Last Sunday, Pastor reminded us that following Jesus sometimes means we get our hands and our feet dirty. Pastor spoke about the volunteer who had a panic attack in the middle of the Guatemalan garbage dump. A local man gave her the help she needed—pieces of cardboard he had collected in the dump for recycling—so she was able to step on them and not the garbage to get to a place of safety.
I went with my previous church family, Immanuel Lutheran Church in Bridgman, Michigan, to the Guatemala garbage dump on a mission trip almost 20-years ago. Immanuel members still volunteer there today—literally lifting people out of the heaps of garbage into better lives and into Jesus’ arms. I remember the garbage stench that permeated everything and how that didn’t stop those volunteers for caring for those less fortunate.
Here at Trinity—we’re asking you to help us bring clean water to an area in Africa where children are dying in large numbers from contaminated water. You may get your feet a little dirty when you hike around Lake Callis on August 11th to raise funds and awareness, but you will find your heart dancing to a different tune—when the mission team reports back to us—about lives saved and lives changed.
Remember our Loving Savior washed the feet of his disciples and told them to do the same for others.
Check out our website, www.trinitydavison.org and click on Living Water Walk. You can register for the event and help us—bring the water of life to others. You will double your impact by asking a friend to join you!
