Soccer Field and MLK Historic Site

We spent the morning cleaning a local soccer field that the City of Refuge youth group recently acquired - they are planning to start a soccer league soon for kids!  We picked up trash, cut the grass, cleaned and painted the goal posts, and raked leaves.  It just needs a net, some white lines and a soccer ball and it is ready to go!

We spent the afternoon exploring the historic fourth ward area of Atlanta, as well as the MLK national historic site.

And tonight we will spend our third evening in a row helping the kids with homework after dinner.  Sharing all meals with the residents, staying at the center, helping with homework, and just listening have helped us to to "be with" rather than "do for".  It has helped us to better understand and empathize with others, as well as realize our own vulnerabilities.

What assumptions do you make about the homeless?  In what ways are you vulnerable?  How are we all alike?