Feeding the Homeless

Photo Courtesy of The Boyfriend

Yesterday, while in bed before school, I was praying, like I try to do everyday and God put this homeless man on my heart.  I see this man from time to time when the boyfriend and I are going to his house, and I can't help but feel incredibly bad for him. Anyways, I was praying for this man like I felt God wanted me to and then I felt like I should take him some food. I texted the boyfriend about it and we came up with a plan to make spaghetti (because how often do they get real home cooked meals?) and take it to a few people.  This morning, we bought ingredients and went back to my house to make the spaghetti.  When it was ready, I put it into six different containers to hand out. I had the boyfriend put silverware and napkins in a sandwich bag and we also gave them a bottle of water.

The first person we gave food to was Bruce, the guy I was talking about.  He was so kind and appreciative.  I actually don't think I would mind talking to him again some day (even though I didn't really talk to him).  He actually holds a sign that says "Poetry for Food".  We helped him write it out today on a Little Caesar's pizza box and we also kind of decorated it with a smiley face heart and a bible verse.

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.  - 1 John 3:16

Did I mention that he is on youtube?

We also gave food to his friend, but she wasn't there at the time. A man laying near the library and two other women. We only gave away five because we couldn't find another person so we ate the sixth one ourselves. It was pretty delicious spaghetti, if I do say so myself. I really hope they enjoyed it!

Sunset Barbecue

Taken yesterday!
So, after we left the hospital, everyone was starving. Actually, they were hungry before we even got to the hospital, at least I was.  So, the guys decided to have a barbecue.  A few of them went to the grocery store and picked up some meats, corn, tortillas and some other food and we met at the park.  While the boyfriend was talking to his friends, I noticed how gorgeous the hills looked, so I kind of walked away over to the lake and started taking pictures.  I also got this amazing shot of the boats near the boathouse!

Basketball and Broken Ankles

Boyfriend and his friends had planned to play basketball.  They were doing so and one guy fell and broke two bones in his ankle, poor guy. So, we had to take him to the hospital, where we sat for like two hours.

Santa Cruz

Some friends from "The Bench," the boyfriend (he's the one on the right, by the way) and I went to Santa Cruz over our Spring Break.  It was actually our fifth monthaversary too. When we got to the beach, Danny and The Man With Many Names (yeah, that's his name) were already there.  We sat down in the sand and then Theo decided to go to the water, so a few of us went with him.  That water was freezing, just like Pacific water usually is. We laid in the sand and soaked up the warmth of the sun. Then we got hungry so we went off to look for a place to eat.  We ended up getting tacos and pizza and we played Ping Pong at the pizza parlor.  After eating, we went back to the beach and the guys tried to start a fire, but that wasn't going to happen because of all the wind and wet wood. It was so cold after the sun went down. Then we went home and I fell asleep in the car. It was such a good day. :]

Marina

Boyfriend and I were early to bible study so he decided to stop at the Marina because he "thought I liked looking at planes." It's really fun to take pictures of the planes continuously so if you flip through the pictures, you can see the plane moving across the sky. 

Three Generations

This was actually taken on the 18th, but I really wanted to share it.
So, after the beach, we were supposed to go to my house for my grandma's dinner that she made, but the boyfriend's brother-in-law called him so we stopped by his house first.  His whole family was there and we watched American Idol.  When we were about to leave, his sister asked us to wait because she wanted him to give something to their mom. Which happened to be an ultrasound.  Boyfriend is going to be an uncle. :]
and I took all of the first baby in ultrasound pictures.

Wind Surfers

After we went to church, the boyfriend and I decided to go tot he beach to kill some time because my grandmother didn't expect us to be home until five.  It was SUPER wind and freezing, but really cool because there were all of these people who were wind surfing.  Before getting out of the car, I ate 7-11 nachos because I was starving. I planned on eating them while on the beach, but that was impossible because the wind would have blown the cheese into my face.  Then, we walked down the beach and I took pictures of all of the wind surfers coming in and going out into the water.