Serving Others

Last friday I went with about 8 people from my school to go and clean a lady's house. When we got there there was a van with a handicap sticker on it in the drive way. We had been told that she had a seeing eye dog however that did not click, with me atleast, that that would mean that this lady was fully blind. In the house we found 2 dogs and 2 or 3 cats. I didn't think she was fully blind at first because when she talked to us her eyes were open and she also had a surprisingly good awareness of where movable objects were sitting in her house i.e. her cats. However as me and one my friends, meagan, were cleaning and organizing her office space we came upon some brail bibles and encyclopedia's and things. Not only was this fascinating but it also confirmed to us that maybe she was fully blind. I'm still not sure. Nonetheless, the house smelled like cat pee, especially the office where I had the lovely opportunity of moving some sticky stinky computer cords. I tried not to think about it. My other jobs included vaccuuming with a vacuum that had no ability to get into corners and up against the wall as well as helping Joe, one of the guys who also lived in the house. It was surprising to find that, though he seemed to have a mental disability of some kind, he made wooden chests for homeless family's for free. This gave some reality to these people and made me realize that they were more than just two disabled seniors living together.