Giving Back

Laying down mulch, planting flowers, pull weeds, and cutting back over grown bushes, these are just a few activates that I took part in last weekend.

Our church had decided a couple of months ago to shut down church for one Sunday morning and go be the church in our community. We had chosen some local needy schools in the area and decided to help them out with landscaping, painting, building, and even power washing. We had over 600 people sign up for the event!! With all the excitement going on, I knew I wanted to get involved. Not just getting on a team but to be an active team leader. (: I got to be the landscape team leader for an elementary school called PH Greene. This job was going to be HUGE but with God’s help I knew I could climb this mountain. So here is how the day went…..

The morning started with everyone together in service together for worship before heading out. I have never felt God more near then I did at that moment. It was amazing (a word that I will use a lot throughout this post). Everyone all together for one goal! After the service, we are all dismissed to head out to the local schools. It was a sight to see, car after car leaving the parking lot and knowing that everyone was about to go bless our community. I headed out to PH Greene and boy was the day filled was fun! I was in charge of about fifteen or so volunteers and had to direct them on our landscaping goals for the day. I ran around most of the time answering questions, directing, and helping find extra wheelbarrows (something that was in short supply). I felt in my element. I got to meet so many people from the school (some of the teachers came out to help along with some parents) and many people from the church. It was a great bonding time. I wish I had taken pictures of everything we did because people worked their butts off. I could write on about the many different blessing that happened that day. All in all, it is a day I will never forget. It was AMAZING!!!!