Here are some signs of encouragement posted outside. The bottom one says "hope" which I guess is appropriate as it supports all of the others.
I was asked to process all of the men who came in to be fed and spend the night. That was a real challenge as some of them didn't have the best diction. Some of them became good friends and wanted to chat me up quite a while and others wanted to share their English knowledge. One young man (21) made me sad as he hadn't had contact with his family for some time because he didn't feel he was important to them.
Mary sorted clothes and helped dispense food trays in the kitchen.
The kitchen position seemed OK because her job was to give a tray of food to those who presented a card or slip of paper indicating they had checked in. That worked great but some really wanted to engage her in a conversation. (As we left, one man kissed her hand.) I continue to be impressed with her courage in being willing to do things even with limited Spanish.
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