Hello,
Reflecting on the past week we have had
some amazing times serving Crofton. We had the "Love Crofton
Initiative." over the course of the last week, we have had the opportunity
to serve and establish a relationship with the community near camp by serving them.
It all started two weeks ago when we
blitzed the town by hanging flyers on door handles informing the residence that
we were willing to do any work that they couldn't do either because of their
physical state or because they didn't have time. Either way, we had an amazing
turn out that resulted in 30+ homes contacting the church about jobs.
I had the opportunity to lead two teams,
both of which had their challenge and victories, the first job took place on Monday
and I lead a team of four. Ashlee was very thankful for our help and told us
that the job should not take more than an hour, but that was a slight
miscalculation. The job actually took three and a half hours, but that was not
a problem at all. In the end I had the pleasure of leading a team of six. (Two
joined later upon realizing the size of the task before us) I really enjoyed
having a team that was willing to take direction but at the same time offer up
their own idea's and that took initiative when they found themselves without a
job. It was awesome to see how our little act of kindness and servitude changed
Ashlee's day,
On Tuesday I was placed on a team of three
that worked for a sweet old lady who needed her gutters cleaned. She was so
happy for our service and she tried to pay us. The sparkle in her eye when we
told her that we wouldn't take payment was amazing; I don't think she has ever
had anyone do something like this for her. I really found this job interesting
because I wasn't in the leadership spot but rather another Kaleo Student was in
that position. The interesting part was seeing others leadership styles and how
they do in decision making.
On Wednesday I was again placed on a team
of three for a job that did not need three people to complete the task. The
other two members jumped at the opportunity to do work, and so I was left
without anything to do. But another aspect of our job was to build
relationships, so I had the opportunity to get to know Ron better. It was
awesome to see how much he appreciated our hard work, despite us not actually
having a lot of work to be done. We were done in half an hour and the rest of
our time was spent talking and getting to know Ron. It was cool to see how
relationships are built in such a short time and how God impacts both members so
quickly. Ron was thankful and I was excited to see God's love being spread.
On Thursday I was again a leader of a team
of two and our "employer" as it were, was not home. She had to work. The
difficult part of this job was that we did not have proper equipment to
complete the job at first. We were tasked with mowing a lawn that had not seen
a mower in a few weeks at least. The mower would not turn over either. And so I
was getting annoyed and upset and the fact that I couldn't complete the Job. My
other member was doing a task that we had to do and I was left standing without
anything to do. I called another Kaleo student that was in charge of the whole
Love Crofton, and told them what was up and after a few minutes I got a better
lawn mower than the one I was left with. The cool thing about the lawn mower
not starting was that I saw God work through this problem. If I did not get the
other mower that was better, I would not have been able to complete the job to
a standard that would be honouring to God, if I completed the job at all.
All in all the week was amazing and really
I grew closer to God. I loved it so much I would do it in a heartbeat.
ISAIAH MOFFATT
