the searbys

Since my last entry I've been able to do quite a few new things. First of all, on Wednesday morning I volunteered for the first time at St. Francis House, a large local homeless shelter and soup kitchen. I helped get breakfast ready for the residents in transitional housing and then helped prepare and serve lunch to the many, many homeless that come through the soup kitchen. Oddly enough I did actually make a type of soup. Wade, the cook, basically asked me to make it so we started throwing all kinds of stuff into this huge, huge pot and it turned out to be a turkey stew that was really pretty good. We served it over rice and had several vegetable sides to add, plus each tray gets a portion of sweet breads and bread. The bread is all donated by Publix, a southern grocery chain and is amazingly fresh and good. The people seemed genuinely grateful to have a meal.
Work has been going well. I'm officially done with my training and I think the owners are happy with my work so far. I hope to be working mornings a lot but that remains to be seen. I like working at Coffee Culture. The co-workers are cool and the place is nice plus the customers include lots of regulars who are really nice.
At the house, as Jen mentioned, we're progressing well. We're down to the nitty gritty and the house is probably going on the market next week. Our time here is completely contingent on the sale and closing of the house so it's a bit nerve-wracking but we'll get through fine. We are just so grateful to have a place to stay for free on top of me getting paid to help fix the place up. Unfortunately we're getting spoiled by living in a four-bedroom, two-bath house, bigger than what we'll be able to afford when we buy ourselves.
I guess that's about it for now. Hope to hear from many of you soon.
-joel

Dear Ones,

I enjoy your site so much. I can hardly believe how quickly things have happened to/for you. God is good. I see you heard from Jordan and Claudia. Great. Love, G'ma Parmenter  

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