We started our day walking into an empty building, passing by families waiting to get in behind a metal fence even though the soup kitchen opened in 3 hours. Our tasks ranged from kitchen duties to separating vegetables to connecting with the people. As a whole we can all agree that our favorite part of the day was serving the food. Serving the food allowed us to hear all sorts of stories and create relationships with the visitors. Two of the most memorable people that we met today were Antoinette and Bob Dehn. Antoinette, with a spunky and bold character, loved to dance with us, sing whatever was playing on her headset, and say whatever was on her mind. Bob Dehn, the head of group volunteering, was very passionate about his job. Throughout the day, Bob was obviously distraught with our ignorance with kitchen duties; however, it was all with good intent. One of the hardest tasks we had today was saying no. Those of us asked to oversee the giving out of bread and produce were told that each person was allowed two heads of lettuce, one bunch of bananas, three persimmons, two potatoes, etc. It was easy enough to keep straight, but it was difficult to enforce. When you look at someone who is trying to feed five people and you know you have to tell them that they can’t have another potato, what do you do? Do you tell them that they can’t feed their family? Yes, you do, because if you don’t, you’ll have to tell someone else later in the day. Overall, we feel accomplished because we know that our hard work helped contribute to people’s health and happiness!