Midsummer...Where has the Time Gone?!

Sooo....a big heap of apologies are being sent to y'all right now as I fell short of keeping up with this blog every single week. Honestly, my mind is blown that it has been a month since the first week of volunteers--I have no idea where that time went. I really enjoyed getting to Skype with some of y'all--so good to see fresh and familiar faces! In the past month, or since my last post, we've had four weeks of church groups and volunteers coming in to serve and it truly is a miracle where all of our homes stand currently in the repairing process. I will be uploading a huge link of pictures once my Volunteer Coordinator finishes labeling and sorting them (we have thousands).

God has truly been working here in Fayette County. Our families amaze me more and more everyday, with the love and appreciation they show toward our volunteers, and how much they have welcomed me and my staff into their families. For people who have so very little in terms of living conditions, I see more and more everyday what keeps them going...their love for God and for family. People here have a genuine desire to truly love and help out their neighbors, even if that means they literally give all that they have. I see very easily that this is how God wants us to live. He wants us to give until we have no more, because He is constantly filling us as long as we are letting Him. There has been an analogy of a cup that I think is very applicable to my time here in West Virginia this summer and I want to share it with y'all.

Think of your life as a cup and saucer. For some, our cups are full to the very top and not spilling over. For others, there is hardly a drop inside. So where do you see your life? Some may think the first option is the best, but in reality, neither is a healthy point to be at. For our lives, we must not be just simply full, but overflowing. Overflowing all the time...because once we stop spilling over and no longer have any source of renewal, then we will quickly fade to a droplet of that love, hope, grace, mercy and compassion. So spill out your life into others but do not forget to let others pour into you.

With that, I am off to another busy night of meeting with adult leaders, going over all of our projects and creating our hardware list for tomorrow's day. I think of y'all often and pray for y'all just as much.

Love and Peace,
Katie