Serving small, Loving big

We have our first youth group joining us on Saturday for a week of service and ministry. Part of their focus will include an evangelical outreach to the community and a separate time to encourage the local church youth. During the week they will also be making roof repairs and pouring concrete over the current dirt floor in the home of a single mom. They will also be helping out one day at an orphanage in San Salvador. Some might ask can one week change the world? Does it really make a difference?

To answer those questions I will simply quote Mother Teresa from her book The Love of Christ:


"What we are doing is but a drop in the ocean. This may be only a drop, but the ocean would be less if it weren't there. What we do is something small, but we do it with big hearts. At death, we will not be judged by the amount of work we did, but by the amount of love we put into it. We do not strive for spectacular actions. What counts is the gift of yourself, the degree of love you put into each of your deeds...Do you want to be great? Pick up a broom and sweep the floor."

Typical poor home in El Salvador with a dirt floor