MINISTRY BEGINS by Abigail D. & Katie W,
Today we started off our day by going to The Scott Mission. This mission is a place for homeless people to go to get meals, clothes, watch T.V., and have a safe place to sleep. We broke up into two groups, one serving the meals, and the other organizing clothes. In the kitchen, we served two meals, one at 10:30 am and one at 11:30. It was a very fast, orderly process where people could come in and eat their meal. In the basement, we organized clothes, got to talk to other volunteers and learn of the people that come to The Scott Mission daily and what their story is.
For lunch we went to a Japanese restaurant, where they served seaweed and tofu soup, then we had sushi that had cucumber and salmon in it (some people struggled with the sushi). Then they brought out a box with different compartments in it. In each of the compartments was teriyaki chicken, fried veggies, white rice, salad, and fruit. All of this we had to eat with chopsticks, which was fun for some, but for others, not so much. Lastly, they served ice cream, and we could choose one of three flavors: Green Tea, Red Bean, and Mango. We both had the Green Tea, which was pretty good! The Mango tasted exactly as it sounds, and the Red Bean tasted like a mix between vanilla and maple.
From 3-7 pm, we went to a place called St. Francis' Table. It's a restaurant where the homeless and poor only have to pay 1 dollar to receive a restaurant quality dinner. Today's meal options were either chicken, rice, veggies and bread, or pork, potatoes, veggies, and bread. Here some of us worked in the kitchen, and some served the food. It lasted from 4:30-6:00, and in that short time we served 142 people. This showed us how much need there is in this city, and it was cool to see how God used each of us to serve them. We also enjoyed spending time with the people as we ate our dinners with them as well.
The last thing we did tonight was a sandwich run. We walked around the city handing out a bagged lunch to the homeless. We got alot of different responses from the people. Most of them were thankful and appreciative.
This was the first of the two longest days (7 am to 10:30 pm!), but it was still alot of fun, and we are looking forward to tomorrow!
Sounds like an awesome day! I'm praying for you as you serve Christ by serving those in need.
ReplyDeletePraying for all of you, all through this day.
ReplyDeleteKatie, the boxes you had at the Japanese restaurant are bento boxes. John and I had some on a train in Japan. John was not impressed with them. We also saw green tea ice cream over there. It is apparently popular there.
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