come one come all

I've been feeling like I want to help more. Who? well I guess whoever I can find that needs something that I can give. The thought of helping someone and making a difference to that one person's life means a lot to me. I feel guilty that I haven't been better at it, that I haven't done more in the past. I have everything I need and a lot of things I want, but there are people who don't have the basic necessities: food, shelter, love, clothing.

I want to remedy that feeling of not doing enough to love and serve those around me. I've been thinking of what I can do to really help others, the more I thought the more my ideas evolved. Then I had the idea to start a service club. Very similar to a book club or a sewing club: we'd be spending time with other adults, to get out of the house, have a social life, learning and becoming better at something, while also making friends and doing something productive. The only difference is that we will be combining forces to love and serve those around us.

My thoughts are that we would meet for the first meeting to gather ideas of things we could do locally (or globally) to help those that may need it, and set up a schedule of what we're doing ans when. Then each month or every couple of months we would have a different "project" we'd work on together however often we decide to meet.

The idea is the more the merrier, because the more hands we have working together the more people we can help. So I hope you will join me in my small dream to make the world a better place. Lets help a newborn baby stay warm, with blankets made with love. Lets take a loaf of bread and time to chit chat with a person who may be lonely. Lets do anything we can to serve.

Some ideas I've had are:

• baking loafs of bread and taking them to the elderly at pond of puunaluu
• making and assembling newborn kits. (click here, it's a motivating story)
• making/sewing things that are needed by the church humanitarian services
• serving food at a homeless shelter
• cleaning the house of a sick or tired friend
• volunteer for literacy programs

I know you wonderful women (and men?) out there have many ideas, of projects we can do that will help us serve our brothers and sisters and become more like Christ. I need your help. I need your ideas, your hearts and your hands.

I hope you will come full of ideas and gusto, to the first meeting which will be held:
next Wednesday evening the 25th at 8:30pm at my house (comment with your email address if you don't know where I live).

i know you love these awesome pictures!

It's going to be short and sweet, I promise, we are meeting to get some great ideas and set up a calender.

I am excited to get this rolling and I can't wait to hear your ideas. Let me know if you think you can make it in the comments, and if the timing isn't quite right for you (earlier or later). But keep in mind it should only take about 30-45 minutes to get this things figured out.

I can't wait! I hope I see you there!