Leadership in DC

My leadership class went to Washington DC last week for a leadership conference.  This conference was run by a Christian organization and had many speakers speaking on the subjects of helping with prisoners, homeless people, disabled people, and people thinking about having an abortion.  Throughout the three days, we learned about how these people are affected and how we can help these people and show them the love of God in our everyday lives.  On the first day, the speaker spoke about homeless people and how he actually, voluntarily became homeless for a span of five months in six different cities.  He experienced the lives that homeless people endure for a lot of their lives for only a few months and already was feeling the same feelings they were.  He felt neglected by all people but especially Christians.  They made sure that they did not make eye contact with he and his friend so that they did not feel like they had to talk to them.  He was used to eating a lot but soon got used to not.  He had nothing.  He inspired us along with an organization to go out into DC and find people without any food and to provide a lunch for them.  They gave us two dollars each to go and achieve this goal.  My group of eight went to Chick-fil-a and asked them if they had any left over food to provide for the less fortunate and told all that we were doing that day.  They went into the back and made twenty chicken salad sandwiches free of charge.  Their kind hearts touched so many lives that day just by this simple act.  We took the metro to DC where we began to talk to homeless people and give them some sandwiches.  Interaction meant so much to them as the speaker told us it would.  Our group fed about eight or nine people that day and saw many smiling faces as we did.  We went out and showed God’s love through our actions and providing people with the food that they may have needed to get through that day.  I hope that we gave some of those people hope to keep trying because there is people that care about them, we just need to make more of an effort to show it.