MaiLy

Mai Ly
03/11/2009
Social Work
Entry for 03/11/ 2009
Today is the last day we worked in the Nashville Rescue Mission. Everybody started to go to Nashville Rescue Mission at 7:30 am, but my roommate and I woke up late, perhaps at 7:10 a.m. We prepared everything quickly. We didn’t have a breakfast. I felt so hungry and thirsty. We came to Nashville Rescue Mission at 8o’clock because the traffic was so crowded at the morning. We have a lot of duties today: some people taught math or something, some people worked at the kitchen, I worked in the basement. We worked in the basement but another place. It’s different from the pervious days. We had a duty: separate the cans: each box had each kind of can. It had a lot of cans, example: green beans , green peas, fish, spaghetti, noodle , rice…. Everyone worked hard, so the work ended quickly. We had lunch at 11:30 am. In the afternoon, everyone looked tired, I think nobody wanted to do anything. Because the weather was so cold and everybody felt sleepy . But everyone must do, we separate the blankets, pillow cases and the sheets. It had a lot of dust and the smelt was bad. In the afternoon, everyone looked tired. It was the last day we worked in here so when we finished the work, we didn’t eat in the dinning room like the pervious days. We went upstairs and went to the small room. The food was much better than in the dining room and some guys in here was so nice. Every one always smile and they’re friendly. We had a buffet and everyone ate a lot of food because we had a hard- working day. The guy in the Nashville Rescue Mission talked thank to everybody. Everybody felt happy because we helped for this center. When I sat on the chair, a black guy came and asked us: Do you work well? Do you come back tomorrow? We said: “No. It is our last day, we ‘ll leave on Friday, tomorrow, we’ll be free” The guy looked so sad and he wanted us come back later. He was so funny. After eating, we go back to the motel. We’ll be free tomorrow.
After the entire trip, I had some experiences. We must have responsibility when we worked in the team. We need to help the homeless if we can. We spent the time for the useful work. If it had another trip, I’m sure I’ll attend.