this past semester our small group has been going through the hole in our gospel. i really think this book has changed my life... if you have never read it, you need to... probably right away! :)
anyway our small group is trying to find practical ways to "fill" this "hole", to tangibly show God's love toward others. we have connected with reston interfaith for opportunities to do this in our community. tonight our small group put together 60 hefty lunches for people that stay in the shelter in reston.
as a small group we have also decided to support claudia through KIVA a non-profit organization that helps set up micro-loans. claudia lives in honduras and is working to run a store out of her home. i am excited to see how and when her loan will be completed and who we can begin helping next!!
i don't share this to give us a pat on the back. i really enjoyed going through the book with our group, it is special to come together with these friends and find ways to serve and live out our faith, instead of just talking about it... of course it is not perfect, and there is so much more to learn...but we are taking the first steps.
tonight i was also hoping hear about a travel update from grace and peter ... and it made me chuckle when grace said she was hoping we would have some good news tonight as well.... nope. nothing from korea and nothing from ethiopia.
we met the choi's the night we found out we were accepted into the ethiopia program.. they were such a blessing to us that evening. we love them and hope they will be able to go get their son very soon!!
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