Homeless Outreach

Through a series of blessed events, I partook in my first “homeless outreach”. As we were walking to the park where the homeless stayed, I realized that I had no idea of what to do, or how to even approach a homeless person. After all, it was my first time. But I did know one thing-I knew God wanted to bless me.

As we awkwardly approached a group of three to four homeless people sitting on a bench, we offered them sandwiches and bottled waters. The moment I looked into their eyes, I could sense an unbearable pain. It seemed as if, they wanted to cry. This alone broke my heart and I began to tear up. Eventually we sat down next to them and just talked. Honestly, I was still very awkward and shy so I just listened but something stood out to me. One man seemed to be resting his bare feet on his boots. It was weird because how many times in public do we see someone resting their bare feet? I was so curious and shocked that I had to ask him.

And it went something like this:

(He was the quiet one but suddenly he said something to me but I didn’t understand because I was zoned out on his feet so I just smiled and nodded)

“Yeah, sorry but I didn’t catch your name before. What’s your name again?”

“Odus”

“Oh, my name is Eric.”

“Nice to meet you.”

“You too. This may seem really random and weird but I realized that you were resting your feet on your boots. Why were you doing that?”

“Oh, I’ve been wearing this tims for the past two days and my feet hurt.”

At first nothing hit me, but then I realized this man didn’t take of his shoes for two days because he didn’t have a sanitary place where he can walk bare foot. So many times in life, we complain about the smallest things and yes, they are uncomfortable but here’s a man who doesn’t even have a place to rest his feet. Little things like that never cross our minds because we are truly blessed.

Overall, this was a great experience but the funniest thing is that we call it an “outreach” and expect that we will help them but in reality, they are blessing us. They are the heroes of the world.

Love All,

GhanDEEP