Hi to Each and EveryOne of U again,
As i said before, i normally do not comment on any postings when i post it, but only reply to it individually, when i get a response to it, but in this posting, i am very touched by it and would like all of u to go to the website at the bottom of this message and read the rest of the stories there, and i assure u, that all of u will be thoroughly moved by it.
Btw, when and if u are responding to the messages that i have posted, please do not leave out or delete my name or my email address, b'coz that is how i track emails posted to me, as that is the only way, (as i receive more than 500+ emails per day), and your input and feedbacks, are very important and valuable to me.
To cite u an example, this morning, after receiving an email from another yahoogroup member, whom i shall call "B" commented on top of that posting of another yahoogroup member, whom i shall call "A", and as i do not remember receiving that particular email in my Yahoo inbox from "A", b'coz she deleted my name as well as email address, i immediately went straight to that website to retrieve that message to reply, and spent the entire morning composing an email to reply, and what i usually do is to copy what i had written, in case anything happens to it, ie, sometimes my computer acts up and i am unable to send, but unfortunately was unable to do it, and what happened was that after clicking "Send", it gave me the message that my message was posted, but when i went to "Home" in that website to make doubly sure that message was posted, it did not appear at all, and even up to now, it has not made any appearance, eventhough i was not on
"moderation"
...sigh...and therefore, i have to rewrite everything again tomorrow, as i do not have the time now, b'coz of time constraints. :(
Apologies for my ramblings and Deepest Appreciation to all U for reading them,
AsianWoman
A night with the homeless
by: Ellis Moore (Age 10)
Every Saturday or Sunday night my family and I go out and feed the homeless people
in the city of Orlando. There are thousands of people across The United States with
out food or shelter. My family and I have been doing this for several months.
We wanted to see what it was like in the life of a homeless person. One special
thing I like to mention is, my family and I do not eat before we begin are journey.
So we know how it feels to be hungry. All of the areas we go to are very dangerous.
We go on streets such as, Orange blossom trail, Parramore, Gore street, Colonial
dr , and Down town Orlando.
We all get together in the kitchen and prepare the food. Some of the meals are
sandwiches and cookies and a bottled of water. Sometimes my mom prepares a
steaming hot delicious meal. We then bag them all up to feed 30 or more people.
I like to write a special notes on the bags like, "God loves you". Before my
family And I get into the car we ask God for protection in a family prayer.
A lot of people misunderstand homeless people. Not all homeless people are
drug addicts or bad people some are really nice. Some of them just had bad
things happened to them.
At first when my family and I went out on the street we had to earn there trust.
Because a lot of people are mean to them for no good reason. But now that they
see us every week they trust us. We even know some of their names. We all have
to remember that these are people that have feelings. Some of them shake our
hands for giving them food, and thank us. Some of them do really funny dances
because they are happy.
We have become really close with this man named Tony and his wife. They have
all of their personal belongings in shopping carts. After meeting with them s
everal times he has told us a lot about his life. He graduated from collage
and has a PHD. He used to teach French and, Spanish. He graduated from Howard
University.
After we get done feeding the homeless ,it makes me appreciate what I have at
home. Sometimes it makes me sad, and makes mom cry. I love feeding the homeless,
and making a difference in someone´s life.
Please post your thoughts, comments and your story on my blog http://www.MrPositiveBlog.com
P/S - if u were to receive 2 copies of this, was b'coz my computer acted up again, and i had to resend it again.