An interesting evening...

Last night was definitely interesting on many levels. I went with a group of APU students to feed the homeless at a church early in the evening, something that is out of my comfort zone...when we got there, they told us that it would be about 30 minutes until they would be ready to serve dinner, so we could either socialize amongst ourselves or socialize with the homeless. A friend of mine pulled me in with her, and we sought out people to talk to. We ended up talking to this sweet couple, one of whom is almost 100% native american (his name is Four Winds). It was so interesting to talk to these individuals, while thinking about the university that I attend...the fact that I was going to Olive Garden after feeding them...you know? It was a very humbling experience...and I learned quite a bit. Four Winds and I talked about sports (I had a Penn State shirt on, which sparked the conversation), and both he and his wife were fascinated by my friend and I's stories about what we were studying...they asked about our nationalities and kept commenting on how pretty we were and how lucky we were to go to this school...it was all so humbling! How can I complain about not having a car when these people have not even a house in which to sleep? Yeah...it was eye-opening. I am so glad that God inspired me to go.

After that, my former roommate, Sara, and I went to the Olive Garden, because it was our friend's first night as a waiter, and we wanted to cheer him on. After waiting an hour to get into his section, we were seated (it was 10:15pm by this time!)...he offered us a sample of the house wine, after checking our IDs of course...and we decided to try it. Hey, it was free, it wasn't that much, so I had my first alcohol as a legal adult. It was disgusting. I drank all that he gave me (which was one-third of a glass), but it was hard to get down. I think that I did it only because I can do it now, legally. But that was enough for me. No more alcohol for me!

Today...it was cloudy and rainy...so I didn't do much. I tried to do some studying...which was unsuccessful!! But it was a good day overall.

So yeah--I just wanted to post about the homeless shelter and the wine :) More later!