Thursday: Broadway Baptist Church

So it’s lunchtime here and I’ve been doing quite a lot within the day. Fort Worth was quite the trip, not too far, but far enough to realize you weren’t in Dallas anymore. Was never a big fan of the GPS system, but since I’ve moved to Dallas for this summer, it has become one of my best friends lol.

With the help of the GPS, I finally made it Broadway Baptist Church, which was conveniently located in downtown Fort Worth. It was a very big church, definitely from the architecture could tell it had been in the city for awhile.

What was very unique is I walked into the food pantry center and just sat down and looked around as it was very busy and the people that I needed to talk to were occupied. Due to that, I figured I would just sit down and try to get the feel for Broadway. That is where I caught myself helping out.

The church, which was located near a lot of the homeless agencies, fed a wide array of homeless people, most who spoke only Spanish. What was odd is the ladies at the pantry could not speak Spanish and that’s where I stepped in (with the Spanish I knew). I didn’t know a lot but was able to translate what the client was trying to tell the ladies. That was a nice way to introduce myself.

So through the beginning of the day I interviewed with the ladies out there about the food pantry, what they were doing out there and more. They also told me about a new program they were doing, which was definitely good to see.

Overall, the day has gone really good. After lunch I get to see the kids, which are the meat of my story, so we’ll see how that turns out. . . . . Stay tuned