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| This is one of my favorite pictures from the week. It was on Sunday before it all started... Every mission trip needs a crazy face picture :) |
I saw something on facebook or maybe I got an email from
Life Remodeled, I am not sure… It said
to tell your Life Remodeled story… but it was in video form. I don’t do video. I always feel like a
complete dork with my phone in front of my face… I just do… I don’t even like taking selfies
by myself… LOL only with people… which I guess means it’s not really a selfie…
So I thought I’d tell you my story about Life
Remodeled. There amazing moments during
the week of serving with Life Remodeled and moments of exposing my own
weaknesses and things I certainly need to work on. But my journey with Life Remodeled started I
think last winter. I tell you this because
I can’t remember the date, but I remember there being snow and ice, which means
it actually could have been May (it’s Michigan and Polar Vortex people)
HA!
My friends, the Buckets, all went to see what Life Remodeled
was all about and if it was something we wanted to be involved in… And I was there first because I am a kook
about not being late, and as I drove around the neighborhood, I was actually
kind of nervous (it was dreary and a little scary) but once I found a place to
park I was soooooo excited and was ready to sign up, for what I had no idea,
but I was excited. For me, I could feel God’s calling me to this area, for something
but I had no idea what. If you know me,
I just go, I would likely jump into a pool not checking for water if I felt
that God called me… After the
presentation, we toured Cody High School and of course, I had to pee, because,
well I drink too much iced tea… I told my friends to go ahead. After I took care of business I found myself
in the Engineering part of the academy.
The STEM program (I just say the Robotics program) really got my
attention! The team was going to compete
at MIS and going camping, and their teacher stated that some of them had never
been camping before… And of course… I thought “they have never had a s’more
before”… Kids need food and snacks… 
So… time passes…we served the week in the Cody-Rouge
district… my friends and I served all in different capacity… and I fell in love
with the neighborhood, maybe it’s because I drove around it so much, met a
really cute police officer, handed out candy to lots of children, prayed and
prayed and prayed.
I fell in love with a school that is abandoned, I feel like
there is an area where I can plant a community garden… Just praying and
following God’s lead to make it happen!
I even prayed about how I should continue to serve with Life
Remodeled… and God has just lead me back to the Robotics team and Cody High
School and the neighborhood.
So every month, I try to visit Cody High School and the
Robotics team. I drop off snacks for the
students, so that if they have to stay late, or get to school early… they have
food in their bellies. Who can
concentrate when you’re hungry? NOT
ME! I can barely be nice when I’m hungry…
So I feel like God is calling me to love these students in such a small way of
delivering snacks, bringing Kleenex and classroom needs for their teacher.
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| Miss Ernestine and I! I loved this lady! |
Want to change the world? Change it in a small way to those
around you, with love. That is attainable! I would love love love to open a
community center and I know that it is someday going to happen, but I love
serving in small ways for the Glory of God.
That His love will reach those students which is far greater than
anything I can do.
I am not sure what my future of serving holds with Life
Remodeled, but I will be eternally thankful for going where God lead them to
Cody High School and God calling me to serve with them! It’s changed my life for the better! God spoke to me so sweetly during my time with His while I was here. (I am a little frightened that I may be eventually move into this neighborhood!)
I would really encourage anyone who thinks
they have something that is placed on their heart, no matter how small, to
follow through with it! God put it on
your heart for a reason, and every single person matters. EVERY.SINGLE.ONE. You can change someone’s life with love!
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