D.C. - Day 3 (Sarah Finch)

So how to start off the day… I think I could start with one word, EARLY! Okay. So it wasn’t that early, but compared to the 10 and 11 o’clock that I have been getting up this summer, 7:30 was pretty early. After getting up off the floor, (I’m the only one that is without a cot because they were all broken.) I changed into my clothes and ate my super-nutritious breakfast of cookies and cream poptarts. :] We all packed in the van and headed off to Food and Friends.

Food and Friends is a non-profit organization that makes and delivers food everyday to people with life-threatening illnesses such as AIDS and cancer. After our orientation from Adam, Eddie told us to play rock, paper, scissors for who got to go with him and Sarah (CSM Host) on the delivery route. I beat Breanna, and got to go along with Dick, Merry and Stephen in the air-conditioned van to deliver food. Dick and I were team Alpha and Stephen and Merry were team Bravo. We took turns getting out of the van to knock on doors and give out meals. Right as it started to rain, we pulled up to one guy’s apartment. Sarah called to see if he was home and when he answered he told us that he was out of town. That excited us because we knew that if any bags could not be delivered, we got to eat them. When we went through the bag, the only thing worth eating was the cake, which Eddie took, even though he shared and gave us all a bite. At about 11am we were done and we headed back to Food and Friends. We still had an hour until we went to lunch, so we helped trace, cut, and color bicycles for their fundraiser this weekend.






At noon, we packed up and went to the Basilica for lunch. After we ate we got to walk around. Of course we were all tired from waking up early and Sarah had the idea to take a nap by the fountain before we had to leave to go to the boys and girls club. So about 8 of us went down and laid by the fountain to take a small power nap.





When we went to the boys and girls club, I went up to work with the 7 and 8 year olds. They were learning coins. I never thought that teaching a 7 year old money could be so difficult. When they switched classes and the new class came in, I went down to visit Bailey and Jordan in the art room. They had just finished making clay volcano’s and were playing with the extra clay.



At the end of the day we got in the van again and went to dinner. Eddie had made it this far without having to parallel park, but that luck came to an end today. We must have been in the car watching him attempt and re-attempt to park the van for 20 minutes. We finally gave up and circled the block and parked somewhere else. When we got to the Indian resturaunt, I was skeptical on what to try, but Rick told me that I had to try everything. Now for those of you that know me, I’m the pickiest eater ever. But I did try everything, and most of it wasn’t bad. We went to Baskin Robins across the street after dinner, and I couldn’t decide what to eat, so I got 3 scoops. Surprisingly I ate every single bit! We went to a park for de-brief and are going to do worship tonight as a group at 10:30pm at the church!

- Sarah