We had high hopes of breaking our record for serving meals as we had steady diners after we opened.  However we fell just short at 38 diners.

There were a few memorable encounters.

After setting up her free card games, coloring book cart for children and visiting with a few diners, Suzanne grabbed a lawn sign and walked along the street in front the church.   One young lady with a young child in the back off her car briefly spoke to Suzanne and asked for take-out meals.  She drove as close as she could to area where we set up.  Suzanne ran to prepare a goodie bag for the child of card games and coloring books.  Sharon threw in the Matthew Kelly book "Holy Moments" and a ziploc bag with a medal/holy card for the mother.  As Suzanne went to grab the meals, she instructed Sharon to bring a food pack (containing 5 dehydrated meals that could serve up to 6 people)  to the car.  The mother was grateful for both the food pack and free meal.

(Sharon gave out another food pack, but alas she can no longer recall the circumstance.  She has one remaining food pack of the seven she acquired in May. With several Drive Thru Prayer days coming up this fall, we can probably distribute the last one as well.)

Phil had an encounter with a man from Nicaragua and a young woman from originally from Mexico.  They arrived separately but Phil, with his Spanish skills, spoke with them together as the man knew only Spanish and woman was proficient in English as well as Spanish.  The woman had told Sharon she has been in the area about 6 months but not currently attending a church.  She accepted a bulletin from Sharon.  She told Phil she has attended various denominations, but was raised Catholic.  Phil gave both of them a talk about the Catholic belief of Holy Eucharist and the concept of Adoration.  He brought both of the them to our adoration chapel and left them both to pray as long they desired.

In addition to the free meals, medals, books, and children's items that each diner received, everyone was given a little newspaper advertising our parish festival that is August 2 & 3 and were invited to return.