Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Reaching Out

Today was the 1st day of school in our community. Normally, since my youngest child is 28 years old, I wouldn't think too much about it; but today was different. Our church is located next door to a middle school w/ 1600 kids in it. Our parking lot is the spot for parents to come & park and wait for their kids to get out of school. has been the pick up spot for several years now. This year we decided to reach out to them, so today we stood out there in the grueling hot sun and handed out cold bottles of water. The people loved it! We also invited them to our Saturday night back to school bash, but mostly we just came to give them water. It wasn't much, but it sure felt neighborly. And seeing their surprised smiles certainly made it worth it.
PJ

3 comments:

Cheryl said...

Yea for cold bottles of water! Glad it went well.

Unknown said...

Grueling hot sun! Great line.

PJ said...

Have I told both of you lately how much I love you?