Last Sunday, Mark invited me to help serve dinner at Tent City. A number of 1 had been set up for the homeless in the area.
My husband was not available to look after our two sons, so I took 9-year-old Tony and 5-year-old Toby with me. Many of the people we2 had missing teeth or wore dirty clothes. My sons had a lot of questions as what they saw challenged their 3 ideas about how people lived in the world.
"Why don't they buy food like us?" "Why don't they have homes?"…
We talked about the 4 why people ended up in that type of situation. And I mentioned the importance of creating a safety net for them, " Sometimes the safety net is other people who can share some of their time and resources（资源）," I 5.
I was worried that my boys would make too much noise. But to my 6, the people we served were quite thankful that I had brought them. Many said how fun it was to have 7 children around.
After dinner, I saw Tony sit together with several elderly men. He was 8 them talk about sports. To be honest, I had never realized that he was such a good listener. As some people returned to their tents, I heard Tony say to them, "Thanks so much for having dinner with us." I could see that his simple words had 9 them greatly. I hugged him a little tighter（更紧的）because what he said had touched me too. It was a great reminder that treating people with 10 can lift all of us up.
