Live From Around the World: San Francisco

A Garden We Won’t Soon Forget

July 19, 2011, San Francisco

posted by Debbie Jones, J2A mentor

It's 10:30 p.m. on the coast and the kids are toast. "Nobody knows how to do a blog," says Henry, after going upstairs at the hostel to ask Kate or Maux, who surely know ALL about communicatin'.

Turns out all we had to do was e-mail, but Henry, like the rest of us, is… Read More

Traveling Light

July 14, 2011, San Francisco

Posted by Maureen Hains, J2A Youth Mentor

As we begin to pack our bags for our San Francisco Urban Adventure I think of my grandma who went to be with our Lord this week. She was never one to pack light. I always joked that even her purse was a suitcase. I'll never understand why she carried so much make-up,… Read More

The Day the Fire Alarm was Set Off…

July 16, 2009, San Francisco

Posted by Hugh, a member of the J2A youth group

Waz goin on peeps in Richmond Va?

Today we went to Glide and fed the homeless again. The fire alarm was pulled by a lady. Because of this action, the fire department had to come and they had to check the building to make… Read More

Glide, the Oldest Church in California, City Hall, and Chinatown!

July 15, 2009, San Francisco

Posted by Chandler, a member of the J2A youth group

Hey!

Today, after serving breakfast at Glide, we went to Mission Dolores. I thought it was very beautiful and really cool that it is the oldest church in California. We walked around for awhile and saw all the pretty flowers.

We took… Read More

Our First Day at Glide

July 14, 2009, San Francisco

Posted by Alex, a member of the J2A youth group:

Hey everybody! 

This was the first day that we woke up at 6:15 in the morning to serve the homeless people at Glide Church. It was very interesting to experience the conditions under which of these people live. It felt good to serve them after… Read More