"Hopelessness leads to homelessness."
"Homelessness is the state of life of hopelessness."
"Thoughts become actions and actions become habits."
"You may be the last Jesus someone sees."
Today Andy took us to Little Five to have lunch and Gus, the Rainbow Kid, surprised us by being there! He remembered us all and convinced us to stay and listen to him play a song on the guitar. He was pretty darn good! After, we went to an Indian restaurant where, at first, I wanted a salad but they ran out of cucumbers. So I was just watching everyone eat when our waiter gives me a bowl of soup. I told him that I never ordered anything but he said he wanted to give it to me- which absolutely made my day! He was so sweet and I couldn't thank him enough. I got free soup from a very sweet guy:)
After lunch, Andy dropped us off at Hurt Park where I wanted to have time for myself. I was feeling a little funky so I walked around and then found myself sitting next to Adam, who was from Ethiopia. We carried a small conversation for a while and then we began talking about our lives and where we were born. I told him I was born in Mexico and that I love my family there and I told him the death of my grandfather and automatically he could relate to me because all his family is still in Ethiopia, where there is a war against 2 of the tribes there- one being his father's. He told me about the 4 major tribes and how 2 of them are in a war over his father's land -Aromia. He also told me about the monetary aid that the U.S. has given to Ethiopia (that's supposed to go towards ending things with Somalia) but instead goes towards the Northern tribe to keep Aromia's tribe in place. but Adam said he had hope that they would be able to become they're own state sometime and that he'd be able to see his family in 5 years. He seemed so positive and it was just so awesome to talk to him! He told me that he also really enjoyed talking to me because he could talk to me about his tribes and family- something that he hasn't been able to do in awhile. I was happy:)
Then I met up with Hana, Andrew, Lauren, and Ed and we all walked to Woodruff Park where I saw my friend Chris and Easy. We each played chess (and I was horrible!) and we watched them play chess. Lauren and I might've gotten invited to go get drinks from 2 guys... haha and then one of them gave me his number because he wanted to go on a date with me and make me dinner at his place.. haha. Then we all went to the Lot where we all saw Will and talked to him. I asked him if he knew anything of Josh and last he heard, he saw Josh get out of a truck (supposedly some relatives), so I keep praying that all is well with him!
Tomorrow is Saturday on the Street and I'm really excited for that, so we'll see what happens.
Jenny Sample
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