Post #3

As soon as I woke up this morning all I could think about was: my first day and shot at serving and building a friendship with the homeless in my area was finally here! When I walked out of my room this morning my dad did warn me that not many people or no one may even show up because we were relying on William to get the word out. And that's when I started worrying! After school, I came home and began cooking spaghetti and meatballs that I would serve tonight! I bagged carrots, a napkin, and a fork together, packed the bread sticks, and put the pasta in a big pan and loaded it all in the car. While driving over, all I could think about was: I hope at least William shows up so that he knows I kept my word! When we showed up, my biggest fear came true, no one was there. While I stayed at the car, my dad walked towards a dumpster by the creek they have been staying in. He found one guy sitting behind the dumpster and talked to him and asked for his permission to go into the "creek area" and see if anyone was there and if so if they wanted dinner. After he came out, he said he saw about 4 people and that they said they would come. Soon enough two of them came and I started to serve them.

as I was serving them, one of the men's girlfriend came with a few other people who live out of their car. I was so extricate that I actually got to serve people, but still not William. After being there for an hour, I needed to start heading out for an event at school. As I was driving out, I kept thinking and wishing that Willaim would show up. Well lucky enough, as I was driving out hy the sign where I first saw him the night before, I saw him sitting there! I parked the car and got out and told him that he could head over and get some pasta and he looked at me and smiled and said thank you! I was so relieved that I was able to find him so he knew that I kept my word and came! The total amount of people that showed up ended up coming out to be around 13 people! Serving out of the bavk of the car was certainly no gourmet style but they appreciated it all! The feeling I got when I got to see how happy and thankful they were when they got served was priceless and reassured me that what I was doing, was not just for them, but a blessing to me:)