encountering God's Hope

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We started off our day today (Monday) bright and early at Iowa Mennonite School. After performing for their chapel we stuck around for lunch time. It was rather interesting being back in high school. We sang for the cafeteria workers there to thank them for allowing us to partake in their delectable tater tot casserole lunch. Once we left IMS we headed out to do a service project. We split up into three groups, and headed off to either the Crowded Closet (a thrift store), Salvation Army, or Crisis Center (a food pantry). I was in the group that went to the Crowded Closet; there we did a lot of sorting, pricing, and other jobs that they asked of us. Before we got started, the woman in charge, Karen, had us each take volunteer name tags. Many of the name tags were pre-printed and so as to save them some trouble some of us decided to take names that may not have been our own. I do believe that we had Eldon, Norm, and RoseAnn as part of our group (we’ve been having some fun playing around with our names.) Leah (RoseAnn) and I spent about an hour or so sorting out the clothing donations. Before we left we sang for the people who were in the store shopping and for the workers there to thank them for giving us the opportunity to spend some time volunteering with them. Now we’re on the bus and our way to Sugar Creek Mennonite Church for our evening performance. It has been quite a trip so far, and it’s only Monday; I can’t wait to see what the rest of the week has in store for us.