Hello, friends! It's been quite the week. After returning from Campus Leadership Training over the weekend, I had Monday to recover and then jumped into work feet-first on Tuesday. I didn't notice until Tuesday morning that I'd scheduled meetings/activities for 9, 12, 3:30, 4:45, and 6:30. Sheesh! Wednesday I had 4 meetings/activities, and today was (thankfully) slower. It was good to stay in for awhile!
However, I did do something today that I'd like to share with you. As most of you probably recall, last semester I spent a lot of time volunteering at Second Harvest Food Bank. Second Harvest in Tallahassee has a giant warehouse. Last semester, the entire warehouse was always filled up with food donations. They never lacked for jobs to give their volunteers; they always needed people to sort food or fill backpacks. The sheer amount of food they were able to give away was incredible. I'd never seen the like of it.
Unfortunately, Second Harvest has been experiencing trouble lately. I don't know exactly what happened, but I heard something about a pest infestation and a big problem with mold. When I went to volunteer today (per my friend Rina's suggestion), my first impression of the warehouse was that it was like a ghost town. It was dark and eerily quiet. The dozens of shelves reaching up to the ceiling were... empty.
My job today was to throw away expired/ruined food donations. I only did it for an hour, and I was able to share the task with someone, but it still made my heart heavy. Second Harvest does so much good, and it hurts to see it struggling the way it is at the moment.
Our final AND statement of Lent was this: least AND greatest. Jesus became the least, and through this, he showed that he was the greatest. He told us to do the same: "Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all" (Mark 10:43-44). Our least-ness is our greatness. I was reminded of that today as I was volunteering to do the thankless tasks Second Harvest needed done. No matter what we are asked to do, if it can be beneficial, we should do it. I think this is the essence of volunteering and service. It's never about us. It's always about what is needed for others.
That's all for today. This is Iowa Girl Meets World, signing off.
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