Day 11.

I've been getting so lazy. I've been going to sleep pretty late which would obviously make it that much harder to wake up in the morning. I really need to get my sleeping habits back into shape before classes start again! Had lunch with a friend today and I was a bit nervous cause I don't think we've ever hung out one-on-one..maybe once in the summer? I barely talked to her over the school semester so I was afraid it was gonna be weird. But it was good! We had a good conversation and it was fun. So I realized today that I'm not only her friend, but I'm also in a sg with her. Not that I wasn't aware of it before, but it used to be two separate things. Then I started thinking about the sg in general. I've never had lunch with anyone from sg one-on-one. How am I supposed to care and love for the members of the sg if I don't take the time to spend time with them and get to know them?

From yesterday and today I saw 3-4 homeless men, but I didn't do anything. When I'm with people who don't respond to homeless people, I tend to do the same and just avoid eye contact. Reminded me about Saturday. After doing the street engagement in our designated area, the team decided to walk back to the church. Right at the corner of the church was this homeless man slumped over a newspaper stand. We approached him to ask him if he wanted to come get something to eat, and after being greeted with such gratitude during the day, we just did not expect the reaction we got. This man was just annoyed. Two or three groups had already approached him and he was sick of people constantly asking him. We just backed off and headed towards the church. On our way, a guy who had just watched what happened came and told us to be aware of the perspective of the homeless man. Something along the lines of the following.."Remember, today is ONE day you guys go out and help other. You're doing this with the church right? You might be feeling good, but it's only one day. Tomorrow you'll go back to what you're used to. Think about him, this is his life. Sunday-Friday people don't treat him like a person and now all of a sudden people are caring. How is he supposed to think of people?" I can't be a part time lover of God.

HAHA.