Blood, Tears, & Now Paint Adorn the Walls of 210

I LOVE PAINTING! I seriously wish the contractors at 210 would let me have a brush! The painted walls next to the old brick looks so good! Purples, greens, blues, its a shmorgishborg of color in there! Visalia community groups have been itching to get a meeting time in one of the rooms at 210 and were trying to gear up for their use as quickly as possible. But just like all things worth waiting for...we're still waiting...and waiting.

Candy Cane Lane Parade

Lawn chairs, blankets, and mittens lined our Downtown’s Main Street. Festive floats piled with bundled caroling children pulled by horses and diesels anxiously awaiting their turn for their moment to shine. It was our first time entering but we had the right combination of people who pulled together for two weekends in a row to create an award winning “210” float! A special thanks to Betsy Wolf for the design of the float, the P.R. team, you guys rock! Marshall Pulliam for coming all the way from Fresno to play music on our mini stage, I’m sure you froze up there! And the Bennett’s for the rad ride they let us use! Thank you to everyone who walked, “floated”, cheered, hammered, and hung the lights to literally get this thing off the ground! Watch for us strolling down Main St. next year, cause were getting First Place!

A wooden canvas

Last Sunday a grip of people gathered inside the boarded up building to write prayers and bible verses on the enterer wooden walls before they become plastered and painted, over the next few weeks. I found a place to rest my pen and wrote on the inside of the coffee shop “kitchen” door frame while water pushed its way to the forefront of my eyes making it difficult to see what I was poring out from my heart and onto the wooden canvas. It is amazing to see so many people giving of their time, and money to something they have not seen. Simply having faith and trust in what the Lord is doing and going to do in this place is a sure sign that the Lord has in some recognizable way affected their lives and they understand through experience how BIG God truly is.