Valerie, Jena and I did do a United Way Service Project for the Homeless in Mesa for 4 hours on Thursday. We were assigned as a partner to one homeless person and took them around a LDS Church building near the Mesa Temple. There was about 40 stations to meet a variety of the needs that they might have including clothes, paperwork like getting an IDs and birth certificates, haircuts, showers (in an outside mobile unit), insurance, free phones, food packages, etc. It was amazing and a great experience. We got to spend time with a woman who has been homeless for over 12 years. We had lunch together and spent the time helping her touch bases with the services she wanted. She was very happy to get some new clothes and take a warm shower.
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| Our selvie after the service project |
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| Cousins: Jena. Megan, Kylie and Landi |
We went to Church with our friends from Hong Kong--the Hillams--it was so great to see them again. Katie made a great dinner for us afterwards and we got to enjoy their fun house. As we were walking out of Church, Katie said "Let's call the Smiths" (another family from Hong Kong.) and so she did. Christine with just a moment noticed came and joined us for dinner and conversation. (James, her husband, was out of town.) It was so fun to catch up with her and her family. We are already making plans to get together with the four of them on our next trip down to Mesa. We had one of the funnest vacations to El Nito years ago with the four of them. We might not recreate some of our scuba diving moments but we can do some serious game playing.
After visiting with the Hillams and Christine, we drove to Page, AZ, to spend the night. We took this pictures at a view spot of the dam at Lake Powell.
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