welp, instead of putting it all in 1 post my next few posts will be from the trip journal i took. let me tell you i have never learned so much in a week especially about the homeless. i was with 14 other students from ship in the urban city of atl, georgia...hotlanta if you will, interacting with the homeless and it was amazing and life changing..with Jubilee followed by this spring break i am good to go for a while on learning and as i begin to engage in what i was learning i hope to make a difference. im not sure if i will post them all at the sametime but here's the overlook and description before i dive into typing up these stories each day will be labeled and be titled by a memorable quote of the day.
we have the cru: which consists of 15 college students from ship u; becca-court-dale-felecia- spatula-glitter-brenden-yeager-good-aaron-ezra-andy k-pole runner-culler-and me.
drew: the awesome leader of our group who works at safehouse leading groups he also has 2 cute kids and a wife, alecia.
john: an awesome volunteer at safehouse who just happens to be homeless..he knows the streets and the culture and help lead us around with his friend..hes the only family he has and hes part palestinian
steve: a veteran, homeless, goin in for surgery next week because he has cancer, has a daughter, and used to own a million dollar landscaping company
dr. dre: a awesome homeless guy i met in the park he was funny and told me a lot about other homeless guys and gals
rolph: not really sure how to spell his name but he was a sweet homeless man in the wheel chair..he had a cruch on court.
ronald: has a job and is doing his best homeless but his next pay check he will be spoiling himself and he loves to travel. cali is next on hs list.
aisha: has HIV and a baby on the way both because she was raped, she just wanted a blessing and a meal that night
anthony: probably my most memorable conversation of the break he challenged me to do something now..and stop talking and start acting
will: used to be a wrestler and you can tell!
crystal: has a 4 year old and a baby that was so little and skinny and needs to be cared for so much better than he is...he couldn't even hold his head up
sarah: nice lady who also works at safehouse she was so sweet and engaged even though she didnt have to be
rob: also works at safehouse, cool kid, and d.j. he knows his music and has seen glitter's brother perform
pastor dave: one of a kind awesomeness, cool guy with a big heart he picked on dale and aaron haha
donna jo: the shipmate who came to visit
leblanc: another cool cat who used to work at safehouse and still helps out
dominque: looking for money but all we could do was pray for him he had just lost his brother and his job i think
greg: another cool homeless guy who always remembered my name; he has a job too and even though he didnt want to talk to us at first he opened up a lot
phil: president of safehouse...coool dude
the list could keep going and going and going william, johnny, thomas and his friend, ashley from j. rockets, scott from peach and pine, and so many more
and for places
lets see here we ate at chick-fil-a, johnny rockets, and the varsity, arby's and wendy's
we visited parks: jurassic, hurt, and one witha W which I can't remember all had homeless people dwelling in them.
sacred heart: lets homeless on their stoops but won't shake there hand if they come to service
united methodist church: across the street from sacred heart and let's anyone in but won't let the homeless sleep on their stoop
peach and pine: a shelter that has no limits and won't turn homeless away; "hell hole" is what a lot of homeless call it and they refuse to go there because you go in with nothing and come out with something you don't want...
abandominium: an old abandon historic site n the heart of atlanta where a lot of homeless peopel stay and a lot of bad stuff happens.
atlanta union mission: doing well so much bette rthan peach and pine on so many different levels
safehouse: where we stayed and helped giving the homeless a hand up not a hand out
hand out's don't help anything we need to solve the problem not meet the need.
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