07 Feb Encounter in a Warehouse

Earlier this month, I was among 15-20 people working in a warehouse in Garret, Ind., to pack a container of materials for Sierra Leone.

As two of us hauled hauling trash to a dumpster on the opposite end of the warehouse, a worker stopped us.

“What is everyone doing there?” he wanted to know.

I told him we were shipping medical supplies to Sierra Leone, and that two teams of people would be going.

“Are they getting paid to do this?” he asked.

“No, they are donating their time, and paying the cost of their own trips. Many are using vacation time.”

This man was overwhelmed that people–right there in his neighborhood–would do this.

“What’s the particular reason you’re going?” he asked.

I said because we love the Lord and want to be his servants to other people.

He was blown out of the water. He had heard about this kind of thing, but had never known anybody in his area who did anything like this.