Wow, this week has flown by. I’m amazed that it’s already Friday and also relieved… it’s been so busy that I’m very glad to finally rest. Part of the busyness came from the fact that I began my morning service site this week. I’m now working at the Atlanta Women’s Day Shelter from 10-2 on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
Working at the shelter has been fantastic this week. Katherine and I both volunteer there in the mornings so we walk to work together (it’s about 1 mile away). On Monday and Tuesday we worked in the women’s clothing closet. The closet is made up of clothes that have been donated to the shelter. Each day, the women do a chore at the shelter and receive a ticket. This ticket allows them to come to the closet and pick out two different outfits and 1 pair of shoes. Katherine and I helped the women to pick out outfits; I loved getting to talk with the women who came in.
On Thursday, I had the opportunity to work in the childcare area. When I walked in I immediately noticed that two of the little boys were getting fussy and having a hard time walking around. I was able to pick up one and rock him to sleep. His name was Justin. The poor little guy passed out as soon as I started rocking him and slept in my arms for about an hour. After lunch I noticed that his brother, Christopher, was getting sleepy as well. When I picked him up he immediately fell asleep as well. After awhile I felt my shirt getting wet and laughed as I noticed the large wet spot on my shirt forming from the drool! I’m really looking forward to spending more time working with the children, I LOVE BABIES! Lol.
My afternoons have been spent working with the SAY yes! program. This week we were able to begin working with a new child from the neighborhood. Her name is Keyona. She’s in kindergarten and so much fun to work with. She always has me laughing as she exclaims that there “ain’t no need for scribble scrabble” on her coloring pages or teaches us a Hannah Montana dance :P
Elias is doing well at SAY yes. He was sick on Wednesday and Thursday but should be back next week. On Tuesday we got done with his studying early and went outside to play basketball. I pretended to be an announcer and gave a play-play-play account as he dribbled, shot, and scored. At one point he overshot and threw the ball right over the backboard. I exclaimed “he’s just too strong for that ball! He threw it right over the hoop!” Later, after I had gone inside to fix dinner, Elias overshot the ball again. Josh told me that Elias held up his hands yelling: “MAN, my hands are just too strong for that ball! I gotta stop working out!” That little boy makes my heart happy J He was being completely sincere when he yelled that…
Another reason we have been so busy is because my team has been helping at the Catalyst Conference all week. We helped put together the packets for the conference on Monday-Wednesday and then we were able to hear Francis Chan speak on Thursday. It was fantastic, but now we are all very tired from a busy week!
Altogether, the week has been great. I’ve been spending a lot of time in the community and am really looking forward to getting some more time with my neighbors and service sites.
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