Global Night Commute.

the IC office calls us daily (sometimes hourly)...
"you will be doing the GNC in sacramento. no wait. chico. um....long beach?
numbers were racking up online. people were actually volunteering to SLEEP OUTSIDE. and we were planning it.
IC wanted the roadies to be where they were expecting the most people...we ended up splitting the team. Bud and some of his helpers would do long beach. hannah and i would take costa mesa.
days prior we:
- got the contract for Orange Coast College (which almost fell through the day of)
- ordered port-o-potties (which were delivered to the wrong field)
- hired security guards (which we ended up firing one of them half way through the night)
im not gonna lie, there were times i wanted to find a closet and hide out. what in the world is invisible children thinking right now? what in the world am I thinking right now? ?this is not gonna work!
this. is. crazy.
its april 29th and we are looking out at a huge empty field. it took us about 2 minutes to set up...we have a megaphone, cameras, paper and envelopes to write letters and 10 happy helpers wearing neon green shirts.

And then i see them.
people.
they are coming.
and they have sleeping bags.
the Global Night Commute is actually happening.
And it didnt really hit me untill Ben Keesey called my phone later that night.
"tell me. how is it going in costa mesa?"
"Ben. you wont believe this. but there are people here! we have over 1,000 sleeping outside. its insane." i said with a huge smile.
He believed.

80,000 people united that night to show support for the ugandan children.

I am kate and this is part of MY story with invisible children.
this isnt the whole story. in fact it is just the beginning of what has become.
but these are the stories that make up the big picture.