Last Cold Night This Week - Choir Performs for the General Assembly

Last night was another cold one as we continue to have an overflow of clients. Out of the 413 men that stayed at the Mission last night, 108 of them laid on mats that filled our dining room and day shelter. A few of the men elected to sit and sleep on the donated church pews that line our hallway leading to the dining room. The women and family campus housed a total of 132 which included 32 children. Total for the night was 545 down about 100 over previous nights the past 7 days.

Our Child Development Center is back up and running, however we are missing our director who is on maternity leave. The local Red Cross has been operating a temporary community shelter at a nearby church which closed yesterday. We received four homeless families and two single men from that temporary program last night and today.

On another note, the Kentucky General Assembly hosted the Mission's Gospel Choir in its chambers to open their legislative session. The choir, singing in a cappella, presented a rendition of "The Star- Spangled Banner" to a standing audience with hands on their chest. The choir engagement was arranged by State Representative Tom Riner. Members of the choir stated that they were humbled by the experience (go to www.waysidechristianmission.org to view a video of the presentation and other Mission news).