Sunday, June 28, 2009

Friday June 26

This morning we went back to the CJC. I got about 6 hours of sleep, which wasn't bad, but I was still exhausted and had a headache. At the Criminal Justice Center, we talked with two sex offenders who had served their sentence. Both had received Christ while they were in prison. Though the were Christians, it was hard to sit there and not judge them. They were level 3 sex offenders and had done some pretty bad things. Even though it was hard, it was awesome to see how much their lives had changed.

When we left the CJC we went to a beach to eat lunch. That was fun, but it was a little chilly outside and the water was freezing. After we got back to the dorm, we walked inside and found our "eviction notice". That meant that we had to get our things ready to live on the streets. We were allowed to bring three possessions. Bibles, medications, and journals didn't count. I brought my blanket, pillow, and backpack. Our new home was a parking garage on campus.

About an hour or so after we were dropped off, Tom and the student staff brought us dinner. We had fries and hamburgers from McDonalds. There were a few extra hamburgers left over, so we saved them to give to the homeless later. Geoffrey, a guy who had been on the project before, came later to take whatever we hadn't eaten. Luckily we hid the food under a blanket. Then most of the group split up into two teams to feed and share the word with the homeless. Some of us stayed back and tried to take a nap.

We also had worship and a message given to us by Stephen. He talked about how Daniel was faithful and finally saw God after praying for 24 days. So we need to be faithful and not let anything hold us back. We then played a few games, and went to sleep around 11:00 PM.

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