Neighborhood Nights...

Each Wednesday evening throughout the summer, we will be organizing grill-outs in different neighborhoods through out Storm Lake as part of "The Bridge of Storm Lake", encouraging people to get to know their neighbors and enjoy a meal together..I'm a little behind but last week we had the first neighborhood night at our house..It was a great time! As we were handing out the inivitations the night before it was amazing to hear how many people just kept saying, "wow this is great, we really need to do more stuff like this around here, we need to get to know our neighbors better!" It was very encouraging how much they really want to get to know eachother. As well as all the people who are more than willing to be apart of these nights..More and more people are offering their help in many different ways..Volunteering and/or donating..God is definitely at work:) Thanks to you to all!! You are much appreciated! We had many volunteers that came out to either help grill or just mingle with the neighbors as well as donate supplies we needed for the night. We grilled "fajita preparada" meat and hot dogs. More and more neighbors kept coming.. I had to go inside a couple of times just to scream...eeee!! It was soOO exciting!!!  Last night was the second one and Melbin Jimenez hosted it...Another great turn out it was.. OUr town is so diverse it's amazing! So far on these nights we've represented..German, Mexican, Laotian, Micronesian, Honduran, El Salvadoran, American, Guatemalan and Sudanese.. Everyone mingling and visiting with everyone else. I just love ALL getting together, getting to know eachother, and learning about eachother:))) God has been so good!