Basketball Extravaganza
Wow this was so much fun. Let me explain. This last Sunday night the Beautiful Mess decided that our church gathering should look like a basketball tournament for the night. In my Easter post I talked about spending some time with guys down under the bridge playing basketball. Since that time I have been wanting to serve those guys and build some relationship. So we met them where they are at. We went to the bridge and put on a basketball tournament. The totals for the night were staggering. We gave out over 300 hotdogs, 6 cases of water, a bunch of cupcakes, and one ziplock bag of dog food. There was over 200 people who came and watched, participated, served, or ate. The tournament went off without a hitch and no fights broke out. These are the totals, but not the wins. The win is that we connected with these folks. We were giving each other high fives. We were telling jokes to each other. Guys were ge...