to puritan waco. this city has around 50 churches for its 120000 residents here once a month a religious community organizes a strange program people come from all over the united states to take part in it. but you know mary you know the idea of little but what do you know if you don't have we're going to be home. for 24 hours these high school students are going to live eat and sleep like the homeless. much like 20 or so other participants all from middle class backgrounds each person has paid 60 euros to take part in this project janet darrelle came up with the idea 25 years ago the wife of a minister she's already accepted 30000 people to take part in this astonishing role play challenge the goal is to create compassionate care for him and he and company everybody if they're saying that one year track and poverty cycles of poverty and. thinking that. things are the chording to janet in order to truly experience the life of a homeless person you have to start by looking like them in this secondhand