Good evening
everyone! Carly here! It is around 10:15 PM Monday night and it has been an
AMAZING first day! We woke up (yes, feeling a little groggy) but got right to
work in the kitchen, preparing for our first day meeting the guys at the
shelter. One of my favorite experiences of today was how well our group worked
together. Not only do we collaborate well in a serving environment, but we even
bonded when we had the chance to site-see all around D.C. We walked a total of
twelve miles and saw the Capitol building, the Supreme Court, the Washington
Monument, the WWII memorial, the Lincoln memorial, and the MLK memorial. It’s
amazing how well we’ve bonded in such a short amount of time and I can’t wait
to see what the rest of this trip brings for us!
We have arrived back in Erie! After a week full of encountering new people and reflecting on our experiences at the Father McKenna Center, we have all returned safely to our home base. Thank you for following along with this blog of our trip. The implementation of our knowledge into our daily lives will not be an easy task, but we are well prepared to take it on. We all have learned so much through our experiences this week and are excited to share and show others what respect for human dignity truly means. Homelessness is an extremely complex problem in our country, and we have all struggled to grasp what the best response on our part should be. At the end of this trip, I have come to affirm that complex problems do not have easy solutions, and that solving huge problems like hunger and homelessness involve more than one person or one ABST group. However, the power of one is still strong and present everywhere- we experienced that through meeting amazing and inspiring individuals th...
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