Good-bye Day

• Reading a hurtful email from a crazy man first thing in the morning and then spending most of the day processing the horribleness of the email

• Seeing the thrashed aftermath of a burglary at The GreenHouse and filing a police report

• Viewing surveillance videos to determine who stole a volunteer's bike yesterday afternoon (unrelated to the burglary)

• Sobbing while sharing difficult news at our staff meeting

• Hearing a youth recount a story of injustice against him and the police who did not believe him (unrelated to the burglary or the stolen bike)

These are just a few of the things that made for a very, very hard day today.

• An unexpected note of encouragement in today's mail

• A donation from an unlikely donor

• A pizza delivered by someone who heard we were having a hard day and was praying for us

• Caramel cake

• Homemade ceviche brought to us from another person who heard we were having a hard day

• An opportunity to build a new relationship with someone who's lived in the community for 20 years

• A time of prayer and focusing on Prov. 3:5-6 and Phil. 4:5-7

• Knowing that tomorrow would be a new day 

These are a few of the things that helped me to know that everything would be alright.