Humbled

Tonight I had the chance to go with the youth of our ward to The Road Home in Midvale, I have never done anything like that in my life. I was nervous all day long but felt like I really needed to go, we went to spent the hour playing with the kid's in the shelter.
We drove up to this warehouse looking building and walked into the main doors to where we dropped off the donations we all had brought then they told us to walk all the way to the back. Through that door we went into a huge cement room filled with cots lined up in rows and families sitting on top just looking at us as we walked by, and my heart just sank. As you walked I could see where they showered, slept, and ate. There was not one ounce of privacy for these families. The last room was where we got to play with the kid's, we set up our activities and then they brought the kid's in. The majority of the kid's were 8 and under, they came over and started to do the craft activities we brought. There was a sweet little boy who wanted me to help him make a turkey for his Mom. He told me she was really sick and this would make her happy, he was only 7 and probably one of the cutest kid's I have ever seen. There was a sweet little girl who was coloring and gave it to her Dad, she told him she made it for him and he was such a cute Dad to his 2 little girls, and he told her he would get a frame to put it in. She then asked one of our ladies if she could have a box of crayons. We ended up leaving all our supplies there, the main lady at the shelter just said how much they love having those items to help keep them busy. One of the Mothers was holding a baby and I had asked how old he was she told me 8 months and then began to tell us that because the floors were cement they could not let them down to play, it was so hard to see those babies just struggling because they wanted down to play and move. She told us they were trying to get somewhere to donate carpet and a gate but there is so much need this year it has not happened yet. We told her we would see what we could do and she just hugged me and started to cry and cry.
I can't even begin to explain how humbling it was to be there. I can't get it out of my mind, I am so very blessed and the sad thing is I know I am but at times I forget, I do not want this feeling to ever leave. Walking back into the room where they live and seeing beside each bed garbage sacks full of everything they owned just takes your breath away. Trust me if you were to see most of the families in a store you would have no idea they were living in the shelter.
I hope each and every person gets the opportunity to have that experience, it was great to see how it affected all the teenagers. If nothing else you realize how blessed we all are. I know if anyone is looking for someone to help out this time of year they would love anything you could.