I am
Catholic but a friend invited me to her church (One of the biggest Non-denominational
churches in Brooklyn ) and I attended, felt uplifted
so I used to go religiously. I eventually joined one of the church’s ministries
—The Ministry for underprivileged children. They first thing that pissed me off
with the ministry was the label ‘SHELTER CHILDREN’, which was used to characterize
the children. The second thing that had me in stitches … We picked-up more than
ten children from their homes about 10:30am to 12:00pm , arriving back at the church
around 12:30pm . The children were put in a
room to wait until the church service starts. I looked at some of them and
around their mouths looked white and dry. You could tell that they were hungry.
As the old Trinbago folks used to say, ‘Empty vessels make the most noise’. The
children were acting up and it was a bit of a challenge to stop them. Instead
of giving them something to eat, they were taken to the church service which
was three hours. Again they were disruptive and were reprimanded by the woman
in charge of the ministry. Who said to them, “We will take you back to your home
and you would not get anything to eat.” I was upset, but I did not say anything.
After church the children were taken to a lunch room. They were given half of a
half of a hero sandwich —(4”), A small pack of juice (½ cup). And I looked at
one of the women opening small bags of chips and giving 3 children from one pack.
I wanted to scream why the hell don’t you give each child a pack of chips!? I looked
on, helping where my help was needed, but was praying to God for the time to be
over so I could go home. I stopped going to that church…
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