All my life I have wanted to be a missionary, I want to go some place like Israel and help the people that have no clue who Jesus is. Today I got kind of smacked in the face with reality- why am I trying to go so far away? Why do I have to go overseas just to help somebody in need when so many people around me are hurting- right here. I talked to this basically kid and he talked about how I could do it, anything I wanted to. I guess it just never dawned on me before that so many people around me are in need and I don't have to go very far to help someone. This course has made my whole view of like my future, which isn't necessarily a bad thing... But I have a lot of thinking to do.
Today we were supposed to visit Rosalie and help her clean her apartment, but unfortunately she caught the flu and so did her daughter, so we were unable to help out. I was looking forward to it because we were going to have the one on one communication that I have been looking forward to. I guess I was looking forward to this because one of the things that is important to learn from this class is not only learn about peoples stories, like I have stated in earlier blog posts, but also take those stories and use them to help teach other people about the topic of homlessness. I really can't wait until I get the opportunity to learn these stories. We are planning on doing this in the upcoming days.