“FREE ice cream, you guys have FREE ice cream? We saw the sign out front, so we thought we’d check it out.”

“The folks at Let’s Make A Difference said you have FREE ice cream.”

“My friend told me you had FREE ice cream, so I came up.”

Good news travels fast, especially when it contains the words: FREE ice cream. Seventy-two customers showed up, hungry for a treat on a perfect summer night. The initial rush of customers caused me to text my daughter, who was on her way to help, “More whipped cream!” and still later “and more ice cream!”

Eventually I made a mad rush out for more whipped cream, ice cream and chocolate syrup. We went start to finish with customers filling the counter, the way you love to see the café operating. We would have been hurtin’ without the help of a community service volunteer.

We had some great customers, including some young kids that drew pictures of the ice cream for us. It, like the ice cream, was sweet! My hope is that we can continue to see some of these folks in the weeks to come and have the opportunity to share Christ and His word with them. One opportunity yields another.

As our numbers increase on Tuesday night, we could use more supplies: Pails of ice cream, Chocolate syrup, Whipped cream in cans, plus whatever assortment of ice cream fixings folks might want to bless us with (nut topping, sprinkles, fruit toppings, etc).

As Tim says, “Thanks for servin’ the King!”

Bill Marras