Yesterday we started back up with grilling hamburgers for the young men (ages 18-25). All winter we have been baking cookies and making goodie bags to take to their doors. They loved this, but ALL winter long they asked, "When are you gonna start back up with the hamburgers Rachel?" So, all the guys were excited when they saw us grilling on my porch again yesterday. We wanted to make some kind of spiritual connection with them and show them in a simple way the LOVE that is in God's Word. In the winter, we wrote paraphrased Bible verses or encouraging words on the brown paper goodie bags we were giving them. When it came time to serve them lunch, we needed another creative way to write God's LOVE on something we were passing out. We knew fliers would just end up thrown on the ground. We came up with the idea of putting hand written post-it notes on the chips bags we give them along with the hamburgers. These tough guys rarely express themselves, but when they read these notes, we received a great response! This is what was written on the post it notes, "You're the one that JESUS loves." Below are some of their responses;
- One read it out loud and said, "Amen to that!"
- Another said, "Thank you for the note"
- One young man who barely even says Thank you, said "I like what you wrote on the note Rachel."
- And the best response we had was after we passed out the plates, we looked over and saw one of the young men wearing the post it note right in the middle of his shirt. Wow! How great is that!
Needless to say, we will continue using the post it notes to express God's LOVE to them. If you would like to help us, you can buy "super sticky" brand post it notes in non-female colors and mail them to the address below, or you can give a donation and write "post it notes" in the memo. THANK YOU!
East St. Louis Dream Center
P.O. Box 2456
East St. Louis, IL 62202
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