This week in Fort Worth I worked in a food bank, interchurch
agency, mobile pantry, and women and children’s center. At the food bank, on
Monday, I got to help by stuffing food in a grocery bag to put in a box for the
homeless people. Monday afternoon, during devotion, I watched a documentary
called A Place at the Table where it
talks about the families who are struggling to keep their family and themselves
alive. Before the documentary we did an activity where there was 1 blue card, 2
red cards, and 5 yellow cards. Each colored card had a real life scenario and
depending upon the scenario the person holding that colored card got to step
forward or back. At the end of the activity the blue card was ahead of
everybody else, the yellow cards were in the middle, and the red cards were way
behind everybody else. The red cards were those in poverty, the yellow cards
were the average people, and the blue cards were the wealthy. Monday night we
hosted a place called Room at the Inn where 14 homeless men sleep in the gym. I
got to talk about politics with a guy named Reginald and talk with Tony and
Prentice about many different things like movies, books, animals, and numbers.
Tuesday I went to the Northside
InterChurch Agency (NICA). At NICA the group painted a main entrance gate. For
devotion we got to walk the labyrinth which was really nice, soothing, and
relaxing. Tuesday night we went to a pool party at a church member’s house.
Wednesday morning I got to serve
the homeless people potatoes and talk with them about their life and they got
to know us too by asking us questions. At 11 am we arrived at six flags and
rode rides and played arcade games. I rode the Aquaman, Mine Train, and Roaring
Rapids.
Thursday morning the WUFPC went to
Community Crossroads and there my group sorted crayons, tested markers, and
sharpened colored pencils. In the afternoon we went to the Baptist Church and
set up the agape meal. There were a number of kids 16 and older who got to eat
the food and be a table host, a lot of us served and helped tables. Afterwards
we helped clean up and talk to the homeless people who stayed and wanted to
talk with us.
I saw God in the homeless people I
talked to throughout this week because I felt the love and caring community in
them and I knew that most of them needed God with them, near and around them,
and I hope that sooner than later they will see God’s work being done to them
and hope they will not be in poverty anymore.
-Josie, WPC
