Day Two

Our first stop today was the church building. They had been moving all of their furnature out of the building for the past couple of weeks to their new building which is much closer to the youth shelter. We came along for the ride and helped move everything five floors down to a lobby where we pilled everything into a U-hall. Pops to Luke and Daric (might be with a K) who carried a large couch down five flights of steps because the couch would not fit inside the elevator.

After we were done with the move we went back to the house where we had two hours of free time. Most of us took the time to take a quick nap as we are still getting used to the slight but noticable time difference.



Latter that night we went downtown again to street witness. However, we took a different approach to the normal 'walk around with your bible routine.' One of the biggest things that we noticed yesterday while we were pretending to be homeless was that people ignored us, it was really hard to ask someone for change and have them completely look the other way, like we did not exist. We took that experiance and used what we had learned from it today. We Endeavored to recagnize the homeless people on the street, stop and talk to them, show them that they are loved with no strings attached.



Most of the teens that we came across were sceptical at first as to why we wanted to talk to them, but they quickly warmed up, and at times we could not get them to stop talking. These kids are so starved for someone to care that they littleraly pour out their whole heart when someone does care. One of the things that stuck me is that 95% of the kids on the street don't want to be there, but being on the street is one hundred times better than what they had at home (drug addicted parents, beating, molesting ext.). After this trip i dont think i will ever look at a homeless person and ask why they dont get a job. Most Try, but, lest be honest, who is going to hire someone as dirty as these teens?