Happy Saturday friends! 

It is already a week into March! Yikes! 

Truthfully, February was a difficult month for me personally. Yet I am encouraged by the work that is happening at Sanctuary Night every week. 

A highlight for me certainly was traveling to a treatment center a couple of weeks ago - the first person I saw as I was walking up to the building was a woman named Carol. Remember Carol? A few months back I drove her to the Whitehall fire station and she was then transported to the Maryhaven Addiction Stabilization Center. That time around treatment didn't "stick," but it was an incredible gift to see her in a treatment center a couple of weeks ago. She had a big smile, and told me that she was very happy there, and didn't want to run this time! Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. 

Additionally, I am feeling very grateful to a group of Ohio State students who are planning to help us on their Spring Break (Monday!) by getting all of our SN storage moved and organized. What a tremendous gift! 

*All names are changed

We talk a lot about feet at Sanctuary Night. 

Yes, feet. 

You may remember my friend Elizabeth and her prayer - Feet beneath my feet. 

Some of you remember Jennifer, and her soaked winter boots last year. She spent all two hours of SN airing out her feet, and it gave a whole new meaning to a fragrant offering. 

Every woman who walks through our doors speaks of tired feet, and often asks if we have socks and a certain shoe size.

I don't know about you, but I've been thinking a lot about the feet of the women we love, especially in this dangerously cold weather. 

So it makes all the sense - and all the difference - when volunteer Jena was humbled to the ground, literally, and compelled to wash the feet of a woman who is probably quite tired of walking through the snow.

Humility comes from the latin word "humilis," meaning lowly, or literally - on the ground. It's where we get the word hummus - "of the earth" or close to the earth. It is this quality that I hope to be the mark of our Sanctuary Night presence. Do justice - yes. Love mercy - yes. But let us not forget the last part: walk humbly. We have to walk close to the earth. Sometimes we have to get down on the ground. Friends, if you want to know what God is like: I believe this is a picture.   

*All names are changed.