Day 4

Today started with a trip to the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC, where we participated in service at a soup kitchen. Our service project was organized through the Lutheran Volunteer Corps. Half of the group (including our tour guide, Karla!) worked to prepare and serve the meal, while two of us greeted and signed in guests, two ran the shower, toiletry, and laundry station, and two organized the supply closet and brought necessary items to the main serving room.

After lunch, we visited:

o   The Newseum

o   Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

o   FDR Memorial

o   Played Charades on the Tidal Basin

o   Jefferson Memorial

“Today, we woke up at 6 a.m. and ate breakfast at 7.   After that, we served breakfast at Thrive D.C.  When we got there, August and I prepped the food for cooking and served it also.  When all the food was gone, we went to Union Station to eat lunch.  After that, we went to the Newseum to learn about news and how it happens.  After we visited the Newseum, we went to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum where we learned about achievements in aviation and space technology.  When we were finished, we went to Sizzling Express for dinner.  After we ate, we went to the FDR and Jefferson Memorials.  It was another fun and educational day in D.C.”  --Daniel 

“Today I witnessed how God is working through normal people, like in a homeless shelter.”  --Nathan

“Today I found it encouraging that I had the opportunity to serve the homeless.  The one meal that they get in a day we were able to serve to them.”  --Molly

“God loves everyone the same, and even the homeless and richest.  God was with ever space travelers, explorers and every person from creation.  He loves us all very much.”  --Alexa

“Today I learned about the FDR memorial:  the water through every outdoor room represents FDR and his feelings and what was going on when he was in office.  I learned that Jefferson was great at many things and he pursued all of them.”  --Cody

“Today I learned that FDR served for 4 terms, many girls like Justin Bieber and that Thomas Jefferson was a good leader.”  --August

“Today I learned that God can send help to you in many different ways.”  --Wesley

“Today I learned that God inspired many things in our history, for example our constitution mentions how we need God.  I was inspired today when we served at Thrive DC, it made me feel warm and fuzzy inside.”  --Matt

The serving line at the soup kitchen, Thrive DC.

Learning to sweep during clean up.

Sporting our cool, 4-D glasses for the movie at the Newseum.

Enjoying the weather outside the Air and Space museum.

This is our bus. It is pretty cool!

In the bread line at the FDR Memorial.

With the 19 foot tall statue of FDR.

A beautiful evening on the tidal basin.

Thomas Jefferson

Reading one of Jefferson's famous writings.