Day 2-
Monday was pretty interesting. Due to the Mission group we were to work with canceling we did not know what we were doing from day to day...which was crazy...
However we did know that we were going to go to the Fashion district of Los Angeles and talk with the homeless. We also made 70 lunched to take with us. When we got there it was a sad sight. People laying on the sidewalks sleeping, getting arrested for making thier home in a tent on the sidewalks, little kids running around with no shoes, and just the amount of people. When we got out of the van I looked around and cannot discribe what I thought. It was sad. As we started passing out the lunches we of course ran out within 3 minutes which I am not even joking. I watched people run over eachother just to get a sack lunch...that may have been the only meal they had that day. (Due to the privicy of the public NO pictures of thi
We broke off into group and went out to talk to people, and as we were walking I watched myself become more and more invinceable. I was ready to go off on my own, and talk to people...the group said NO, but I was ready. We walked, and looked, and to a group of college kids this was something new to most of us. Not me however, I have seen homeless I slept in a church parking lot to make it aware. As we got closer to the the core of were most of the people were standing I coulds smell the Meth they were smoking, and the pot they were lighting up. That was hard to grasp, but for most of them thats all they have, thats all they know, and thats all they can think about. This was an experiance that I think we will all remember.
After our trip to the fashion district we went to get food...in CHINATOWN....cooler then ever...although I think every major city has a Chinatown....anyway the food was great, and the fellowship was better!!!
U TURNS-
Everywhere we went we had to make a U Turn...our host was just as lost as we were, and Les (our trip leader, and the baseball coach) had only one person to count on and that was our host....we started making it a way of life....even when Les knew where he was going he made a U turn....he is a funny one:)
The StoreHouse-
The storehouse is a place for familes to go to for food and clothing. It is all free, and is open to anyone. Three of us were asked to clean the house, and when we walked in we had our worked cut out for us. There where clothes, boxes, and juck from the floor to the ceiling. We DID it though, and we had fun with it along the way. We dressed up, and took pictures, and even found some old stuff that I am sure is worth some money.
That is day 2. There are a lot of things I am sure I have forgotten, but these are the major things!!!
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