I had a great
opportunity a couple of weeks ago to help start something with a friend of
mine. Here in Harpenden the council do tree planting and clearing of the large
common area with volunteers once a month. We thought that this would be a great
way to be able to help serve the local Harpenden community, and to get to know
a few more people here in Harpenden. This is something that we will now be
doing each month, along with the trainees.
It was really good
fun, to be able to work alongside the council and a group of other people from
the local area who are all retired. To hear stories and get to talk about who
we are as YWAM and what we do. We got to clear an area of trees and undergrowth
to re-open an area that has slowly
been lost over the last twenty years or so. It was a really beautiful day to be
able to do it, and the guys we were working with were a lot of fun. I
especially enjoyed doing this as it is something I used to do a lot of, and I
really enjoy being outside.
I am really looking
forward to seeing how this connection grows and what other doors God opens in
Harpenden. We are certainly looking at how we can be more intentional as a
campus in serving and blessing Harpenden as well as sending teams out from
here.
