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We spent our afternoon doing cold-weather outreach once again in the International District, where we gave out green chile stew made by our friends at A Light In The Night.
But our thoughts right now go to those in southwest New Mexico who are facing heavy snow and temperatures hovering at 18 below zero. Please be safe and stay warm.

Sometimes doing street outreach isn’t just fun, it’s a fiesta.

It took two cars of volunteers almost 3 hours to drive around the International District today and give out about 80 gift bags we’d made for the women.
Each team then wrote up a report.
Report from Car 1: We were impressed by how calm the streets were and the peace and good cheer the women we helped shared with us, even in their difficult circumstances. Many women recognized us and knew the Bad Guy List. One old friend spotted us driving and ran after our car, waving her hands. We didn’t recognize her and kept driving because the street was crowded and we wanted to circle back with our other outreach car. When we finally caught up to her, we all had a good laugh.
Report from Car 2: As we drove around, we debated how to best wish each other happiness at this time of year. We aren’t a faith-based group and we have volunteers of all backgrounds and beliefs, so would it be appropriate to say Merry Christmas? Happy holidays? In the end, we decided the best thing to do was yell “Die Hard” at each other.
Later on, we were getting a gift bag for a trafficking victim while her trafficker —in a white sedan — kept circling the area, looking for her. We decided to mess with him. We jumped in the car and chased him down some back roads. Just to let him know he was the one being watched for a change.
Die Hard!