Johari (Aug 31)

So today we looked at this table thing called Johari its about sharing about your self and receiving constructive criticism about stuff you don't know about your self. But mostly included that because I thought it sounded like Safari, which makes for a good title.

So Today I met Adam who was what JPUSA (Jesus People USA pronounced Jupuza) people call an 'Air Crusty.' I don't know why exactly they got that name except that they are maybe a little "crusty" around the edges. But basically they are travelers. They follow their faith to an extreme. Adam was stopping at JPUSA for the night. He stayed for an over night stay because he has close friends that live here*. He was simply passing through he arrived coming from northern Virginia while he was visiting his family. So I met him when we had lunch together. He said he was heading out later today. As night approached he was getting ready to head out when he mention catching the train. It was only then that I realized that a lot of the people who pass through for a day or two just hop on cargo freights and travel the country. When he headed off to grab a pen to write down google map directs of some sort from one of our computers I asked a close friend I've made here at JPUSA about him. He explained to me that there are lots 'Air Crusties' like him who live nearly everyday without a place to rest their head and speaking the word of Christ as they go.  So he soon left and I said goodbye.

As well as being a very powerful image of God at work in today's society it also made me realize that I had brushed up right next to a child hood dream of my younger sister (Anna). Every since she was - how old were you anna? what like a freshman? - basically the same age as now (she's a Jr. in Highschool) she has wanted to be a hobo. Although Adam wasn't a "hobo" but only an "Air Crusty" it wasn't quite the same. But yet the same. I though I should get a picture for her.

                                                             ~Anna this is for you

*In order to get allowed residence here at JPUSA there are few actual requirements. 1) Christianity, in about any loose sense to follow christ. and 2) pass some sort of interview type thing or receive a recomendation of trust from a member within JPUSA already (this is to avoid the people that cause problems).