Can you imagine?

So it probably isn't any mystery to anyone that I think a lot about the given situations that present themselves during any given day. Today I encountered an interesting one. There was a man who came to us during the two hours we were operating in the clothes closet. He wasn't one of the thirty that we originally took, but we were finishing up quickly and were able to have him come inside to "shop." I took his ID and went to put his information in our records. The one piece of information we write down is peoples' birthdays. This particular gentleman, Willard, was born in 1930. And so I got to thinking, "can I imagine myself as a 77 year old homeless man?" Living in the area I work can be rough and one wouldn't think an elderly person could survive for a long period of time. It’s sure not where I want to be at that age.

But their are some neat situations in which other people care for the elderly here. A few weeks ago while working the showers, a very old man came in to shower. He could barely walk and probably wouldn't have been able to clean himself well. It turns out that there are a few people that have adopted this guy as their "Pops" and one of these people came in and bathed him. That was probably the most selfless act I have seen in my time here. Even though we are surrounded by evil every day, there are shining examples of God’s presence.