Just Another Day in Paradise

So the second day of training went well :) even though it started very early.  I got up at 5 30 am...i know shocking that i can even get up that early..and then we were on the road to go to serve breakfast at The Midnight Mission.  We served breakfast to almost 600 people.  I really enjoyed serving at that place...and thats a good thing because i will be going there once a week with my group!  

After serving breakfast we did a "Meet-A-Need"...we went off in groups of two with $5 and found someone to talk to and then met a need that they needed.  Jonalisa and I were paired together and we met a man named Jose and talked with him about his family and his life for about 30 minutes.  He hadn't had anything to eat yet.....so we went and bought him some soup and talked more.  He told us over and over that he was "sick" because he had a severe alcohol problem.  We gave him information about several shelters in the downtown area that help with alcohol and drug addiction and spent time praying with him.  I now hope and pray that he actually will go and get the help that he needs.  I know that in reality one conversation that he had with two girls was not going to change much in his life...but i pray that we planted a seed in his mind pointing him more towards getting the help he needs.  We left him happy and laughing after we had been joking for quite awhile.  When we left he said.."Thanks I'm happy now."  It was a good feeling knowing we had effected his day...making it just a little bit better.

Later in the day we went to The Salvation Army of South LA which i think will become one of my favorite places to minister in the summer.  This is just a place for kids and youth to come and hang out and have activities and tutoring for the summer and during the school year.  Today we just hung out with the kids for awhile...and they were all soooo cute...and in the future we will do craft and gym time and games and tutoring and the best part is...hip hop dance...all these cute cute cute African-American kids were dancing like crazy...they had choreographed dance moves...i cant wait for them to teach me how to dance...cuz i know that i for sure will not be teaching them!!  :)

We ended the day at a restaurant called Rosco's...i guess a infamous place in LA...its fried chicken and waffles..yes fried chicken and waffles together...wierd..i tried them together...waffles, syrup, and fried chicken all together but it was a little too much...so i just ate the chicken and waffles seperate....the waffles were great!

Now i am tired after a long day...all of us hosts are hanging out listening to 90s music...too much fun!!  There is talk of making a music video...we will see i guess....  :)