We were considering taking a Spring Break mission trip this year since most/all the local school's spring breaks are the same week (March 12-16). However, we feel that if we can find the right project locally, we can get more of our youth ministry team & kids involved. Could you help us find such a project?I began to pray about it and the following Sunday, Anna Griffith (see previous post) introduced me to a member at RHCC who happens to be a resident and employee of Samaritan House in Fort Worth.
He was gracious enough to give me a tour of the facility and introduce me to the staff, including the CEO. The Lord is beginning to open doors for RHCC to serve there in significant ways in the near future.
While at Samaritan House, I mentioned about our youth ministry's desire to do some local service over Sping Break. They told me that this Spring, they planned to build, plant, and estabish a large organic vegetable garden. It would provide food for the the residents of Samaritan House (a couple of hundred people), supply a local Farmers' Market, be a place on their campus where the residents could earn volunteer hours (an important part of their overall rehab program), be a showcase addition to their property, and a visible example to encourage the establishment of similar gardens on properties in that part of the city.
This was offered to the RHCC Youth Ministry Team as a possible Spring Break project for them. And they've accepted. So the teens and their adult sponsors plan to go into the inner city and serve at Samaritan House during their Spring Break.
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They came away with some hands-on experience in demonstrating compassion for people living with chronic health problems--something that Jesus did on a regular basis.
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