History and a Second Chance

"Doc" Pemberton was a Pharmacist during a time when no regulations allowed people to create any concoction and advertise unproven results. He created something called French Wine Coca which was a combination of Wine (Alcohol) and Cocaine. However, Atlanta voted to become 'dry' which meant he could not sell his product because of the alcohol. He then decided to go into the soda fountain business with a modified new product. He removed the alcohol, added sugar, cocaine and from an African plant called 'Kola' he extracted caffine. A little while later the concoction was given its modern name - Coca Cola.

One day after our thoughts were provoked by a homeless man, Heidi had the opportunity to meet a guy outside of Blockbuster in Castro Valley. She offered him some money and also invited him to the family night dinner at Redwood Chapel. We waited and searched for him from 5:30 to 6:00 pm, but we unfortunately did not see him.
In the end, I think we did things better than we would have the day before. Hopefully we will soon have other opportunities to show Christ's compassion to others.