Hello everyone, today we started the first day of VBS. It was a dandy time and all of the kids were very fun to be around and it was all around a successful day. After VBS, we started a homeless experiment. In the experiment, we were only provided with cardboard & a marker. We were required to walk around San Diego and had certain objectives that we had to do to simulate the day of a homeless person. Such things were dumpster diving, begging for money, asking for a job application at a local business, and making an attempt to find food and water. It really taught us the struggle that a homeless person goes through from day to day. My perspective on the homeless has most definitely changed and I’m sure everyone else has changed perspectives now as well. 

- Tyler 

Today was a very eye opening day! Not only were we able to shower and clean but we also got to hang out with some pretty cool kids at VBS.  We, personally, were in charge of arts and crafts, yay! We made cute little camels which everyone had a creative name for! It was amazing being able to spend our day interacting with the younger generation of San Diegans. Next we started with our insightful experience of being homeless for around two hours. It threw us into a rainbow of emotions that we never imagined we could have. The people we talked to shared stories, and our struggles to find resources were definitely interesting. One of the people we talked to shared where to find resources and were willing to just sit down and share their stories. We know this has changed us all in different ways, but it brought a flame of overwhelming emotions on our souls and is amazing. Finding the resources to even attempt to accomplish one of our assigned tasks was overwhelming and flabbergasting. After taking a scenic drive we made it to the lookout (War Veteran's Memorial Cross) and it was absolutely breathtaking! Overall it was a very exhausting day but I can’t wait till tomorrow! :)

- Jillian and Erica