SFSP Day 24 - The last day with students

Friday, July 5

One of the murals on immigration on Balmy Street. The entire alleyway is covered in murals addressing concerns of the community, like gentrification and politics.

One of my highlights this summer as been my role of helping the project team see the city through a spiritual lens.  Today I took them to the Balmy Street (an alleyway full of murals), and had them observe the paintings and think about what message the artist was trying to convey.

Last year, when I took the team here, we just walked through in about 5 minutes and then wandered through the Mission, not really thinking too much about what we'd seen.  However, this time when I had them pay attention to the murals and reflect, I noticed a lot of details I had completely missed last year.  There's so much more complexity than I realized, and there's a story underneath that only required attention to hear.  How much more so for the city as a whole, and for the people we pass by in the city?

My women's Bible study (yeah Team C!)

It's also our last day with students, so we had our staff farewell banquet tonight :)  It's been fun - I'll especially miss working with my women's Bible study!