Love and Water Bottles

HELLO FRIENDS!
It is mid week two and life is good!
It is late and I should be getting to bed but I though I'd give you just a little update before I hit the hay.
Today one of the groups that we sent out was done with their service project early. SO, they came back to the housing site where I was waiting for them to do a water bottle ministry. To be completely honest, I though this was going to be a stupid time killer. I hate the feeling of having my time wasted... and in this case wasting other peoples time. However, the Lord was going to prove my preconceived notions of handing out water bottles wrong. Here is how:
1.) We decorated pieces of construction paper to put around the water bottles. These water bottle sleeves consisted of information about out free community cookout we host every Thursday and a Bible verse. The Lord really blessed this time of preparing the water bottles. The group and I were able to break open the Word and look at what God's promises are for the city and His people. These verses were meant to be used as encouragement to the people getting the water, but I think it encouraged us making them just as much... if not more.
2.) While we were making the sleeves for the bottles a man named Nick came to the front door of the church and asked for water. I think that is way to ironic to be just a coincidence. As Kara Koerner would say, it was a God-incidence.
3.) After we finished preparing the bottles we went out in groups of 4 got hand them out. After we gave the person the water we told them about the cookout and then just asked if there was anything they needed prayer for... because after all the water was gone we were going to come back together and pray for the church we are living in and the community we are surrounded by. Man, it is crazy how people open up when we communicate fully out of love and true compassion. It was cool to witness how a bottle of water can open the door to deep meaningful conversations.
I would like to ask you to join me in continued prayer for some of the individuals we met. It's such a small but so huge of a thing we can do.
Mr. Ronald: Prayer for continued sobriety and thanks giving for health.
Mr. Martin: His sister Lenore is on life support.
Officer Robinson: He is a drug officer. He asked that we pray for the youth in the area that they resist the temptation to try drugs or any other kind of substance. Also for these young man and women to find positive role models and support networks in their lives.
Ms. Rose Mary: For a home and security.
Thank you for supporting the community I am falling in love with in prayer. Although there is a lot of tough stuff going on even on the corner of where I live... God is still doing HUGE things in the city of D.C.

I was not expecting this update to be this long. Whoops.
Thanks for your continued support and prayers.

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