Unsheltered International

Sorry this is so late. I've been so busy with school that I haven't had time to post about this. Plus, I forgot until I read Aljon's blog and saw that he was going to put a face on my facebook wall unless I posted this blog.

On September 17, 2011, I went to Birmingham with the church that Xandralyn and Aljon go to. We were under this bridge that made a gun-shot noise everytime a car drove over us. We were feeding the homeless and less fortunate. We gave them hamburgers or hot dogs, chips, baked beans, snack cakes,and water or tea.

We also had tables set up with people working there making birth certificates and resumes for those who needed them. And we were giving away reading glasses.

 We fed more than 180 people that day. One of the men we fed came up to me and said, "Thank you for doing this. I really appreciate it. I was hungry." It was really sad.

This is me and Aljon on the way down there. We listened to my iPod the whole way. :)



This is me and Maverick, and me and Aljon. Workin' hard, or hardly workin'? haha :)

This is Bama. He was one of the guys we fed. He was really cool. He told me and Aljon about how he jumps and trains and rides them all over and then comes back. He told us that he tried to break up a fight the day we were there. One of the guys who was fighting took out a machete and stabbed him in the leg with it. Bama came walking back up a few hours later and he told me and Aljon that he left with nothing and came back with nineteen stables in his leg and ten dollars from the nurse in his pocket. Then he told us about how someone on the street stole his guitar, and he sang us the song he had been working on. Bama was really nice and super cool.

This is Savannah, Xandralyn, and Maverick. They were being lazy in the food trailer.

In this picture, it's about six o'clock and we were packing up to leave. We had been there since about ten in the morning, and I didn't get home until almost eight. I actually had a lot of fun, and I'm going to do it again on October 15th. Which happens to be this coming Saturday. :) I'm excited!