"You trying to get something?"

The time sure is flying for me out here. In another week it will be three months since I left home.

So I sometimes sit down and prewrite some of these blog posts but I'm always looking for inspiration for something new to write about, something out of the ordinary. Today I got a bit of such inspiration.

There really is no good reason for a clean cut, semi well dressed white guy like myself to be walking down into "the Zone." The Zone is the popular nickname for the area where we work. It is a hotbed for drugs and where a lot of free services are offered to the homeless. Anyway, I decided I was going to walk to work this morning. I was almost at work when a guy who I have never seen before comes to me and asks, "you trying to get something?” I hadn’t thought too much about this happening but this morning I found myself being asked if I wanted to buy some drugs from this dude. So I opened my wallet to make sure I had enough money… just kidding.

I was a little shocked at first, but then I decided that I should do my best to make this guy feel terrible about the life he leads. I initially said no, then asked him, “just what exactly were you trying to sell me?” He says back, “I wasn’t trying to sell you nothing. I was just seeing if you needed something. You know- a hello, a goodbye, something like that.” I kid you not, that’s exactly what he said to me. I told him at this point that he led a really sad and disgusting life. He then saw someone who I would say is a regular customer of his and walked away from me. I continued walking and told him as we parted that I would pray for him.