Hands On

I am home from Fort Worth/Fortress. Girls, I am proud of you and all that you did over the last 3 days. At the homeless shelter you dished up food on plastic trays, you handed trays to the homeless, you gave them cups of water, you smiled and laughed with them, you took their dirty trays to be cleaned, you played Don't Break The Ice and Clue with those beautiful children, you helped them make necklaces, you played soccer with a little boy who didn't know how to play soccer, you held babies and kissed babies, you smiled at their moms, you made their children giggle. In the neighborhood you picked up tons of trash, you encouraged the neighbors, you prayed over the playground, you prayed over the school, you prayed over the beginnings of revitalization in their neighborhood. You weeded a garden. You sorted clothes, paired shoes (millions of shoes), unpacked boxes of books, organized kitchen stuff and baby stuff. You painted a nursery and a reading lab. You made hundreds of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. You donated your money. You washed cars. You were busy in the heat and you did it with grace and you treated everyone with dignity...the dignity that God intended.
I am so proud to say that you belong to me. You are strong and courageous and you have spread the fragance of Christ in the neighborhood around Fortress.

I know that I will tell you more about these last few days but tonight I am tired.