Thursday oh Thursday! Today was a long but amazing day! We started off the day with a walk around part of the Belt Line with Big Jon. We parked up near Little Five and walked for a good 5 to 6 miles. On our walk we met Torch, a runaway who was on his way to Little Five. We walked through some of the bridges where many of the runaways sleep and we actually saw one of the last homeless forts- which you can see the pictures of it on the bottom of this page! Throughout the entire walk Big Jon told us about the Belt Line history. Once our long trek was over we went to Little Five and had lunch.... I had the BEST FALAFEL WRAP EVER!!!!! Seriously.. everyone try it. It's the Gyro place near Rag-O-Rama.. it's delish.
After lunch we gathered the group and continued our way back to Rescue Atlanta where we had a bit of a rest to get ready for our block party. That block was probably one of the best experiences of my life. I was a little nervous at first because I thought we had driven to the wrong place (sorry team!) but we didn't! I then got nervous of who all was going to be there. But as soon as we pulled out the toys, a massive group of kids came towards us and the games began! I mainly got my hair braided (kind of) and gave piggy back rides for a few hours. I saw the mission team fall in love with the kids and knew that they were having a blast. Unfortunately we had to leave early because some of the older kids had a few tricks up their sleeves but in the end every single person from my mission team loved that block party!
We had dinner at the Varsity.. mmm.... and we debriefed there. I always love talking to my group because they loved participating and giving different perspectives and stories. I loved seeing the huge transformation that they are also going through in just this short amount of time and I hope that they continue to grow when they get back to TN... until then... we have one day left! TGIT (Thank goodness it's Thursday!)
Jenny Sample
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