Every year my church collects food for needy families so that they are able to have a nice Thanksgiving meal. Part of this requires volunteers to go to grocery stores, hand out flyers, and collect the donated food. That's what we did today for Day 4!
Alex and I joined Mary and John for two hours handing out flyers to Stater Bros customers. (I took a picture with John but it didn't get saved on my phone!)
Some people ignored us, others turned us down, but what we really liked, was when someone came to us holding a bag of food, smiling, saying "I hope this helps". Random strangers, little did you know, (and little did I realize until right now) that you were all involved in Day 4 of the 21 Days. I came to the grocery store expecting to help serve the church and also indirectly, the needy families, but what I realized is that I was also a witness to thirty or so acts of kindness today. Pretty cool. I'm glad you were all a part. Oh and shout out to my mom who came to the store just to buy and donate groceries! You rock momma!
Today was a success(in our two hour shift, four baskets were filled with items which were taken back to the church) and I got so much joy out of smiling and asking for others to help participate. Even more so when many of those same people came back with giving hands full of food.
Blessings and joy to you,
Kris
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