Gone

Well, Dino the painter has left us! Word on the street is that he went off to California!
He was such a nice old man and he really needs a family to take him in.
I wonder what would have happened if some one would have done that already. He would have a place to live and a home and a place to share his art and be a part of a family.
I hope he finds what he is looking for in California and some one there takes him in.
This week in the cafe we are studying Exodus. The book of the wandering people under oppression. Its taken us one week to get through the first 3 verses. The text is rich in stories and we have been going back through Genesis to learn who the Israelites were.
We have quite a few people coming to class now! Even a few regulars.
I do wonder if these people will ever get it. When will the Gospel click for them?
We have two more helpers this week!
One of the sweetest old men has come into the shelter and has joined in with us to help run the cafe. He is skinny, skinny old man and he wears the same hat every day!
He is good at busing the tables and refilling the coffee.
I'm starting to think that if we took these men, and a few of the women who were really committed to turning their lives around and opened a small business it could be phenomenal!
They work hard. They have skills.
This could be great.