Congratulations on hitting 800+. You should be very humbled and moved that God helped you hit that plateau. After all, sometimes we can't imagine hitting a number that high. 800+; are you kidding me? How in the world can something like this happen to US? 800+; some people don't realize that kind of number in their entire lives (at least that they are aware). 800+; what an achievement. And to think there is the possibility of more tomorrow...
Yes, indeed, my friends, you did hit 800+ the past two weeks. 200+ lives touched by the mission team you sent out to Mexico and 600+ lives touched by the kits we helped assemble at UMCOR during our bi-weekly mission last Thursday.
Hats, gloves, socks, school kits -- it's quite amazing to see how in what seem to us to be small contributions lives can be impacted for the Kingdom of God. One thing we must never forget, though, is that we can do all the good works in the world that we want, all the good works that give us the warm, fuzzy, "I made a difference" feelings, but if we fail to make it known that we do it in the name of Christ, we have missed an opportunity.
Don't forget - we as United Methodists do good works for humanity out of our desire to make a difference, and this is not a bad thing. However, we must always keep at the forefront why we do these things.
See You Soon!
Lamar
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