Our family motto this year was "2010: A Year of Service"
Taken from Matthew 25:40 where Jesus is talking and says “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
As 2009 ended and 2010 began I felt that our family needed to be serving others more. The kids, like us all, seemed to be in this "what's in it for me" state and I wanted to put an end to it quick. We started by volunteering with some friends at a place in Houston that serves the homeless hot meals. We started on Christmas Eve 2009 at 5:30 am in downtown Houston, kids in tow. They loved it! It was a blessing to us all.
As 2010 started I made service our family mission for the year. I started out tallying each act of service that we did both individually and as a family. I didn't know how else to keep track but as I was doing so I started feeling convicted that by tallying our service acts we were boasting in a way. The whole point was to get the kids into the habit of serving others joyfully. Not so that they could be rewarded with things or even "atta boys". So, I quit tallying. I don't know how many acts of service we have done. But, I do know we have done them because we have found joy in doing them. We have served because we want to and enjoy doing them together. We have served each other and others we do and don't know. We have meet new people and become involved with a wonderful organization here in town. Our "year of service" is becoming a "life of service". That was the point after all!! I know the year isn't over, and, neither is our service to others. We have much more serving to look forward to and at the end of the year I will let you in on some more of the things that we have done!
This is Olivia. We meet her at the Hospitality House where we have been volunteering this year. Brogan wrote her one of the letters. They made friends quickly and I hope we get to see them again!
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