Optimism

It is now 5 1/2 weeks until the Wash for Life. So far we have forty-four groups signed up, many fewer than our goal of two thousand. But we were thinking about it the other day, and realized: With all the articles, radio spots, blog posts, conferences, efforts contacting individual dioceses and churches, and word of mouth, it is likely that at least a million people have heard about the Wash for Life. If only 2% of those who heard about it took it seriously and thought it was a good idea, that’s twenty thousand people. And if only 1 out of 10 of these act on it and sign-up to hold a car wash, that’s our two thousand – only 0.2% of those who heard about it. So, we are still optimistic – a lot could happen in the next couple weeks; and of course, it’s in God’s hands. Plus, even with only the forty-four car washes we have now, we still have a worthwhile story.