Day 69 ❦ Give and be part of something bigger than yourself

Day 69 ❦ Give and be part of something bigger than yourself

The Gift: A plank, or two...

We decided to go to the same church we attended last week because we really loved what they were doing, in our on-going search for churches, we are hooping that we can soon make a decision. You can imagine my delight when today, there was another guest speaker (I have since learned that this is not uncommon in the summertime.)

Today’s talk was about Habitat for Humanity, which apparently has been a mission out-reach for the First Congregational Church of Austin. Not only does the church support Habitat for Humanity financially, but there are also a number of people within the congregation who are Habitat for Humanity volunteers. This particular church has a lot of people who are active in the community, politics and internationally...I think I am getting closer to finding a church home!

As with any inspirational talk, the audience is jumping out of our seats asking, how can we help? What can we do? And the speakers were ready, outside in the parking lot they had had delivered a load of planks that would be used to build the next house and we were given the opportunity to purchase the wood for the building of the house. The volunteers had pencils ready and they asked us to write messages of hope, inspiration and well-wishes on the wood for the family that would be selected next week to be the beneficiaries fo the building project.

It was fun, creative and it really made me feel like I was part of something bigger...again!

❦ Give and be part of something bigger than yourself