St. Catherine's, Day 2

Today is a day where we went around neighborhoods to ask for donations. My group and I were fast to learn that every one must be at work since they didn't answer their doors. People who had children were pretty generous to donate at least a few cans of food. After lunch, we had gone out to grocery stores in groups to stand out with two carts, head-to-head, and asked people for donations. We would hand out slips that had a list of what they can consider buying and giving to us. Any food given must be non-perishable, so the list helped out a bunch. It's surprising to hear some excuses that people can give to not take their time and donate. Some couple said, "Sorry, we're not from here". All we could do was just smile it away, but we thought to ourselves that that is irrelevant. You can still donate even though you might not be from around these parts; we aren't either. But the kind people that gave us food made us all smile, thanking them very much and telling them to have a nice day. When we came back for dinner, we were given these colored paper. Either blue, pink, or yellow. I was in the pink group. Basically, the pink group was instructed to sit on this tarp on the ground, the yellow group got to sit at a table, and blue group got to sit on the balcony with a fancy, set-up table. When we revealed what we were able to eat, we had to eat a cup full of rice with tortillas, and water. Yellow group got to have chicken broth with celery and carrots with a slice of bread. Blue group got a three-course meal, complete with salad, spaghetti and meatballs... Plus sparkling apple cider! The rice and tortillas were good, and somewhat satisfying... But I must admit, I was not full. When we all became one group again, we talked about the first world, second world, and third world. And how other people don't have what others do. We understood that we should treat each other respectively, with human dignity. Today is a lesson of rights and responsibilities, and I'm sure we've got the message. Can't wait for tomorrow! :)
~Raedel