The Rev. Gerald W. Porter, provost for the church's Olympia diocese, frets about burnout. Like the time since she handed out hammers for interior demolition after a crowded Thanksgiving feast. The chapel's 1,100 square feet are airy now. It isn't a soup kitchen, though a communal meal after Mass on Sundays or at the private home of a volunteer can draw 60 visitors. It has to do with their idea of reclaiming their own humanity, which they lose on the streets.
Volunteers also come and go.
They take so little and give so much. Nacho serves as a lay leader at the chapel. He doesn't speak English. He can hardly speak Spanish. But, by God, the people follow him.