolate, tea, gatorade, ....but never coffee. I have never drank one single drop of coffee, so it's never on my mind, but we've never really had anyone clamor for it, either.
The reason we did it this week is because I saw a 3 lb can of it in our pantry and figured we needed to use it sometime, so why not now. Wayne Currie was in charge of making it, because he had more experience than I did (none). Lot of guys drank it, so we'll make it til we run out and see if they want us to keep on, at least while it's cold.

I noticed one of the guys we see every week at the Mercy House wasn't in line so I asked where he was and found out he was in the hospital. I went by and saw him the next day, and took him a run of WEB OF SPIDERMAN comic books to read, because he told me likes comic books. He should be getting discharged today. His medical needs are ongoing so we continue to pray for him.

We passed out a flyer for the New York mission trip we're planning for spring break. We're going to go for 6 days and volunteer with organizations that feed and assist the homeless in the New York area. We'll take 25 total, shooting for around 20 kids.

Started planning for the SUPER BOWL PARTY. We watch it in the youth room but last year we were close to capacity as far as seating comfortably. It's currently the only room downtown with cable so we're locked in there unless we can figure or work something out. We'll see. If nothing changes, we'll still be fine.

We cooked an 80 lb hog last year. Gonna get a 110 lb one this time. We had 50 guys show up and figure we'll have more this year. The first year we  did it we had 20 and have added about 10 every year.   

Went skiing this past weekend with the youth group. We  went to Canaan Valley, W VA. It was 0 degrees when we got there and -14 degrees when we left. Skiing was great, though.