Last weekend we were a workin' team! Friday night we helped a local community friend move furniture, blankets, boxes and such into his new apartment. I have to admit I am the master of all things small! (I am sadly less helpful when it comes to the big stuff, but we had lots of young fellas to help out.)
The very next day we worked at an entirely different kind of home-making. This time we ripped delightfully 70's patterned carpet off the floors, pulled panels of plaster off the wall in large, jagged pieces threw the entire mess into a giant ...dumpster bin. 40 ft X 40 ft did they say?
It was really fun to work as a team together. We've had a hard time finding our stride when it comes to our volunteering. This is a small town and sometimes small towns mask their needs. There's less anonymity here than in bigger cities, so the only way to keep your privacy is to wear that mask. Hide things. I think that is one of the reasons it's hard to figure out what our community needs.
But we're here to help. We're here to serve. We're here to pursue honesty in people who may be tempted to "safe face." For this reason, I so appreciate when people ask for help like they did the other weekend. It's hard work finding out what the real needs are, and it saves us a few steps of questioning and uncertainty to be told... "hey...I need your help..."
Anyone have any thoughts as to how we can serve this private community?
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