May 26, 2011 - Day 11

"God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way."

-Please pray for our friends as they endure this not-so-fun thunderstorm.

     Today Andy decided to take us all to Atlanta Union Mission for lunch. Before that we had class (where I had 2 Krispy Kreme donuts... I know :/ ) so as I was walking over there, I wasn't too hungry. We got there and walked in and I saw the food... Now I'll be honest.. it did not look appetizing. So since I wasn't hungry I was going to use that as my excuse for not eating, but then I decided to give it a shot. I realized that many of the people here eat this on a daily routine, if they find something like that. The food consisted of a mixture of macaroni noodles with rice, some type of vegetable, and some type of meat. Then they gave us stale potato chips and a piece of bread (so definitely my share of carbs for the day). We all walked over to a table and we sat down and I met Cleo. Before meeting Cleo, I was just feeling completely judgmental with how picky I was being with the food. When Cleo and I started talking, he told me that he knew the food wasn't good.. he actually said, "the food has potential.. to be something".
     I realized just how lucky I am that I don't have to eat like that everyday and then finished all my food. It was more an experience for myself to see how my friends on the street eat, even with all the food they really do have! Whenever I talk to Brandy she gets by with chocolates, smuckers grilled cheeses, and food that others give her. I couldn't imagine surviving like that, which makes me love what I'm doing even more. Today, Atlanta also decided to unleash Hell as rain!
    Us, interns went to the Lot for a little while to see if we could talk to some of our buds when literally out of nowhere it starts downpouring.. we luckily made it to Savannah Suites where Jesse took us back to our house, but it got me thinking of Rachel, Dr. Love, and everyone else. If we got drenched, how are they? Where are they now? I pray that they are somewhere safe and hopefully dry. I pray that the Lord watches over all of them. Whenever it rains, we often complain of how dangerous it is outside and how we get wet or ruin our Uggs (which I know from experience), but we never really think about how those who live on the street survive. I saw as I was running for my life away from the rain, that many of them had nowhere to go. They stayed under trees and tried keeping their stuff dry- but what about the thunder and lightning? Driving back to our place I saw 2 trees knocked out, so I can only imagine many more- and it's only been an hour or so.
     All of this makes me realize just how fortunate we really are and just how everyone should become a part of this community, because we are all equal and we all deserve a chance.
Jenny Sample