baton rouge dream center

For the next week I will be serving at the Baton Rouge Dream Center with a team from Memphis, TN. As I drove to the dream center I didn't know what to expect. I didn't have a clue what we would be doing or anything. Today we did two outreaches and they were amazing.

The first thing we did was we went door to door in the community surrounding the dream center and we passed out candy and Gatorade. It was amazing!  We were giving out stuff left and right and even had the opportunity to pray with some people. I'll never forget what one woman told me and this other girl. We knocked on her door and gave her the candy and Gatorade. And she said, "you two seem very happy to be doing what you're doing. This is very good what you are doing for the community. It's good that you youth can do this for others." What I loved about what she said is she noticed we were happy to bless her. I hope that it was a witness to her that the church loves her and God loves her. Who knows maybe that's what she really needed today.

The other thing we did was we boxed hotdog dinners and delivered them to apartments and trailer parks in the community. While delivering dinners in the apartment building we came across two little girls and they became our escort around the apartments. The two girls were so happy they could help. They would show us where to go and who would want food and who wouldn't. God Bless those two girls. Then we went to the trailer parks to deliver dinners and candy. These trailer parks were rough. Sheets as windows the front door wouldn't close all the way just a really rough neighborhood. Everyone in the trailer park recognized our red HPC serve shirts and was so happy to see us. They weren't happy to see "Brandon" or any of the other individuals but they were happy to see HPC dream center. The dream center is well known around their community they have left a positive mark on it. I'm glad we can come and learn from this great church. I know this is the beginning of a great week.

fundraisers

On Saturday, March 20 I will have a double fundraiser to raise funds for Africa. The first part of the fundraiser will be pre sale jambalaya lunches (lunches are $5 a plate if you would like tickets please contact me ASAP ) Plates can be picked up at Ascension Christian High School from 10:30am - 1pm. The second part of this double fundraiser will be a HUGE garage sale taking place in the school gym. Garage sale hours are from 7am - 3pm. Please tell everyone you know and come out!

Another fundraiser we are planning is "A Walk for Hope". This event will take place on Saturday, April 10 from 9am - 12pm in the Gonzales Municipal Park . There will be free food, beverages, spacewalks, music, face painting and tons of fun. We are setting a goal to raise at least $10,000 for this event which is very reachable! If at least 50 people can spread the word to their friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors and raise $200 a piece we would reach our goal! Also I will be talking to businesses to see if they would be willing to support the cause.

Come out and let's just see what God will do!