Meals on Wheels / Foot San Diego

We spent the yesterday working with Meals on Wheels. It is a great program that contributes to the overall well-being of seniors by providing regular nutrition and daily contact with a caring volunteers.

You can watch their video here.

Thoughts on New Orleans

Being able to return to New Orleans for the second time and play a small part in the rebuidling phase was a great experience. I left New Orleans with the utmost respect and admiration for the full time volunteers working with AmeriCorps and Catholic Charities. It was inspiring working with them all week. They work extremely hard day in and day out without much in return.

One of the reasons we started this organization was to inspire others to take part in service. I left New Orleans feeling more inspired than ever because of the volunteers we met. I cannot say enough about their dedication. You guys are awesome! Keep up the great work.

Leaving New Orleans was a bittersweet feeling. Our mission on this initial trip is to visit 5 cities and participate in a wide variety of service projects. With that being said, we knew it was time to move on to the next stop, but it is hard to leave a place like New Orleans because you see a NEED. There are still people that are unable to return to their homes 4 years after Katrina. It’s tough to fathom something like that when you are not exposed to it on a day to day basis. It would have been great to help out longer, but this will definitely not be The Call to Serve’s last stop to New Orleans. Now onto the next stop….

Day 2 Nawlins

Here are some pics and a video from Day 2:

Afternoon Update from Nawlins

Driving to Missouri

We added another service project to our itinerary. Rocky Vine camp located in Dutzow, Missouri. Set near the Missouri River, RockyVine’s adventure is off the charts. They need help getting ready for campers to start coming in so The Call to Serve team is headed to help. As I type this, it’s 12:34am in the morning. We will be driving throughout the night and arriving at Rocky Vine around 8am. Check out our video from the road by clicking read more. We’ll be posting another soon.

We Are Prophets of a Future Not Our Own

Before Adam and I left to embark on The Call to Serve’s first mission trip, my mom and I were talking about the Archbishop Oscar Romero.  We talked about the way he put total trust in the Lord and the impact he had in Central America, and on a larger scale the entire Catholic Church community.  We were able to relate much of what Archbishop Romero believed about our role as Christians to The Call to Serve.  We realize that God has a plan for The Call to Serve and that he is the master builder, we are his workers…    

 

We Are Prophets of a Future Not Our Own

 

It helps, now and then, to step

back and take the long view.

The Kingdom is not only

beyond our efforts,

it is beyond our vision.

 

We accomplish in our lifetime

only a tiny fraction

of the magnificent enterprise

that is God’s work.

 

We plant seeds that

one day will grow.

planted, knowing that

they hold future promise.

 

We cannot do everything

and there is a sense of liberation

in realizing that.

This enables us to do something,

and to do it very well.

It may be incomplete, but it is a

beginning, a step along the way,

an opportunity for God’s grace

to enter and do the rest.

 

We may never see the end results,

but that is the difference between

the master builder and the worker.

We are workers, not master

builders, ministers, not messiahs.

We are prophets of a future not our own.

 

-Attributed to Archbishop Oscar Romero