Matty's Blog

Well todays wed. and we ate breakfest and went out on a city search. It was basically a task that was givin to us to go out and talk to people and notice different things about San Fransisco that we are not use to seeing in Antioch. We were each given boundaries of where to be. My group, that consisted of Erin, Sam, and I, was assigned to a part of town called the Tender Loin.
Basically thats the part of town where the low income people live or the people with little or no money at all. At first we were a bit relucktent to talk to people, but as we travled farther into the Tender Loin we started to get out of our comfort zone and open up and get to know and understand the new people around us. To our suprize these people had a lot to say, we met a few people, some we did't get the name of but all the same, it opened our eyes. These people weren't bitter at all, they were just happy to be where they were. We met this one guy named Tim and he was havin a rough day because he had nothin to eat so we invited him to lunch with us.
We then went to the food bank and packaged pinto beans that were to be sent to different organizations that helped feed the hungry. We packaged over 2850 lbs. of bean. Can you imagine how many people that could feed? A LOT! After that we did a prayer walk on the Golden Gate Bridge to reflect on everything that had happened and what we have learned over this week.
For me I just remembered all the stereotypical thoughts I had on homeless people, but I was totally wrong. Let this be a lesson to everyone, even though we may take the easy way out and think of people from first glance, we're only hurting ourselves by not getting to know someone.
That is what this mission trip has shown me.
-Maddie Thoroughman