Serving Together

Hey everybody!
First of all, I just want to apologize for not updating in a REALLY long time. This have been really crazy around here lately and I have hardly had time to sit down and think!
Well...let's see...what have I been up to lately? My family came up to visit last weekend! It was the greatest weekend ever. They were such a blessing and it was so good to get to be with them and have so many great laughs again :) It was awesome to get to leave the school and just hang out at the beach with my family! I love you guys and miss you :)

Oh yea, I went to Tacoma a few weekends ago on an "Alternative Fall Break." We got to pack over 6000 lbs of frozen corn to send to homeless shelters and places like that, which was a really neat experience. We also helped at a fundraiser for "My Sister's Pantry" which provides groceries to homeless or hungry families in Tacoma. Among other things on our road trip, we got to work on a farm, weed a garden, and meet a lot of really awesome people. I was really glad to have the opportunity to serve people in another community. And that's what God has called us all to do right? Serve God and serve others! If we want to walk on this Earth as Jesus did, we have to be willing to serve the "least of these" in this world. He was willing to get down on His hands and knees to wash people's feet in John 13...I mean, He is the King of Kings!...He did that? Wow. Its kind of cool to think that He would do that for us. Don't you think we should do things for Him because He gave it all for us?...even though we never deserved it. The phrase "Servant of All" has been on my mind lately.

I've also been thinking about how blessed I am...how blessed we all are. I mean I complain about when the hot water heater breaks in the dorm, and probably more than half of the world does not have access to even warm water. I worry about what I'm going to wear tomorrow while there are children who are being sold as sex-slaves. I've begun to feel really guilty about how much I have and feeling like I just want to get rid of it all...but my mom has reminded me that everything that I have has been a gift from God. I just need to be content with what I have and use it to bless others who are hurting out there in the world. We should be "other's-focused" as Christ was and seek out the hurting in any way that we can. It's time to live out our faith!!

Let us not taken for granted all that we have been given. We have so many opportunites here to make a difference for Jesus Christ, and its just a matter of finding where to start. If all of us could work together, as a family in Christ, we could reach a whole world of suffering and lost people out there...one step at a time. Do you have a passion for something unique? Anything?...music, art, sports, writing, laughing, playing with kids? Ask God to show you how you can use the passions He's given you to bless other's for Him. Maybe he will have someone for you to serve in your hometown, in another country, or in your church? It's all in His plan and His timing. And remember that there's always a way in Christ. We should show our faith in the Lord by doing good for His kingdom. Let us proclaim His name in all we do ,"For in Him we live and move and exist!" Acts 17:28a He is the reason I'm alive and He is the reason that I live!

Well, I hope that I could encourage you today and hope that gives you a small idea of what I've been doing recently. I'll post some pictures of other stuff we've done too :) In Christ, ~Kasey