Thursday-Day 6

First we woke up around 6 am so that the guys could take a shower, since it was our shower morning. Jill also sneaked in and took a shower! We ate breakfast the normal cereal or bagels. We got in the car at 8 am and went to a Mexican bakery to pick up pastries to bring to Pershing Square. We were divided into two groups to distribute pastries to un-housed people (Jordan‘s term). Our group met a couple from Florida that moved to LA last August. They told us a bit about themselves, other people in Pershing Square and the different homeless areas in the city and how they work. We were also able to have one of the pastries they were very good. We met up with the other group and shared our stories about the people that we met. We then walked to City Hall and went up to the top floor. We took time and prayed for the city from the 26^th floor. When we left City Hall we went to a Farmer’s Market and enjoyed some fresh fruit! We then walked back to the car and headed back to CSM. We had lunch at the site, a little down time and devotions before leaving for our last time at Red Shield. Jordan played some pool, chess, air hockey and bumper pool. Dan played Dominos. Molly and Jill traced more craft projects. Jesse and Andrew played with kids in the game room. After Red Shield we went to an Armenian Restaurant and had chicken or beef, pita bread, hummus and salad. We drove to Santa Monica Beach. We spent time on the beach doing affirmations to each other, talking about our trip and what we have learned from each other this trip. Once we were done the kids ran down to the water for one last time. On our way home we stopped at Target for some summer wardrobe clothing for me, since it is quite warm here and Disney is going to be hotter. After Jill went and picked out cloths for me, she then made me try them on and show her. I ended up with two pairs of shorts, swim trunks and three clean new t-shirt…all of which I don’t need. To ease the pain of shopping we stopped at McDonald’s for ice cream before heading back to CSM for one last night.
Tomorrow we are leaving early tomorrow morning and heading for Disneyland!
~Jordan (added to and typed by Jill)