volunteer day

We slept later this morning but got up and went to LaFeria to help with the Prison Fellowship gift distribution to the children of incarcerated parents. It was held at the Methodist church and quite a few people attended. The gifts were organized by families. Before the informal worship service, I helped put cookies out for the children to decorate. There were sugar cookies in Christmas shapes and icing, sprinkles, kisses, and M&Ms to use for decoration. The kids loved it. Evelyn helped with some crafts they could make for Christmas. The gifts had been wrapped last night and were distributed after the service. We drove to the Shriner’s hall to get some more battles of barbecue sauce, but no one was there. We went to Joe and Bonny’s to borrow an extended pole for fruit picking and went to one of the units in the park and picked some grapefruit to take to Mexico next Tuesday. The people in Mexico love citrus but can’t get it for some reason. We came back home, delivered the fruit to the collection point, got some of Evelyn’s shoes, took them to have rubber attached to the soles, drove to Big Lots looking for some soft gingerbread cookies. We found none but found a few other things and left to serve in the Feast of Sharing. This is sponsored by HEB, the local grocery chain, and is held each year. This is the 4th year we have volunteered. It gets bigger and better organized each year. This time in addition to the band outdoors, there were many rides for kids including the jumping cage, a miniature Ferris wheel, a climbing wall and other rides. We stayed until 2:30 then left because there didn’t seem to be a need for us to stay. We came home and watched some of the Purdue/Davidson basketball game. We decided to take a ride around the park and get the mail. It was a pleasant evening but a bit humid. Anything beats what it thumping the Midwest and Northeast. We came home and I washed the car while Evelyn cleaned the inside and watered the garden. I think I forgot to mention that the neighbors caught the rat that has been eating our plants. They had bought a large rat trap and successfully killed the thing. I have finished the service for tomorrow but am concerned about how it will be received. The Lord will have to bless it or it will flop.