Winter Holidays 08

We stayed in Yakima this year for Christmas. The roads seemed yucky. It was easier and less stressful. I was a little sad not to see the grand daughter. But the kids and Scott wanted to help with the church "feed the homeless" project on Christmas Eve. Scott was sort of in charge. We ended up with more youth wanting to serve and help than there were homeless people needing serving. There are 3 emergency shelters in Yakima. Our church brought a ham dinner with baked potatoes, green beans, rolls and pie to the shelters. We got to go to the one downtown that serves men. We put on table cloths and center pieces of candycanes. There were a lot of youth crowded into the kitchen. We were warned to stay in buddies to serve the men and not wander alone amongst them. One room was there eating and tv area. Another room had 20 cots set up. They loved being served the meal. We also went out and served pie and took extra butter and drinks. One man said he just liked being served even though he didn't need any more butter or pie. Cold air blew in when the door opened. After dinner the men began going to the cots and covering up with blankets. That was at 7pm. At 6:30 Christmas morning they would be given a bag of breakfast then sent outside again. It was humbling to us all.