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Personal Narrative: St. Vincent De Paul

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I worked for St. Vincent DE Paul last Friday. I worked with a bunch of football guys to help take mattresses, night stands, tables, couches, and chairs out of old hotel rooms. This took place at IU Methodist hospital in Indianapolis; the hospital use to have hotel rooms for patients whose family wanted to stay with them. Also, they use the rooms for the homeless, so that they had somewhere to sleep that was warm. During the time of moving the furniture I had a lot of physical obstacles. Loading furniture onto an elevator and then loading onto a truck really took a toll on my body. This service also took a mentally and spiritual toll on my. Through the project everyone complained at least once, I know I did, but the fact was someone could
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