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June 14, 2003

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The rewards of service...

Kansas City Rescue MissionLast night most of my Impact Group (my wife and I included) had the chance to go help out at the Kansas City Rescue Mission (a shelter and Christian mission for homeless people). There are plenty of things to volunteer for there, but last night, we were all in charge of taking and filling clothing orders (two guys were downstairs taking the orders and the rest of us were upstairs, scurrying around a clothing warehouse trying to fill them). What a great experience! I was surprised at how well-run and efficient this mission is. They can bed up to 100 men per night, they pass out an average of 800-1000 pieces of clothing a month, and last year, they cooked around 36,000 meals. This isn’t a huge place eaither. It’s run by only a few full-time staff and a handful of voluteers. The mission also has a fairly successful drug rehabilitation program. Thank you, Lord, for this place!

American Heart WalkThis morning, my wife and I (with a bunch of her coworkers from TMC) are walking in the American Heart Walk. It’s 4 miles long and goes through and around the Country Club Plaza here in Kansas City. Our team raised almost $500. It’s far under the top-ranking fund raiser this year, but we’re excited to walk for the cause anyway. Our walk starts in about an hour — Julianna and I are lucky enough to just be able to walk down to Mill Creek Park (where the walk begins) from our home, avoiding all sorts of headaches because of parking, etc. There should be a lot of fun booths set up at the park and we also heard that Jarrod (of Subway fame) will be there too. It should be a fun day. (After the walk, we are planning to walk down the block and stop by Starbucks to visit our favorite Barista.)

Anyway, I am feeling pretty good about this weekend so far. Not about myself, for doing these “nice” things, but because service (in all of its shapes and forms) just makes one feel good. I thank my God for giving these opportunities to me. By serving, one is not only fullfilling the Lord’s promise of providing for others, but also His promise of providing for the person who is serving. Ahhh, abundant life!

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Comments (1):
tim: great post! the rewards of service IS incredible, especially when we can “see” what we’re givng to, like you did last night. i think we spend a lot of time, unknowingly uneducated about the way we are blessed… only to have God put us in a position to be able to experience our own blessing as well as ways we can bless others. i’m not sure if that makes sense. i’m excited about this weekend too. awesome stuff!

jason () (URL) - June 14, 2003 at 08:19 am

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