A little time and love can go farther than you think....

This afternoon a group of Gardner-Webb students ventured out to Shelby to volunteer at the Salvation Army Toy Store.  How does this work?  Well, basically parents receive vaulters to come and shop for their kids.  First we help organize the toys onto age group tables to make it easier for the parents. And some of the group started sorting stickers into bags for the kids, and the guys went in the back and put bikes together.  After we were finished sorting toys, all the girls ended up sorting stickers. It was so much fun.  We all started talking, and laughing and I found myself getting along with and having a blast with a bunch of girls that I hardly knew. We had so much more in common that I ever would have expected. Its amazing how coming together for one common purpose can bring so many different types of people together.  After we finished sorting the stickers, we went to the back of the store to check up on the guys. There were bikes everywhere, there must have been at least 200 bikes.  It was incredible just to know that all these children were getting bikes for Christmas.  A little time and a caring heart goes farther than you might think.  While we were working, it dawned on me....what was this that we did today?  Missions. We didn't have to leave the country, we didn't even have to leave our state.  We served the community we live in, and the funny thing is, sometimes that's harder than flying overseas.