You never know what kind of impact you will have on one's life.
This retreat for the homeless came with so many questions going in.
I didn't know what to expect.
9 of the men were complete strangers.
One of the many stories I will share happened at the very end of the trip when we got back to Richmond.
I had just dropped everyone off at the Alpha and Omega Bible Church. I was giving Shelton a ride down the road several miles away.
We had left a few of the guys at the church as they were collecting there belongings.
When we arrived at the place where Shelton wanted to go, he began to unload his belongings. He couldn't find one of his bags!
He panicked and looked through out the van several times. He knew he needed to go back and look to see if he had left it outside the church.
He climbed back in the van and said "that was my business bag". Everything important was in that bag.
The drive back to the church was silent. You could tell he was worried.
We drove up along side the church and noticed everyone had left.
We didn't see his bag!
As we turned the corner, there was his bag leaning up against the front door.
His first words out of his mouth "This retreat must have done some good!"
My next question out of naivety was "Would that bag have been there last week?"
Answer: "Nope"
Sometimes the measure of success can come in very small ways like a backpack sitting on the front stoop of a church.
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