Simon has been leading the Extreme Team since Second Saturdays started back in 2009 at Cornerstone. I was a year into being on the Mission board and the concept was to send teams out into the community to volunteer for a few hours on a Saturday. Even though Simon no longer attends there, he has always kept the Extreme Team going. He always has project and sends out Facebook invites to get some of us to help. I love his heart for the local community. Tonight he had a gathering for those of us that have helped out over the past year. But we pulled a surprise on him and honored him for his leadership to the Extreme Team. He was humbled of course. It was a fun night of food and fellowship and I look forward to many more opportunities to serve in 2013.
Posts Tagged ‘serving’
Extreme Team Party
Posted in Local Missions, Second Saturday, tagged Community, Cornerstone Chandler, Extreme Team, Local Missions, Pizza, Second Saturday, serving, Simon Cheng on November 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The Vet
Posted in God Story, Local Missions, Second Saturday, tagged Extreme Team, Healing, Jeremiah 33:6, serving, Veteran on August 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »
A bunch of us have been helping out a veteran who had a pacemaker put in and has just been put on dialysis. Our friend John Maxwell lives in a pretty run down house in Chandler that needs a lot of work. Some of us went in a month ago and cleaned up his yard so he could avoid city fees. After he was put on dialysis, we found out that he was sleeping on a pretty crappy bed. So my friend Simon organized an online donation link for many of us to donate to get him a bed. The money came in within hours and by the end of the week, John had a new bed to lay in as he received his treatments. Today a bunch of us spent time doing electrical work and patching up holes in his house. Afterwards, he took us all to lunch at Rosati’s.
As awesome as all of this is, the cool part of the story is John’s son. He has been taking care of his dad and we found out he is a practicing Buddhist priest. Through all this serving, we have made a connection with. He has been allowing us to pray for him and his dad and really enjoys being around all of us. My prayer is that we can be a shining light to him and that he sees Jesus in all of us.
Feed my Starving Children
Posted in Mission Young Adults, Orphans, tagged Feed my starving children, FMSC, hand-pack meals, hungry, Matthew 25:35, MYA, Orphans, Proverbs 22:9, serving, starvation on April 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat.
Matthew 25:35