March 28, 2011 - Day 13

"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." - Galatians 6:9

   

     Today was Saturday on the Street! One of my friends, Sarah, came since she finished her 3rd year in the Coast Guard and I was so happy to see her there. I also got to meet Linda, which was pretty awesome as well (there's pictures of all of us in the bottom of my page). I introduced Sarah to everyone, like Six, Mike, and Tony, and then we all made our way to Renaissance Park. Once we got there we set up and saw Jennifer with her friend Sheldon. I met him and Sarah and I talked to him and later I played a chess with Andrew, the other intern. I also got to see a few other familiar faces like Eric, and it was nice to catch up. We all gathered around the chess area and Jennifer and I talked. She really enjoyed the snow cones.. haha.
     I also taught Jimmy how to make snow cones and he liked it so much. He had such a big smile on his face:) Being able to see everyone mingle and talk together just helped me further understand why I decided to take this internship; to be able to see such a variety of people in such a little space just warmed my heart. I then began talking to another man who told me that someone had been looking for me throughout the week. I asked who it was and he told me it was that "tall white boy". I knew it was Josh and I asked about him and he told me that he's no longer staying at the shelter, but supposedly at Atlanta Union Mission. I was pretty happy to hear that but then the man told me that sometimes people get kicked out and that Josh might've been one of them. So I pray that he's OK and maybe one day I'll be able to see him.
     Please also keep Rachel in your prayers as she's struggling with staying clean. Also pray for JB and Steven; JB graduated four months of rehab on Wednesday and Steven is doing intake on rehab right now! It is awesome to see how, slowly but surely, God is working in people's lives! Till then.. keep praying:)
Jenny Sample