rise

we just finished a 3 day service event called rise. we took the students out to different community care and public service organizations to let them get a real glimpse of the poverty and needs that exist even right here in mchenry county. it started out kind of slow for our group (we were with a van full of 6th graders). but by the end of the adventure, i think the kids really did gain a good grasp of how many needs there are in our community and how much God really does care for each of them. It all culminated with the packaging of food at an organization called "feed my starving children." it was a truly amazing time. in a few hours of work, we packaged enough food for 49 kids to be able to eat for 1 year. it was really incredible to see how little effort produced such a great outcome!