Maranda wrote up our recent visit to Cooper Crossing this past Monday. As she says, it was a great time. 

Last night a few of us met near the Cooper Crossing apartment complex to just walk around and throw around ideas about how to show the love of Christ practically in that neighborhood.  We met a couple of interesting people and were able to just introduce ourselves and hear a little of their stories.  We met one guy, William, was staying in the car while his wife stayed inside with her mom.  He mentioned that he really needed to put gas in his car, but wouldn’t get paid until later this week.  We were able to help him out by getting him a little bit of gas.  I am really looking forward to talking to William again.  There was one other man named Edward that said he has a lot of ideas for ways to us to help out, he just couldn’t think of any right then.  Maybe next time he’ll have something for us.

We talked about ways that we could reach out to the kids that are living there and also just to the neighborhood as a whole.  It could benefit a lot from a cleanup project, handing out food, or even just spending time with them and their kids.

There are a couple churches in the area that it we could learn a lot from and also, according to our new friend, William, Mission Arlington is out there pretty frequently.  Since we already sort of have an in with them, we will probably link up with them in some way.

All in all, it was a good time.  For me, it really seems that a continued presence in the community would go a long way.  Last night was a step in the right direction.  There are probably 20 different things that would show God’s love to this community in a practical way, and I am really itching to get started.  We just need to pray for some direction and guidance as to what will be the best idea.