Homeles

When I first heard that for our grade twelve retreat we would be going on an inner street walk I dreaded going. I thought it would be kind of cruel to walk around the streets of Toronto and stare at homeless people all day. But that was not what this retreat was about at all. It was about learning what those less fortunate then must us go through every day to survive. It was about realizing that we are very fortunate to have a roof over our head and food to eat each day. It was an amazing, life changing but also sad experience. I learned some things from our group leaders that I will never forget.
Scooby and Kiesha were the leaders of the group I was with. We walked though the Aids memorial and read all the names of the people who had died from the disease. It was sad to see that even babies had been killed by Aids. Kiesha explained how easily Aids can be spread among street kids. Kiesha told us that many people are walking around Aids and do not even realize it. Othe...