"You are precious in my eyes and honoured and I love you." - Isaiah 43:4
"For God nothing is impossible."
"We are called into the wilderness to know God."
"Jesus thirsts for unity and calls us all to unity."
"Creating barriers break relationships."
Today was the first day out on the streets. We met at the house at 9 am where Pastor Andy told us that we needed to be at a specific church at 10:30. Between then we had to walk the streets and introduce ourselves to people. Not gonna lie.. I was pretty darn intimidated. Like the first time in anything I didn't know what to say or do. Jesse (one intern) and I walked up to a parking lot and just began talking to people. It went pretty well but it was kinda hard to start a conversation. In like 15 min things progressed and I'd like to say things went well. By that time we had to meet at the church so we left. Once we got there, Andy told us that they were doing some kind of lunch and worship and that they wanted us to join and talk/mingle with everyone there. I walked up to the front table and sat down next to a woman named Brenda. She was so pretty. She had a piece of clothing wrapped around her hair and she had the most beautiful brown eyes. We talked for awhile and she told me how she had a fiance named Warren and she wanted me to meet him. I told her about Safehouse and she said she was planning on going that Friday so I told her I'd try and see her then. I also met her friend, Warren, and a few other people, Alexander (who LOVED the music), Keith (who loved instruments), and Averick. When we had finished Andy had left and told us to just walk the streets and keep introducing ourselves. We first got lunch at Tindrum and walked to the parking lot and dang, what a transition.
Walking from Tech to the Lot made me realize just how close we are to poverty and most of us don't even know it. Being at the lot I met a guy named Josh. He was pretty quiet; a white blond hair, blue eyed guy who just wanted to mind his own business. I introduced myself to him and we just began talking. He is 22 years old and he came out of prison 6 months ago. He was in prison for 3 years and before he had no home because his parents didn't care much for him. The entire time I talked to him, I felt like we bonded real well. He told me he's an artist and his dream job is to be an art teacher. He said that that would be "cool" (a word he uses very often!). We drew and he drew me a picture and throughout he talked about his beliefs. It was just so awesome. He showed me his tattoos that he made HIMSELF. I then saw to dots on each thumb and asked what they were for. He told me it's to remind him that he doesn't want to go to jail again. I then saw 2 other dots on each palm and asked again what it was for. He told me it's to remind him of Jesus. That day that I met Josh I knew he was a good guy. He told me he doesn't want to be homeless anymore. He wants to get his dog, Cash, back and he wants to live a regular life. He said how he lives in a shelter and once he entered after they had closed the gates and that he had to sleep outside. He never wanted to do that again. I told him about Safehouse and he said he wanted to go one day. He also made me a fortune teller and we told each others' fortunes. I told him that he was gonna make new friends this summer and he got a huge smile on his face. I also told him that I think he is really cool and he said "That's cool. I really like you too." When we were saying goodbye he pounded my fist and said "Stay cool." After all the interns went to Safehouse and volunteered and I got to talk to Joe and big V who were pretty awesome people! My day ended at 9:00. Please Lord keep providing energy for me to continue!
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