Harbor Interfaith Service Reflection

During the events at the Harbor Interfaith Services, I tried myself in almost all possible activities that were offered there. Initially, I worked with boxes of documents sorting them out and proofreading the information provided in files. Then, I sorted out clothes selecting the appropriate ones and putting them in the right place. Afterwards, I was loading out trucks with food, sorting that food out, collecting it in the bags, and giving it to the incoming people. Additionally, I was guiding people how to get whatever they wanted to get and was tracking people if they followed the procedure of obtaining the necessary assistance in the correct way. Working at the Harbor Interfaith Services and looking at people who are coming there, I realized how life could turn people upside down. I understood that each homeless person had his/her own goals, plans, and dreams; however, something
Initially, I did not even want to be there at all, especially to work there. Nevertheless, I made myself at least to attend it once. When I came there, I started to work with documents which described the histories of every incoming person. I believe my God brought me to do the filing assistance because thanks to that document check, I realized the real situation around homeless people; otherwise, if I started with sorting out the donated clothes or providing people with food, I would just leave the Harbor Interfaith Services without any understanding of sense why people do it. I realized that various external issues and catastrophes might affect people’s life situations. After that, without any antipathy and prejudice, I tried myself in all the Harbor Interfaith Services’ activities in order to get an understanding of incoming people’s