This last week on Santa Monica Blvd, our team met at our usual place at the usual time, a Del Taco parking lot at 11:00pm. While we were in the middle of praying as a team before going to the streets, four new friends from the street joined us. After prayer we discussed plans for the night and they said that they wanted to join us for the church service that would be starting at midnight. I was "paired" up with Kayla and Han and we decided that the three of us should walk the street with these four, getting to know them better, until the service started. During introductions, they all four gave us pseudonyms. I forgot one of them (because I forget everything plus they changed names during the night), but the other three were "Steve", "T", and "D". Prior to our team closing our eyes for prayer, I had noticed these four men and a couple other guys whispering in each other's ears and being shifty with their hands. After the seven of us had crossed the street together, two of the men, "D" and the one whose name I can't recall, started making illegal business deals with others at the donut shop. To say that I became nervous was an understatement. I immediately turned to Han to ensure that he was praying and, when everyone else was distracted, I quickly sent the following text message to our remote prayer team: "Our group might be being used as a cover 4 something shady. Pls pray 4 safety and discernment." My text reply was, "Got it." After that, I focused primarily on talking with "Steve" while Kayla spoke with "T", the two guys who were not performing transactions. More details about Steve and T are below suffice to say that these two were the only new friends to join us for the midnight church service.