(The contents of this blog are solely my opinions and views and do not necessarily represent the views of the Team and/or volunteers at the St. Francis Inn, Philadelphia)
First of all, let us tell you who we are. Mark,61, is a retired Science Center Director and Thea, 57, is a retired high school science teacher. We just retired this summer. We have been married 35 years, have two married daughters and one grandson. We have lived and worked in Hickory, NC for the past 21 years.
On August 28, we are leaving our home for 10 months and will serve at the St. Francis Inn,(http://www.stfrancisinn.org/) a soup kitchen in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. We will bring what we can fit in our Kia sedan, and leave our house and dog behind. We have sold one of our cars and given away/thrown out lots of our possessions. We have never lived in a big city before, or lived this far "north." We are going to serve the poor and live and work with people we don't know. We feel open, nervous and excited.
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