The work week went by quickly. A couple of the clients I have been working with were able to get into housing programs, fortunately. Unfortunately, the shelters are filled most nights, and the number of people who are homeless seems to be increasing. Someone who did outreach to the homeless before the storm, said that occasionally there were a few people who wanted to get into shelter and could not prior to the storm, usually because their were banned from shelters due to their behavior. Now, there are many people who want to go into shelter nightly who can not because there is no space for them. Some sleep outside on the street right near one particular shelter. This week I either heard or heard of people currently experiencing homelessness, say that at least if they were in prison they would have shelter and three meals. Why aren't basic needs (like food, shelter, and health care) treated as basic human rights and therefore granted automatically to all people in our society?
The weekend was busy. On Saturday, I went with some of the sisters to visit some of the older sisters and celebrate the season with them, which was quite enjoyable. Last night there was Christmas caroling here; people from the neighborhood came. Today, I worked on Christmas gifts, which I hope to mail out soon. This evening a high school band came and played music in the chapel and then served us gumbo for dinner; the music, food and service were all excellent.
I'll try to be more creative on next week's blog.
May you experience JOY during this third week of Advent and always!
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