Homelessness: Week Two

After being locked up in The Crossing doing the 9-5 (or 1-9) and drinking LemonZ, Friday night we had to get out.  So us girl interns and a couple of the brave boys headed out for a night on the town…without spending any money, obviously. We opted for some MickeyD’s and walking around the 16^th Street Mall.  This experience opened our eyes to many aspects of the city us Kansas girls didn’t expect such as “medicinal marijuana” and expert, yet unusual, dating advice (please message Bethany Brabec if you would like to gain more dating knowledge or knowledge in general).  Although a little scarred, we left downtown knowing so much more about our beloved Mile High.

Saturday we wanted to actually go to the mountains and hike since we don’t really get to see them.  A group of us hopped in the minivan and were ready to go…but none of us knew where.  We decided driving west on the highway was a good idea since that’s the direction of the mountains and we ended up in Golden, Co. Our visit to the quaint little town was fun but our “hike” ended up being more like a konza prairie walk which was a little disappointing.

Too worn out (and poor) from the “hike” to do anything but stay at the Crossing, we did the usual. Chilled with Britt Swartz, laundry, and Bethany accidently Facebook chatted with some high school boys… who she thought were friends from the summer… Good thing we’re more than 8 hours away from those playas.

The weekend ended on a high note when we made some new friends when some of the teen girls that live at the mission invited us to hang out.  This was an answer to prayer for Bethany because she's been wanting opportunities to get to know them better. We played some volleyball in the dark (which wasn't very successful), played horse, danced and laughed.  They told us we were pretty good dancers...for white girls...which we definitely took as a compliment.  That night we were able to begin friendships with these girls that have already grown in the past few days and will hopefully continue to deepen during our time here.