The Soldiers Came!

Yesterday was an interesting day here at the center because two big Slovak army trucks came with boxes full of food! In the morning when Stano first told Kristen and I that soldiers were coming to bring conserved food we were a little confused, but then we got a better explanation. The center here is a headquarters for Eastern Slovakia and the army brought tons of boxes of conserved food that is to be distributed among centers and the homeless in the Eastern part of the country. About 20% of the boxes will stay here and be used to feed the guys here and the rest people will come to pick up. So for about two hours in the morning a bunch of the guys carried boxes downstairs to the dining room where it will all be stored. It is amazing how much food is in all these boxes. There are boxes of dried bread, meat paste, cans of cabbage, rice, and sausage, tea, and vitamin drinks. In the kitchen today we tested out one of the packages with Pali. When you open the cans there is a way to light a little fire and cook the food on a little stand, and it works pretty well! So, we got to see how the Slovak army eats. I have some pictures of the room of boxes and the guys unloading the trucks that I will post on my webshots but the internet won't let me post on webshots now, so I will do it sometime.