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.
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