With the rainy season coming to a conclusion we are seeing more and more folks heading out and cutting the tall grass near their houses or farms then burning them off. At our church we too have some stuff that needed to be trimmed so we call for a work day this past Saturday. Adie and I arrived up at the church about 7 a.m. I arrived with my trusty shovel and the other workers, about 9 in total arrived with their little handmade farming hoes. Together for about 2 hours we knocked out a large chunk of the work. It's ironic that I could have brought my weed eater or perhaps my lawnmower and we could have finished all the work in about 2 hours but the church members, first off prefer their method and secondly it allows more of them to get involved and take ownership of the church. It was pretty great to see so many guys and a couple girls come out to use hoes to cut down weeds on the church property. It's tough work but they never complained, in fact, they joked around and even sang a bit. We concluded the morning with prayer and Adie broke out the rest of her banana-chocolate chip muffins which was a smashing hit among our church folks!
Then today (Sunday) around 3 pm we asked for volunteers to come back up to the church to help us move and sift sand for the stucco phase of our building project. The sand had been delivered last week and was sitting outside. However, it was riddled with stones, leaves and small roots. So, Adie and I were back up at the church, shovel in hand once more but this time I had a bucket to boot. We spent about an hour working with 24 of our church members. We had everyone from mothers in their 50's to little boys and girls near 6 or 7 years old helping. The older ones would take 5 gallon tin bowls and fill them up before taking them into the church where some of our young men would sift it all by hand. The little ones would have everything from a small pot to a coffee tin to carry their load of sand up and into the church to be sifted. Honestly, it was such a great thing to see!
The past two days have taught me so much about serving the Lord. It doesn't matter how old or how young you are. How big or how small you are. Or even how rich or poor you are. God wants to use you. When you see an opportunity to get involved in the work of the Lord then you should jump in completely!
