The Saturday morning outreaches in the park are going good. Yesterday we decided to do something a little different and had it at night instead. I had no idea the park was so busy at night. Some kid was having a birthday party at one of the other ramadas and there was a large group playing soccer out on the grass. The usual guys playing basketball were there as well. We had the worship band with us and they were really jamming. We also handed out school supplies to the kids that were there. As soon as we started handing out a few bags of stuff, word spread quick and soon we had a bunch of kids and parents running toward us. It was quite a sight and kind of scary! I'll never forget the smiles on the kids faces when we handed them the stuff though. They ran over and sat down and started going through their loot LOL. We estimate we handed out about 230 bags of school supplies, office supplies (for the adults) and personal hygiene products. We were all shocked by how fast we got rid of it all. It was an awesome feeling. We're already talking about what we can do for Christmas for these kids. 
Confirmation
There was a grandmother with her granddaughter, who looked to be about 12 or 13, sitting on a park bench. I went over and handed a bag of school supplies to the girl and a bag of office supplies to her grandmother. They were both Hispanic and neither one spoke English. The grandmother was so grateful and tried so hard to communicate with me. I just smiled and tried to tell her no Espanol.
I had signed up for a Beginning Spanish class last week but was wondering how the heck I was going to be able to speak to people in Spanish when I can hardly talk to people in English (due to SA). But this encounter with the grandmother and her daughter was yet another confirmation that I'm supposed to learn Spanish. I have no idea how this is going to work or why God wants me to do this. Time will tell I guess. If they have enough people signed up, class starts September 19th, otherwise they cancel it and I go to Plan B...whatever that is.
