On October 24, we were able to send another 6 teams to serve in our community. Around 100 people made a difference as they were part of a very creative day of service. And while the skies threatened, the Lord held off the rain until just as the last two of our teams were finishing up their projects.
We sent a whole bunch of folks back to Pregnancy Lifeline, where they helped install some cabinets, sorted the rest of the clothes that didn't get sorted the week before, marked some more Bibles, and prepared some client packets for the girls who come in with questions about giving life to their baby.
We sent another group back to Northside Mission. They helped dig a drainage trench, finished up last week's painting project, and some went door-to-door handing out the crosses made by Great Day for Kids. And I'm pretty sure they had another one of those killer lunches.
Another group went back to Union Gospel - and there were several things they were goin to be doing but I still need to find out about the specifics.
And a large group went out to Cornerstone, where they did a bunch of stuff - the biggest of which was helping to put on a Family Fall Fest.
We had a team do a landscaping project at Westcliff Elementary School, which is the closest school to MMBC (other than the FWAFA schools). They planted some flowers and also ground up a huge stump - BIG job - and replaced that with a nice shade tree.
One other team went and served as part of Tarrant Net's Faith In Action Day. I got go with this team - we joined with several other churches and basically just cleaned up the main street outside one of the Tarrant Net churches located down near Stop 6. There were lawn mowers and weed wackers and I think we filled a couple hundred trash bags of debris - which the city of Fort Worth had already agreed to carry off. It was pretty cool - Code Blue - which is Fort Worth's Citizens on Patrol neighborhood watch program - saw us out there and brought some water and then treated everyone to pizza. A number of folks who live in the neighborhood came out and started pitching in as well. One business came out and cut their lawn when they saw us out there.
It was a great experience of the reality of how blessing others is itself a blessing and is also contagious.
Many thanks to all who were able to be a part of Great Day - please know that you were a definite blessing to our partners, and I know the Lord was also pleased.
Personally I can't wait for the next one, but I hope none us waits until the next official Great Day of Hope to look for ways to serve those in need all around us.
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