Matthew 18:2-5
[Nathanial] Last week I was asked to assist in chaperoning a sixth grade class on a work shift to the organization "Feed My Starving Children." While this organization has a foundation in Christian ideas, it was really unique to share this experience in a complete non-church setting. While singing "Thriller" with a couple of the boys was fun, the most amazing part of this experience happened afterwards. The sixth graders were all asked to write reflective letters. Two boys wrote their leters specifically to me and it is through their words that I found a beautiful nugget of hope in an otherwise stressful day at school. May their words inspire your hearts as well:
"Dear Mr. Nathanial,
I learned how to use the machines. I also learned that a lot of people die of starvation. Did you know that we packed 14,040 packages? This expereince will help me know I save a lot of kids. I will now volunteer alot of places now. Sincerely, J."
"Dear Mr. Nathanial,
On our field trip to Feed My Starving Children we packed 14,040. We packed enough food that we helped feed 38 children for a year. I had fun and we helped alot of people. I learned that you can have fun and help alot of kids. I also learned that the food they send was good and not so bad. This will affect my life by me feeling satisfide of what I did and how many kids are happy. Sincerely, JRD."
Matthew 18:2-5.
Frieden.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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Nathanial,
This is Cheri Lane - Greg's wife from Decorah ;) I hope you don't mind that I'm contacting you via this blog. I've enjoyed reading your posts and have been inspired in many ways. I'd like to bring a group of Jr/Sr. high students up to the cities over the Labor Day weekend and would love to find some impacting experiences for them that may open our eyes a bit more to Christ's love for people...especially those in need. Would you be open to a conversation about this? can you please contact me on my gmail account and we can take it from there? thank you!! cheri.marie.lane@gmail.com.
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