you can’t believe what i heard on the street last week.
but first: another great day. . . couple hundred meals shared today.
second: jeff showed me a prelim view of the video he’s making for us. . . super cool. he’s good.
okay, back to what i heard. goes like this; chris and i took meals out last sunday. we had plenty when we arrived at hurt park, and many people got extra meals. i usually call the extra meal “one for later”. anyway, we ran out, but had plenty of water left, and i walked about twenty feet away to talk to a guy. chris stayed by the truck. the guy i was talking to asked “what organization are y’all with?” i responded with a quick summary of the people who help out, and the term “dude, share the food” and explained that we’re from various churches, mostly from douglasville, blah blah blah.
i look over and see a lady talking to chris. i know that he’s telling her that we ran out of lunches. so, i figure i’ll give the guy i’m talking to a chance to share! brilliant! so i ask “did you get an extra lunch?” he says “yeah”, and i hint/ask if he’d like to share one with the lady. he starts looking away, mumbling “no, can’t do that. no, i don’t think so.” etc. . . i say something like “come on man, people have shared with you, right?” then he says “no, man. can’t share the food. . . . . . . . . . . . dude”
i wanted to laugh and smack him at the same time! (sucessfully resisted doing both!) crazy, huh? couldn’t believe it! (good news; i walked over to some other guys, and was able to get her a lunch)
just wanted to share that with ya. don’t be deceived, though. we’ve seen many, many examples of generosity on the streets.
sunday sharing is going great! god is great! y’all are great!
eh