I went on the second week of the Washington DC trip. It was truly a fantastic experience and am extremely happy that I went on it. Everything about the trip was eye-opening, which was the goal of our trip. The hostels were definitely not what I expected, they were better. I was very content with the way things turned out . The first day we were split up into groups and went off to our service spots.  My group and I went to “Bread for the City,” and it was a food pantry where people would come and get bagged food for them and their families. We were helpful and benefited the community. We were open to any job that anyone asked us to do. We left there feeling like we definitely made a difference and helped the homeless community. The second day of service was the Rachael’s Women Center. This was a bit more deceiving because the women were not at all pleasant and we didn’t get the feeling that they appreciated the work we were doing. We helped bag and organize clothes and accessories in the basement, painted doors, organized closets, picked weeds, helped serve food and picked up litter. Our third day of service consisted of going to Elder Buddies and Thrive DC. For  Elder Buddies we went to a woman’s apartment and helped her from being evicted. She was a hoarder, which is a disease of keeping everything and having clutter. We helped her clean and organize everything, there were 5 full garbage bags of stuff just from the kitchen and bedroom. That day of Thrive DC was not very rewarding we were supposed to help cook, however, we put a desk together because they were moving. The last day was probably my favorite day, we went to Thrive DC again. We helped prepare food and served it to 265 people. The time went by quick because we were focused and all busy on our own jobs-it was very efficient. I enjoyed myself very much on this trip and would definitely recommend it to underclassmen for their Senior project. I have a much different view of the world and homeless people in general. It is a good experience for anyone to go through. I feel like I was appreciated and know that I made a difference. It was overall awesome!