Allie (4-10-09)

Today we went to deliver PB&J's to the homeless people in U-N plaza and Aaron, Garrrett, and I met a man that the homeless people call patch because has a hat, a pair of jeans, and a jacket made full of patches it was awesome!! :) (Picture top)

And then we went to the Laguna Honda Hospital and we took care of people that have alzheimers and dementia. While we were waiting we took a little nap in the car.(Picture bottom)

On the first half of the day parker and myself made deviled eggs and i met a lady named Janet Taylor (she had alzheimers). She told me that she had 2 boys, that she is 50 yrs old, and that she has been living in the facility for 10 yrs. I helped her mix the yolks for the middle of the eggs.

The second part of the day Garrett and I played BINGO in the Dementia ward I was very very fun. I was scared in the beginning and then near the end Garrett called me a Pansy and so I started yeling the numbers.

We went to Twin peaks during lunch and at the end of the day before dinner we went to the beach.



~Allie~

Hoot and Hollars at Safeway

~We are sitting at Safeway and we are giving people hoot and hollars. Today we took showers and it was awesome since it was our second and final shower of the week. ;] Around 8:30 this morning we went on a city search of San Francisco and we met a man named Memory and he answered a lot of our questions about the homeless situation and then we walked through the tenderloin and we also met a lady at the bus stop and she kept giving me compliments. she was cool. She also gave us a lot of information about the city which bus to take and whatever else we wanted to know.

Later in the day we went to the San Fran food bank and we put a 2,000 lb. bag into 1 lb bags and my table, Dondy,Holly,Parker and myself were the champs!! :) yea go us! we helped behind the scenes but we all felt like we were doing something

~Allie Lacefield~ <3

Rice Champs!

Dondy, Holly, Parker, and Allie were the rice packing champs at the San Fransico Mission Trip! We rocked!

Jesse Screeton, April 9th

Wow, what a tiring day! Today we started off by geting up early to go take showers. We went to the Salvation Army ,where we showered, and talked with Andy, the director of CSM, for a while. Our first task of the day was called City Search. We walked together around a part of the city and tried to get a feel for what being homeless would be like. We walked around a little, met a guy named Memory in Carl's Jr., had a guy offer us "some good pot", rode the bus, and met another man looking for someone to buy him soap since he might be getting a job. We also went to the six story library and talked with the social worker there. Her and Memory both explained how the city tries to help the homeless, and thier views on if enough is being done and what the city needs to improve their efforts. Our second task was working at the SF Food Bank. Us, along with another group helped to package over 2,700 lbs of rice during our few hours there. We ended the day with Indian food. It wasn't too great, but better than the Ethiopian food.

Norma Screeton Wednesday April 8

Wow, what a day of mixed emotions. Today we went to St. Vincent's to feed the homeless. There was joy in serving the needy and sorrow at the women who came in with childrennand compassionn for the women who quietly came in alone and left alone. The there was a lady who had anger issues and got out of control. As I was serving mashed potatoes I watched the director come and try to handle the situation and the lady just got angrier. She threw her plate of food at the director who was standing 5 feet in front of me and before I knew it the food she threw was hitting me on the side of my head and face. It was quite a a scary experience. After experiencing that encounter it gave me a greater appreciation for St. Vincent's.

Wesdnesday 4-8-09 Allie

This morning we went to St. Vincent de Paul a catholic ministry/soup kitchen that brings in homeless people and fed them. I helped on the women/children side, my line that I said a million times was... "Would you like salt,pepper, and bread?" then everything got vey crazy. The rule was you could only have 3 plates or trays of food and this one woman went back in line for her forth plate and the dirctor Jerry politely asked her to put it back and she said "No!" Shes threw the plate and cut Jerry's hand and Norma got all the food thrown at her so her hair was messed with potatos and chicken. It was a very interesting/scary/fun/exciting/awesome experiance.
Hoot & Hollar to Norma for dealing with all the food caught in her hair & still working her butt off.
WE MISS YOU ALREADY NORMA!! :)

Later in the afternoon we went to the Bay Area Rescue Mission (Kings Club) and we helped kids with homework & played with them there was one kid that was awesome at Basketball, I also met a little boy named Elisha that was learning sign language he knew his ABC's and numbers he was awesome.

for dinner we went to an Ethiopian resterant and i really liked it..

Day 3: Wednesday-4/8/09-Garrett Blank

Today, we woke up and went to St. Vincent de Paul (a place for homeless to get a good meal) to help feed the needy that came in. I believe I had one of (or THE) most rewarding job. I gave the actual tray of food to each person that came through the doors. Twice, I had a man come in that looked like any other come in. These two men looked me straight in the eye and said a phrase. "Thank you lord." The first time that it happened, I thought of it as just about any other kind of "thank you." However, it happened a second time about 2 minutes later. This time however, I took the phrase to heart, seeing through the eyes of the man. I felt as though for the first time, I was actually doing the Lord's work. Not just feeding the needy. It felt... empowering.



Most people were definately gracious for their food. About 97%. Ernie, a man Parker and I met during our break, was especially great. He was saying how greatful he was that people like us come in and help out in the place. As he left, he left us with a reminder that many of the people in the room were drug addicts or adicts of some other kind of object of abuse.



Then we went to the Bay Area Rescue Mission. Here, we met a bunch of kids from 2nd-12th grade. In the beginning, I felt like it would be fun and relatively easy. I actually quickly got into the event. We mostly scattered, but I joined a girl playing a Sonic racing game on a Gamecube they had. I helped a kid named Elisha learn some math. It was pretty fun. We helped do a bible study lesson for them with a skit and there was a bunch of laughing and stuff.

Today may have been my favorite day because of the "sign" I got this morning and the kids I met.