Last night (Oct 16, 2022) we had our first volunteer Appreciation Dinner.

I had planned on just a simple dinner, four speakers, which included myself, Jim Pinkston, Elaine Russell, and Jody.

My original idea was to just have a dinner, thank everyone for their participation, and everyone visit and get to know each other.

That is not what happened!

This group took over, and it became quite an affair. A number of people, in fact most of the people in attendance also gave a brief talk about their experiences with the ministry, and everyone of them were very touching, telling us how their hearts and lives had been changed due to their giving of themselves to a people who have been forgotten, who lived in places they can’t leave, in the shadows of society.

The video is a part of that meeting, I think gathering is a better description, the sound is horrible, but honestly I didn’t plan on using sound in the final editing of the video, but simply using it as part of another video, and that was a big mistake. I had no idea this would happen as it did.

It reminded me of those flash dances or songs we see once in awhile in an airport or shopping mall… it just had a life of it’s own.