Taking It To The Streets

Once again this year, our church didn't do the annual fall festival but instead "took it to the streets" in the neighborhoods. We passed out candy and grilled 400 hot dogs~giving them out to neighbors and visitors ~ with no strings attached. Thanks to everyone who helped us grill and serve our neighbors. It rained all day, until 5:30pm (the exact time we were scheduled to begin grilling). Our weather plan was to grill in the garage, but God was so good and allowed us to take it to the street literally! The rain held off until we had given out our last dog ~ again, God is so good!

Getting the party started

Out on the streets Carly giving away a hot dog

Ronnie and the one that got away!

The streets were busy all night

Best costume of the night ~ when asked what he was, he replied, "the boy who rides the ostrich". Of course, how could we not have known that!

Even in the drizzle, the hot dogs must be given away

"Event Staff"

Again, thanks to our friends for coming to help out in our neighborhood ~ 400 hot dogs given away in less than 3 hours. No telling how many trick or treaters we actually had. Special thanks to Gigi and Bubba for coming to help with Reagan and Cooper ~ keeping them occupied/entertained/bathed while we were serving our friends and neighbors.

Takin' It To The Streets

This year instead of having a Fall Festival, our church decided to "Take it to the Streets" and give away hot dogs in neighborhoods. Greg and I signed up to be a host home (we were one of 90 homes to sign up through the church) and we had lots of help from Ronnie, Shawn, Jennifer, Lewis and Carly. Special thanks to Gigi and Papaw for coming to watch Reagan and Cooper so we could spend our time outside giving away hot dogs, apples and of course candy.

We gave away around 200 hot dogs and had to go get more. In total we gave out around 250 hot dogs in about 2 hours. Truth be told, we could have given away 100 or so more. We had a great time showing God's love in a practical way. Who knows what will come of the hot dog give away!

Ms Shawn in her witch's hat

Mr. Ronnie aka Fabio
Isabella, Carly, Jennifer and me (sorry about the hair in the face Jennifer)

How's that for service ~ didn't even have to get out of his car!

Grilling, grilling and more grilling

Carly handing out hot dogs

We had a steady crowd all night

Everyone seemed to enjoy something other than candy

Reagan designated herself as the one to hand out the candy ~ she did an excellent job

Reagan and Isabella ate a hot dog too

On a side note, this may be my last post with pictures for a couple of weeks ~ my camera had to go see the doctor. It took a tumble on Friday night, that's why the pictures are a little blurry. I hope to have my camera back by November 15th