With the decompression from the Holocaust Memorial taking us late into the night, morning felt earlier. We made breakfasts, ate them, and made lunches at the same time. These we carried with us to the subway, south one stop of the Green/Yellow line, to Miriam's House. From its website, Miriam's House's mission and vision:
Our Mission
The mission of Miriam's House is to provide a dynamic residential community for women living with HIV disease that empowers recovery from homelessness, disease and addictions in an environment of compassion, integrity, and accountability.
Our Vision Miriam's House envisions a supportive, non-discriminatory world where HIV/AIDS is treated as any other chronic illness, and women living with the disease are fully integrated partners in shaping a more compassionate, life-affirming community.
Half of us went to Miriam's House; the other half went to be with kids at Martha's Table. Aged 3 months to 4 years, Martha's Table offers a safe place for folks to be and get services and education. From its website:
Martha's Table's mission is to help at-risk children, youth, families and individuals in our community improve their lives by providing educational programs, food, clothing, and enrichment opportunities.
Martha's Table Children, Youth and Family Programs provides more than 300 children and youth (ages 3 month to 18 years) with nutritious meals and supervised learning and literacy activities in a safe environment throughout the year. Martha's Table also offers family support services including parent training to our constituents.
Since the camera went to Miriam's house, that's where the pictures were shot.
After lunch, and some solo reflection time (eyes closed or not), we divided up again into teams. Some paint-sealed the Baptistry (Baptismal) in this National Memorial Baptist Church, so that by Easter it may hold a baptism service in fine Baptist (dunking) style. This facility is rather large, and it leaks.
Others of us worked, played and hung out with after-school kids who regularly come to the church building after school, or worked sorting out the clothes in the big reservoir of clothes here.
Others of us worked, played and hung out with after-school kids who regularly come to the church building after school, or worked sorting out the clothes in the big reservoir of clothes here.
After dinner, MHC Alum Keely Hollahan came by for conversation centered on her transitions from Mars Hill to her current post at Miriam's House. Reflections finished up the night - again around the candles.
To the pictures! Some were taken by Travis.
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