Ministry Revelation While Almost Running Over a 6th Grader

The beautiful Valero family, who run a daycare out of their home, has welcomed Sam and given him as much love as I think is humanly possible. (except mommy love, of course!) When I drop him off in the morning, I drive right past a middle school, and there's always a flood of students wandering aimlessly through the street, waiting until that first bell rings to trudge into class.

Usually I get really annoyed because accidentally running over an 11 year old with my car is not how I ideally want to start out my day.

But then God gave me a new thought.

What if every single one of the girls at Cooley Middle School could be invited to our spring production for free? And the ones at Buljan? And Woodcreek? And Roseville? And the homeless women who live at the Gathering Inn? What if we could somehow get an invitation out to every 6th through 12th grade girl, plus struggling women and their children?

I have no idea if all the dancers will agree to this, but the few that I have spoken with have totally green lighted it. We would have to do 8 shows instead of 4, and those extra four would be free of charge and totally, 100% outreach driven. Because really, what better production for a roomful of females than Cinderella?

With prayer, strategic planning, and the commitment of all 30 cast members and their families, we could share the message of Christ to an additional 1,000 women in the region this spring, and give them a message of hope and encouragement. And let them know that God sure does like them an awful lot.

Maybe this is why the Lord provided an almost free theatre for us, when nothing else in the entire universe was available for booking. Even though it's small and not impressive in the least, maybe God planted us here for this sort of purpose. So we could run a gauntlet of performances and altar calls. There is no way we could do this financially anywhere else.

And now, suddenly, it is overwhelmingly simple and reasonable to do our regular 4 performances, plus 4 for free - for these kids and these women.....wow. Seriously, what if?