Last night was such an amazing night for me. Our church has an EMT ministry, they bought an old ambulance and painted the outside of it and three times a week at night they drive around to different parts of town and hand out dinner, water, blankets, socks, toothpaste, all kinds of things like that to homeless people and people who aren't doing very well. It was such a eye opener for me! To see the way some people lived. Yes, there are those people who are rude, but for the most part they are just so grate full for everything, even just someone to talk to! When I drive by a homeless person I tend to try to turn my head and pretend I don't see them. I just judge them and think they did it to themselves, but the truth is that some of them have just been dealt crappy cards and that is just where they ended up. Some of their stories are just heartbreaking.

I met a 16 year old girl who was 6 months pregnant and hasn't been to a doctor yet. She is terrified to have this baby and I don't know her circumstances, but she had a black eye. She was so shy, I wish I could have just brought her home with me!

There was another guy who doesn't have to be on the streets but he chooses to be because that is where he feels the most loved, that's his family! They have such a bond, they look out for one another.

I also met another man who lives in the trees. It's pretty cool actually he made his own little house. He has a couple mattresses and all sorts of stuff. He touched my heart the most. He had another guy in there with him and they were both just so loving and genuine, he had a job waxing floors but didn't like sleeping at the mission because he got bed bugs, I had to chuckle a little on the inside because here he is sleeping out in a tree... no bugs there. :) Before we leave we always ask if there is anything we can pray about for them, so they told us what they were struggling with and we prayed for them and when we were done, he prayed for us. After that I lost it! To me there is nothing he could have done or said that would have been more meaning full! Most of the people are so focused on their needs that the last thing they think of is someone elses, but he gave us all he was able to give, and that for me way worth more then money could buy! I am definitely looking forward to doing it again!