Handout update!

 Towards the end of the Handout today, a young man ran across the street headed for the bus stop. He got to the median, glanced over at me working, did a double take, and ran over asking for a Bible. I gave him one of course. He got very excited and acted as a cheerleader until his bus came.

He asked me why I do it. "Someone" I told him, pointing up the currently empty street "Is having the worst day of their life." He nodded soberly. "I have" I held up a Bible "The answer." He loved it and got even more enthusiastic yelling at passing cars.

I don't yell at the cars, I wave and blow kisses. Sometimes I hold up a Bible.

It started off pretty quiet, I got out to the bus stop. As I rounded the corner the bus pulled away from the stop and departed. So I sat down.

The next bus arrived (young women drivers both ways today) and I got to the median. I saw there were more men than usual on the "other" side of Antoine. I work the median, in the middle of the street. They work the north side. The south side has the chemical plant and a 20 foot fence topped with barbed wire.

I didn't pay attention to them. They were watching me more than normal but I ignored them. At some point there was some guy screaming I just kept working.

There was a police car parked about half a block up. You would think I'd want it there but I actually didn't, the recipients were seeing it and freaking out, putting up their windows, stubbing things out in the ash tray. Happily he left after a half hour or so and things were more relaxed.

I saw a fire truck. I have a nephew who's a fire man. I waved at them and blew kisses and they blew the horn at me as they passed. I blew kisses at a lot of cars, some of them would honk at me. I got a few approving smiles and one thumbs up from a very sober looking older man in an older car.

I had one couple in a lifted (?) pickup truck. I would hate to pay the gas bill for that thing. I had a lot of couples actually. I had a few young families, kids and presents (a lot of bicycles) stuffed into small cars going to Grandma's.

I didn't see any more police cars but there was a lot of activity across the street. I've been going there over 12 years so I guess I'm part of the scenery. I would have loved to take some photos but I don't dare.

I could smell the taco truck was open so I went over there after I finished. I got a quesadilla. It has some sort of crema that was delicious and also a delicious, incendiary, green sauce. It was not a salsa verde this was up several notches from that. It was a good end to the Handout, which I believe was about an hour and a half. I did about 40 Bibles on the corner.

I gave a couple New Testaments to the Taco truck. I had the small sign on the cart as I came home. No interest on the bus. In fact, the other passengers were giving me a wide berth. I got off the bus and there was a large, stray, dog roaming around. I thought "Oh great and I have food" but some guys came by in a really loud truck blasting rap music and scared it off.

A car pulled me over as I walked home and I gave them 5 Bibles. There was another car stopped behind them with the passenger window down. I told them I was sorry to block traffic and they said "No we want some too" so I did 2 more, then I went home.

That's it! Merry Christmas! Please pray for the recipients!

I'm going to take a nap and open my presents later.