Day of Service

This year our church encouraged congregations throughout the world to get out in their communities and participate in a service project. Our congregation volunteered with Urbandale Caring Corps. Every fall they help elderly residents rake leaves and prepare their yards and homes for winter. Our family was assigned to rake one lady's yard. It was kind of nice to just have our family and no one else.

It was great to be able to have the kids help and to work together as a family. This good lady was very appreciative and even tried to do a little work herself. She also provided us with treats and water and was so kind to the kids.

The kids were amazing. They all worked hard, even Jakey. His job was to put leaves in bags and then we would put him in the bag to stomp on the leaves. I think he liked it. It took us several hours of work and we filled 15 yard waste bags to the brim. All the kids kept saying, "I didn't know that work could be so much fun." It was a great experience. We feel so blessed for all that we have been given. It is a good feeling to help someone else.

Here we are with the wonderful lady we helped.

We are nearing the end at this point. Greg is taking the picture. Is anybody else missing?

There's Anna. The kids had fun hiding her in the leaves. What a great day that was.