A shout out to Volunteers

Cub.Scout.Day.Camp. Whew! This mom is thoroughly impressed (and grateful) for those who volunteer to help the entire week. Monday we had some light rain. (Much better than the thunder storms in the surrounding area!) The temperature was pretty nice that day. Today? Well, I think saying that the heat index was 103 should explain everything. Ya know some man cut various sized pieces of wood for about 50 3rd grade boys to make tool  boxes, and he whittled that many pieces for the handles of these tool boxes. That is A LOT of work. Large coffee cans were painted to make stilts for 20 2nd graders. Those are just the things I helped the boys put together in my 2 days of volunteering.

All that to get to my point of how much volunteering has helped me see how much work goes on behind the scenes of so many things. Your church? Probably much you don't know that happens to make your and your children's experience a great one. But what a beautiful thing it is when the kids walk in and then leave with their craft, having a little something to do at home with parents, and knowing a little bit more about the love of Jesus. And my job?Our volunteers are priceless. Freely giving up an evening or two a week to spend time with children who really need to feel and know they are important? Yes, those volunteers are priceless to those kids. I'm not a seasoned veteran to volunteering. It's actually just been in the past year or so that I have truly been a consistent volunteer with anything. I can say that it has opened my eyes and heart to the reality that volunteers are so necessary in making so many things successful. It's definitely given me a huge appreciation for those that take the time to do it.

 

Woodland Christian Camp- volunteers loving on some kids and teaching them about Jesus