Defining success

Just got back from North Park, where we handed out free bottled water. This was intended as a marketing thing- the bottles had custom labels with info about The River, and the idea was to get the word about the ministry. Well, based on that criteria, if people show up at The River then it was a success.

But we gave out 1,300 bottles of water today, and now that I've done I think it was a success even if no one comes, because what we did today touched people. It was hot, and they appreciated free water. There was no pitch, no asterisk. It was just free water, and folks appreciated it. 1,300 of them. That's why it was a success- because we made the lives of 1,300 people a little bit better.

1,300 is a lot. Wanna know how many? Here's 1,300 ones:
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If no one came, that couldn't take away from what happened for all those people. We did a good thing, something God wanted us to do and something people appreciated, and that's good enough to count as a succes to me.