Saturday Afternoon
Write down an encounter at a ministry that impacted your life….
When a man at the food pantry, Mission For All Nations, said that I helped him live for another week and all I did was put his food in a car.
-Justin
Saturday Evening
On the prayer walk by First Baptist Church I just realized how truely blessed I am. I had to thank God for all that He has done for me.
- Ryan
Saturday Afternoon
Seeing a line already formed before our group even arrived at Mission For All Nations (a food pantry) caused me to realize all over again that I wasn’t reading a story about people in need, but seeing it right in front of me. I couldn’t ignore reality.
- Kerry
Friday Evening
I liked going to Abide Network and watching the “death crawl” scene from Facing the Giants. It taught me that if we have a positive attitude and put in all of our effort, we can accomplish anything.
- Samantha
Saturday Afternoon
I met a family from Iraq at the food pantry, Mission For All Nations, and welcomed them to the U.S. I got to visit with them and practice my little bit of Arabic. Who would have thought….
-Glenn
Friday Evening
One thing that impacted me was when we were giving donuts to people at the Siena Francis House. One guy really liked the vanilla ones so he took a couple and he was just so happy. He had this huge smile on his face when he walked away.
-Heather
Sunday morning…..
I was sitting in the back at Empty Tomb Church and there was a big guy next to me. When the offering plate passed by he looked up and said that he had nothing to give today. As he said it a few tears fell down his face… he was not crying because he had nothing, but because he could not give anything.
-Logan
Today I decided that I must write and post a blog entry. So, I’m going to take you back to the very first Urban Plunge I ever went on.
It was Saturday night about a year ago, but somehow it seems like it was just yesterday… anyway, I was training to facilitate the Urban Plunge. The group was debriefing about the day; talking about what ministry had impacted each person the most. I will never forget one of the kids talking about what happened at the Open Door Mission. While the group was doing their volunteer work there, one of the high school boys recognized a classmate from his school. He went over to say “Hi” and talk a little… just being friendly, you know. He asked his classmate if he was there volunteering too. I mean, it was pretty cool because they were both there on the same day. [Pause] His classmate answered, “Don’t tell anyone, but I live here.”
Back to the debrief room…. It got very quiet. I was shocked and so was everyone else. His face revealed his thoughts, “I live in a nice neighborhood and go to a pretty nice school. That’s not supposed to happen.” [Pause] After a bit, the sharing continued. The situations that arose that day impacted so many people’s lives… both in our group and in the lives of those they met.
