Wednesday night, our team was reminded in a blatant way of the similarities between us and the people we served. One might wonder how we came to such a profound conclusion regarding the similarities among all the people we had met and ourselves. The people we interacted with and encountered on Wednesday night blessed us, encouraged us, included us and flat-out entertained us! We spent Wednesday night at Central City Community Church's weekly Karaoke night. While we don't have any video of the performances by others outside of our group, let it be known that Robert knows how to work a room and Sidewalk Slim knows how to leave an impression. The videos below give you an idea of the fun we had WITH the people we came to do things FOR. It was incredible to simply be with and have fun with the people who make their home in Skid Row.

Robie danced with his new friend Gina, who God gave him the opportunity to pray with and for.


We all attempted the electric slide, while I kind of destroyed it.


Robie got the crowd excited with his rendition of Born to Be Wild.


The final act before we called it a night, featured Vanessa & Keisha (our host from CSM) performing a duet of Foolish.


This experience was one where God reminded us of some simple truths about who we all are and how much all of us have in common. It was a privilege to be in the audience cheering on people with amazing gifts and charisma, noticing God's gifts in all of them. One additional highlight was when one of the women sang, "I Could Only Imagine" and many in the audience sang along. The song ends with the words, "I can only imagine, when all I will do is forever, forever worship you." Through this we got an idea of who we will be forever worshipping Jesus with and based on our karaoke experience, I CAN'T WAIT!