Thanks to all of you who served at the car wash and yard sale on Saturday.  While it may seem that washing cars or directing traffic at event like this has only a small impact, the truth is that service with joy is very unusual, especially among youth. It commands attention! Mr. Uribe sent me an email earlier this week with these words, highlighting a few of his favorite things from the event:

The youth smiling, working, serving were a great testimony to the folks who came.  I had repeated interactions with guests who said, “I’ve never seen anything like this; young people working with the parents and apparently happy to be doing it.” “What do you guys do here? I’ve never seen youth work like this and not ask for money.” “So what kind of church is this where kids come to help out and not ask for money?”

My favorite though was the postman who delivers the mail at the church. He said that the reason he came was because every day when he comes to the church he finds the “young people always smile and greet him” and “believe me, that doesn’t happen everywhere I go.” “They’re always very pleasant” and he came to see what exactly we do to have kids like that.  He said he and his wife (or fiance) were so impressed with what they saw that they planned on coming Sunday morning to get more information (I looked for him, but did not find them. I’ll be looking out for him the next couple of weeks).

What an impressive testimony to your faithful service and joyful sacrifice. There are a lot other things you could have been doing with your Saturday!  I respect you for giving it up to wash cars (for free) and serve with the yard sale. I hope you feel the Lord’s pleasure in this!

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