soup run

G'day,
Last night, we (Gen1 members) went to the soup run to talk with people as they had a feed. Now for those not from Adelaide, or that just don't know, the soup run starts at 7pm, and the truck rocks up with tables that they pull out and then put out sandwiches, soup, hot dogs, tea, coffee, and cordial, to serve out to who ever comes. People then can grab one of each, then if they want more can go to the back of the line.
While they are sitting around eating, we will go ove and have a chat with them.
Now that the i have finished telling the background of us going to the soup run, i will continue on with the story from last night.
Now the guys giving out the food, had packed up and were getting ready to leave. One of the servers, brought a guy over to us, and asked us where this guy could get some accomodation. We told him, and gave him a ride to the shelter. On the way to the shelter we invited him to cell group (which is on tuesdays). However he was not able to get in. So we brought him to our place which is just around the corner, and then gave him a backpack and a blanket. This guy stayed at our place for about an hour, just chatting and he was grateful that he could chat with us.
It was just a reminder of how much just having a conversation means to people. Some people especially people on the street, or poor, or disabled, are over looked by people that they pass on the street or in shops.
An Example of how bad people can be over looked by others, is, one of my work mates, injured her leg a few weeks ago, and she had to keep her leg raised for 2 weeks. So that she could go places she had to be in a wheel chair. One day she went to the shops with her husband, he was pushing the wheel chair, and the shop assistant talked totally to her husband, and didn't even reckonise that she was there, that alone a person, until the conversation was over, and her and her husband was about to go, then the shop assistant gave her a little smile. My mate said that it was disgrading. How often do we go down the street, and see people with our eyes and not reckonise them as actual humans but only see them as another body. Do we look in to the eyes of someone, and accept them, and see them as Christ sees them.

That is just something to thing about.

God bless you all
Lux