Waiting!

Well, the bad news is that I've not heard about the bid I submitted to the State yet. But the good news is that apparently it takes them three or four months to respond, so, yeah, I guess that's better than it already being over! :)

I feel like I'm waiting, though. I mean, obviously I am waiting, but no, it's more than that. Like I'm waiting for a significant change in my life and circumstance. This opportunity through the State is that change. It would make a substantive difference in everything.

In other news, a guest is voluntarily leaving tomorrow. Which means we've THREE open spots. I imagine we'll fill them this week, though. I've a new plan - Plan B - for sneaking my cards into ARC, the place that hates me coming over to rescue their guests. Plan C is a drone dropping my cards over the yard where the men get to released each morning at 9:30am to smoke.

Plan B, less ambitious, but clever all the same is - well, that would be telling! :D

Food ministry-wise, I was able to get all the food delivered at once today. It's great that the sober living homes are more and more getting used to us coming by! I was able to get the phone numbers of the two I went to today, so in the future we can call them in advance and know exactly how many bags to bring out!

Tomorrow I've four people to visit in prison. Our Prison Ministry was two people the first month, four people the second month, and now eight people this month. That's great, for obvious reasons. But it means that a significant portion of a day is spent just in visiting two of them.

Still, it's terrible to be stuck in prison alone. I'd sure hate for no one to visit me. :( Hopefully this will lead to better choices in their lives when they get out.

A board meeting tomorrow. Church board. I'm not on the board, but I show up to give my reports and keep up on what's going on. I'll be letting them know how many we've fed, how many we've visited in Prison, how the internet ministry is going, etc.

Finally, our numbers for 2017 are in.

We've helped 73 guests to date.  Including those still here.

Here's the exact breakdown:

2013 - 2 guests helped

2014 - 3 guests helped

2015 - 14 guests helped

2016 - 20 guests helped

2017 - 34 guests helped

So far so good!  But I still feel a sense of expectancy, a sense of waiting!