Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

37 "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

40 "The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'

I have seen this passage lived in so many ways through the lives the of the Colombian people. I realized this when I was visiting Barranquilla with my host family. While there we were hosted by friends and family who so graciously opened up their homes to us. The first morning we were their we awoke to a breakfast buffet of plantains, whole fish (head, tail, eyes, fins and everything else), a meat ball like thing, yuca, cheese, freshly squeezed orange juice and bread. Then later on in the day as we went to various houses to visit we were offered something to eat or drink and sometimes both. This went on the whole 2 weeks we were their as it is part of the Latina culture. Also another example I saw of this was when a women by the name of Martha offered to host me for several nights even though she had just met me that day. She had lived in the US for awhile and using her knowledge that Americans eat vegetables and fruit she graciously offered me a lot of it which I happily accepted since I could feel myself lacking in the nutriants from vegtables ( Colombians don´t really eat vegetables) since I had not eaten anything but rice, meat, plantains and potatoes for three days prior to that. Another example is I was invited to spend the night at my host mom´s sister´s home and having not brought any extra clothes with me she lent me some of hers to sleep in.

The church in La Mesa offers a comedor (or soup kitchen) to children ages 7-14 five days a week during the school year. They serve them lunch as well as a bible lesson. Their is also a group of people who go to the local jail once a week to give a devotional and visit with the immates. My host parents have also invited many people into our home for meals and just to chat.

I really enjoy seeing this being lived out and hope to continue with this kind of hospitality throughout my own life.