don't just feed my stomach

I've been thinking a lot after this morning. I can't stop thinking about the conversation we had with one guy. He was telling us that pretty soon the police plan to crack down on people sleeping or loitering on the green after dark...... I've already heard other stories of how the police tend to hassle the homeless during the day, just for sitting around on the green (doesn't seem to stop the majority) And for anyone not in New Haven, the green is located right next to Yale's main campus. This had Erin (Erin M.) and I wondering what exactly the motivation is behind this apparent cleaning of the green....... if you catch my drift. Anyway, I don't know when this is all supposedly supposed to take place, or even if it will happen, etc.... I need to look into that and try and find out why they are wanting to do it in the first place. I don't really want to jump to conclusions on either end.
But the main thing I keep thinking about is that sooner or later, I can't (and don't want to) be just another person doling out food to people. I mean there's nothing wrong with that, but I think the point for all three of us from the beginning wasn't just to feed people, it was also to be-friend them, also to be Jesus to them, also to learn that..... we are all hungry, and essentially, regardless of the lines society draws around us, we are all human....and all on the same line, whether we have some sort of delusion about that or not.
I don't want to have some sort of thing set up where I feed people, and then go home with my conscience sated because I have done 'my part'. I want to be compelled by the things I hear these people, my new friends, talking about. I want to be concerned for their welfare. I want to love these people, not just feed them. I guess that is where my heart is at right now. I just know that we are all severely hungry for a lot more than just food.