Day 1

Hey everyone!
It's Mady and Melanie and we're writing from Denver on the afternoon of our first full day in the city. 

After a long two days of travel, we arrived at CSM last evening just in time to visit an AMAZING Vietnamese restaurant.  It was awesome to get to expand our culinary horizons - although we didn't use quite as much hot sauce as the Jo(h)ns did.  We, unlike them, do not have a death wish (or at least a wish to be miserable for the rest of the night.)
Following the phenomenal mango milkshake we got for dessert, we took a prayer tour around the city.  This involved seeing a lot of the different neighborhoods in Denver as well as learning about some of the different organizations that are fighting to help the city's impoverished.  We were able to get a close-up view of some of the problems and to pray for them on location.
- Melanie

Six hours of sleep later we hit the streets again to go try and meet the needs of the homeless with a few necessities bought at a corner drugstore.  It wasn't too hard to find someone we thought could use the towel and water bottle we had purchased, but the first three approached weren't interested, they simply thanked us and said there was a kitchen on the corner that served three meals a day, they were covered.  It's amazing how well Denver takes care of their homeless population, most have the basics met, they're just looking for steady work and stable housing.  When we finally found a man who was interested in what we had to offer we had already started conversations with a handful of people, all of whom weren't involved with drugs or alcohol and one was even on her way to school, which I thought was awesome.
- Mady

We need to leave now for our Greek dinner and then to another service project, but we love you all and will blog again later. :)