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5 days till back2school


1 Peter 4:10  NLT
God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.

This week will mark the 11th year that back2school has been going on, and I am as amazed as ever as well as excited about all that God is putting together.

Every day I get a text, a call, a Facebook message or something else from a new person that wants to help us serve more students.  Just like last night an email hit my inbox just before I went to bed from a lady I have know for a couple years, and she shared her excitement about being part of one of the locations.  She wants to know what to do to help that location.

Why does back2school take place?  Good question.  Yesterday at church we had a few people share, and the answers were once again inspiring to say the least.

We want to share the hope that God gives us.

We want to provide supplies to help students that might not have what they need for a successful school year.

We look forward to washing each student’s feet and talking to them about their dreams for the future and letting each know they are important.

Do you get where I am coming from?  You got to be part of this!

Austinville, Virginia. Stuart, Virginia.  Ferrum, Virginia.  Ridgeway, Virginia.  Mayodan, North Carolina.  Danville, Virginia.  Bassett, Virginia.  Martinsville, Virginia.  Collinsville, Virginia.  And beyond. Each of those has at least one site for back2school.  Some have two sites.

Pray.

Pray for the students and their families that will be served.  Pray for the servants who will serve.  It takes lots and lots of volunteers, and there is a place for everyone that wants to serve.  

Serve.

Tuesday when we pack backpacks.  Friday when we serve students with special needs.  Friday evening when we celebrate our partnership with Samaritan’s Feet. And Saturday when every location will join together to serve almost 3,000 students.

I will stop there. But I will share more through this week. I do want to say thank you to a mission team from South Carolina that is in town to help us get ready for the event. All I can say is wow.  

God put this together, and it is awesome to watch God work!

Luke 5:26  NLT
Everyone was gripped with great wonder and awe, and they praised God, exclaiming, “We have seen amazing things today!”
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