Tent City

Tent City?  What is Tent City?  Tent City are areas in Colorado Springs where the homeless set up their tents and make their homes.  They are actually little communities.  This year, along with our good friend Jonathan, we decided to visit some of the Tent Cities on Thanksgiving morning.  So on Wednesday night we met at Jonathan's house and set out to make 50+ Thanksgiving Brown Bag Meals.  It was great because we really had a chance to explain to Logan that not everyone has a home to live in or 3 meals a day.  We also had a chance to talk to Logan about how Jesus has called us to take care of the poor and feed them.  Logan was very excited and stayed up past 10:00 helping to make the Turkey Sandwiches, Corn Bread, and Cookies.  On Thanksgiving we got up early and headed out to the Tent Cities.  It was such an eye opening experience to visit with the people and hear their stories.  There were a couple of people that really stuck out to us!  One was Anthony who had a long beard.  As we gave him his brown bag and introduced ourselves, he introduced himself as Tramp (indicating that was all he was worth).  It broke our hearts and Mr. Sahhar (Jonathan's dad) immediatley responded, "No, I want to know your real name.  You are worth so much more.  God loves you and so do we."  After staying and praying we each of them.  We started to leave and Anthony (Tramp) looked at me and in sign language said, "Thank you."  Another lady that really sticks out is Nancy.  Nancy was at the last camp that we visited.  She called herself the Martha Stewart of the homeless.  She was really the mom of the whole camp.  She cooks and always makes sure that no one starves and that no one freezes.  When we first approached her and asked if we could pray with her she started to cry.  We then spent a good thirty minutes with her and her friends Steve and Chase.  The kids played with her and threw sticks in the creek together.  It really was a blessing to us to get to spend time with them and start to understand them and their situations more.  A hug, an ear, and an open heart is really what they needed and it was great to be a part of their Thanksgiving!