Come and See

Fleece Blanket Drive

It all started with me wanting to help but I didn’t know how. I wanted to be the hands and feet of Christ but I didn’t know how to start. Mrs wendy gave an excellent suggestion for a fleece blanket drive for the homeless. A fleece blanket does a lot of good b/c it’s a source of warmth, shelter, and it gives security. 

Well all I needed was a big box. Me and my mom went to sams club b/c they always have huge quantities of random stuff that goes in big boxes. As I was walkin down the aisle, I saw a big box that was perfect , but it was filled with towels. So I proceeded to put the towels in another box- I was determined lol So me and my mom just took the boxes. Well we felt guilty for not askin so we asked the little greeter lady if we could have them- like she would know! (lol)- and she said sure so we took them. I wouldn’t recommend stealing though!  lol

So all I needed was a box to be the hands and feet of Christ. A lot of times we just talk about being Christ to others and helping the community but we never do it. After a message we say, yeah that’s a beautiful thought and ill think on that for this week but as for applying it… yeah not so much for me. My life is sooo busy and God will understand that… We start to spiritualize what the bible says so much that it becomes “un-applyable” In a recent survey of “strong Christians” nearly 80% of them said that Jesus spent time with the poor. This same group of Christians was later asked if they spent time with the poor and less than 2% said they did.

Therein lies an important lesson. We can admire and worship Jesus without doin wht he did. We can applaud at what he preached and stood for without caring about the same things. We can adore his cross without takin up our own. 

With the fleece blanket drive I didn’t try to find an easy way to help--- I wanted to help and it happened to be easy. Being the hands and feet of Christ ive learned is nothing complex- its simply loving your neighbors. Mother Teresa used to say,”We can do no great things, just small things with great love. It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in doing it.” One of the coolest things about her, is that when ppl would admire her and ask her how serving the dying poor in Calcutta was goin, she would just simply say “Come and See” 

Maybe you saw this posted on the fleece blanket drive box . I thought it beautifully explains what Mother Teresa means by “come and see””
Two guys are talking to each other, and one of them asks why God allows all this poverty and way and suffering to exist in the world. And his friend says well why don’t you ask him. The guys shakes his head and says that he is scared. When his friend asks why he mutters, “Im scared God will ask me the same question.” Over and over, when I ask God why all of these injustices are allowed to exist in the world, I can feel the spirit whisper to me, “You tell me why we allow this to happen. You are my body, my hands, my feet.”


There are about 4000 to 5000 homeless people in Savannah alone.
The death rate of homeless people is almost four times greater than that of the general population.
Harsh living conditions and constant exposure to the elements leave a homeless person more susceptible to acute illness and traumatic injuries.
What can be the first thing to start with when becoming the hands and feet of Christ?

On the union mission and savannah city mission website there are wishlists that contain things that are sooo simple to donate. Things like nail-filers, towels, socks, light bulbs, and umbrellas. Another thing that is really good to donate is CAT bus tickets. 

For all of those who donated blankets, towels, and other things- thank-you. And not only do I thank you for making this happen and being a blessing to me but the guys at the union mission thank-you- they told me so!  When I dropped the blankets off, some of the men who lived there came to help us carry them to the mission. They looked at the blankets- something so basic- as something worth so much. Not only did you give them warmth, shelter, and security--- but you gave them love- something that everyone needs a constant supply of.

God Bless

Beautiful Elizabeth

so something really cool happened to me a couple of weekends ago... if u were in sr high church last wed u already heard this in "flabbergasting moments" haha!

so like every-other saturday i work at this place called "sharkey's cuts for kids" its a children's haircut place. well upstairs they have this room where little girls can have bday parties and us (the "glamour girls" lol) do their hair, makeup, and nails. they dress up and we dance with them- we basically make them feel like princesses or hanna montana- whoever they want to be and give them a taste of royalty for a day. -thats a blessing in and of itself-
well one saturday i had to to a party all by myself. and it was just for one little girl on her 7th bday and she was with her aunt and grandma. it was kind of weird just playin with one little girl and i was wonderin why her whole family wasnt there... so after we were done her aunt came to me and told me thankyou and said that her mom had died 3 years ago and that this was one of the only opportunities that she gets to feel "beautiful". she lives her dad and brother so she never got to do any "girly stuff"....

i was just in awe of the situation. i know this little girl will barely remember when her mom died b/c she was young- but the life she will have w/ out a mom- i cant even imagine it! i have never been thru something like that so i cant relate to her or people reading this who have been thru something like that. But what i can tell u is this- God wont leave you hangin...
i was talkin to care j. about this and i asked what she would tell someone who had been thru this and she told me her favorite verse was Jeremiah 29:11
"For i know the thoughts i think toward you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end." 
If you are reading this from that little girls point of veiw:
i can tell you with out a doubt (b/c the Bible says so) that GOD WILL NOT LEAVE YOU IN THIS ALONE! God has always been there for me even tho my problems are trivial compared to hers. God will fill any void in your life- he can be a mom, a daddy, even a lover who pursues you and loves you. He is your everything and dont doubt for a second that he doesnt know how u feel....

If you're reading from my point of view:

"Each time anyone comes into contact with us, they must become different and better people having met us. We must radiate God's love...intense love does not measure... it just gives." - Mother Teresa

(thats my fav quote of ALL TIME!!! lol) 
Do you make it a point everyday to make everyone's life a little better than it was before? Are you striving to make the world a better and more beautiful place? I heard meghan land say once- "you are maybe the only Bible someone will ever read." that is sooo true! Make it a point to show a little love to everyone you meet- b.c you are the hands and feet of Christ. workin a sharkey's gives me the chance to make little girls take a step out of reality and into their wildest dreams. we make them feel like absolute royalty. --- what can you do? Where does God want you to be? 

Ecc 3:11 "He hath made everything beautiful in its time"

by the way- her name is Elizabeth, please pray for her...

love you guys!

~Peace