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November 2009
"I don't think I really knew what pure religion meant until..."
“I don’t think I really knew what pure religion meant until our Both Hands work day. It was a crisp October morning, and we had been praying that it wouldn’t rain. The fact that it didn’t seemed almost like a miracle. All day I watched as people we love and people we’d only just met poured their hearts and energy into Mrs. Lee’s house. Before the morning was even half over a group of about 20 junior high students and their leaders had managed to paint an entire house, doors were stained, baseboard was drying on the lawn and our foreman was under a sink trying to fix a leaky faucet. By afternoon another set of 20 junior high students had added a second coat of paint to the entire house.” read more >>