Tomorrow is Serving Saturday !
God has blessed me with many opportunities to work with my friend Ryan our missions director at Crosspoint on many of our Serving Saturdays long before they were ever named or we had those now famous red shirts. I always loved being a team leader, getting to meet new people and giving back to the community.
On May 2 2011
Our home like so many in the Nashville area was flooded.
On May 3 2011
We returned home to find the biggest mess I have ever seen.
Though I never got emotional during the flooding I documented the flood in pictures here …I just remember thinking as we watched our home go under.”God this is just to BIG you are going to have to fix this one “.
I did not realize at the time just how big the mess would be how much would have to be done. After walking through our now devastated flood house which was covered in mud and gasoline . Our things all now trash piled on top of each other covered in mud.
In emotional shock I plopped down on our front step…wet covered in gas ,mud and filth.
It’s to much God it’s to much….
Just as I was thinking this as the flood waters still lingered in my neighbors homes across the street. Ryan drove up I could not believe my eyes how did they know ? We had been cut of from the outside world for over a day. No power, phones , Tv . Not only did they know they must have been waiting to get to us.
&
Behind him cars full of people in Red Shirts
I began crying. Having worn the Red Shirt so many times myself I knew what was coming
Hope
Help
Prayer
Strength
Knowledge
Comfort
Care
Laughter
&
Love
God gave me a precious gift that day allowing me the opportunity to see exactly what those Red Shirts meant from the other side.
It would be 6 months before I would be able to done my Red Shirt again ,and get back out in the community. When I finally got to put my red shirt back on for the first time to go help other flood victims. I cried grateful for all God had taught me grateful to be back on the other side the giving side.
Tomorrow is another Serving Saturday and I can’t wait to get our family together and go make a difference in the lives of others.
I hope you’ll join us !
We will be meeting at our Bellevue and Nashville
campuses tomorrow morning .
Serving times are 8-12 .
for more info go here
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