NEW ORLEANS 11: The French Quarter

God shows up in the "in between" doesn't He? In our family time tonight I asked the group, "Where was God today?" While several answers pertained to the relationships we have built through VBS, Sports Camp and Katrina demo.....God showed up in a powerful way on the streets of the French Quarter. We thought we were going to eat Begnets and Coffee, but God had more.
Many of the students spent a long time with a man in a wheelchair who also happened to be homeless. He was playing a plastic bucket with drum sticks for money. The conversation turned quickly to a sermon and then a time of prayer right in the middle of the sidewalk next to the water. Several of the students felt this man was speaking straight to them about certain areas of their lives. He quoted many verses from scripture and several students were taken back by the man's focus on "mansions in heaven". He himself had no physical home but was excited about the hope offered to us through the gift of heaven.
We also had some of our students walking around the church neighborhood area passing out flyers and inviting people to join our sports camp. They approached a woman who was intoxicated at the time, but sounded interested in the camp. To make a long story short, she showed up with her son this morning who she called Dalton but this 6 year old introduce himself as Dolphin. The boy had a blast at sports camp and the mother ended up showing our students how to eat Crawfish. We almost had to push them out the door when we left, they didn't want to go and we really didn't want them to leave either.
God always has more f0r us doesn't He?
As my mother says: "Our cup is overflowing, so we're drinking from the saucer"
God is Good,
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