Day 6 Hope Community Fethke

Today 2 men from Guiding Light came to visit us and tell us more about the subject of homelessness and one even told his story. The man who told his story was Ricky. He is a recovering alcoholic who has been sober for around 30 days now. I guess I was really struck by how easy it really is to become homeless. It actually kind of scared me...it makes me think about how selfish I am sometimes and how I need to be better about not taking things for granted and not wanting so much. Ricky told us how a lot of people are one paycheck away from being homeless, and this was powerful to me to. Some people have to live their life day by day, and are unsure of their future. As for now, I am pretty certain I am going to wake up in a warm bed and have a warm meal in the morning, etc. It's so surreal to imagine that if I were homeless I would have no gaurentee of any of that.

Another thing that I learned more about was how sometimes ministries don't do that much good to the homeless, because they are giving out handouts and not really teaching these people self sufficiency. I kind of understood this, but after Staurt explained this to us more in depth I have a greater understanding.