I like what Tabi said Kirra suggested. I’ve never done that with sandwiches, but once I went with my neighbor on a really hot day in Memphis to a place where a couple of people were begging, a man and a woman. We brought water and one can of Sprite. The man was a little untrusting at first, but when he realized we weren’t there to judge him or give him money, he seemed almost overjoyed. I remember him saying, “I blew it all on alcohol–lost my job, family, and everything, and now I have to do yard work at my sister and brother-in-law’s house just to sleep on their floor, but they don’t like me.” The woman said, “I usually sleep under a bridge.” I thought of that Red Hot Chili Pepper’s song. We just stood there and talked with them for about 45 minutes, listening to their sad stories and trying to encourage them with the thought that their story may not end there.

One thing I noticed about the two homeless people . . . they didn’t start out together, but as drivers would hand loose change to them out their air conditioned windows, the man or the woman would put it together and always divide it up evenly, no matter which of them had collected it. I was wanting to be a light to them (and probably was with my neighbor’s help), but they were also a light to me with regard to sharing and receiving joy over some loose change, some water, and some conversation.

Anyway, your heart is definitely in the right place!

God Bless!

I’m reminded of the last city-wide scavenger hunt – part of the theme was about nourishing the spiritually blind… and hence, some of the tasks were simply that: buy someone a coffee; listen to someone else’s story etc.

At the end of the day, being an ear to someone is more than many people in these unfortunate situations get… maybe if we started there, as an individual, it’d lay a good platform for more.