Wednesday began with a visit to Girls Inc., a group formerly known as Big Sisters. The lady there shared with us the various activities they do – some as part of the curriculum of the school – and others as after school programs with teenage girls. It offers the girls the freedom and security of being away from guys – of putting on a show, and just being themselves. Unfortunately, they have budget and human resource constraints, and are thus in only one school per year. But it really sounds like a profitable program for the girls.
Adam and I went to the soup kitchen yesterday, and the highlight for me was seeing Luke. I first met Luke when he was drunk, sitting at a park bench. However, I had heard there was a change in his life because of a church service he went to at the Baptist church here, and when I spoke to him Wednesday, he shared he had been sober now for 3 days, and while difficult, God was helping him stay that way. He also shared of his desire to return home to a small coastal community in Nunavut, but the expense of the trip = $3000 was prohibitive, but that he was saving money. He said that normally he woke up each morning, broke from spending all his money on alcohol, but now was saving up his money. It really was nice to see Luke in control of his faculties!!
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