From Life Group Leaders Jeff & Christy Wing

On  Good Friday, some members from our Life Group served at the Durham Rescue  Mission’s Easter Dinner Event.  We helped other volunteers to bag over  750 bags of groceries to donate.  It was wonderful to see everyone  pitching in wherever needed.  It was especially inspiring to see all  the children helping out.  We arrived at 9am.  As soon as we  received our assignment, Reese Wing and Ethan Miles (9 years old) announced  they were going to haul and count bags.  I ended up in the back room  filling grocery bags and didn't see them for the next 2 hours.  At one  point I asked my 6 year old daughter to hold a bag for me and she said, "I'm  sorry Mommy, I'm in the middle of a job over here that I have to complete."   It was really wonderful to see them taking their role seriously,  jumping in and doing whatever they could to do their part.  Little did  I know what would come next...

As we  finshed bagging and walked outside to find Ethan and Reese and the 750  completed grocery bags, we found Ethan in front of the News 14 camera being  interviewed by the news anchor!  What poise he had!  No adults  around forcing him to be cute and in control.  We then heard that she  had interviewed Reese.  That's when as a parent your excitement turns  to a little bit of fear - what does your 9 year old boy say on camera?!   And I wasn't even there to comb his hair!  On the way home we  asked Reese what he said - of course, he couldn't remember - yikes!   Jeff led into the fatherly lecture.... "I should have prepared you  better - whenever you are in these situations, son it's always best to let  Jesus shine.  We want to show the public why we do what we do.  We  want to remind everyone that Easter is about Jesus, not the Easter Bunny.   We want to show that coming together and serving together is a great  way to show God's love.  I'm sorry that I didn't better prepare you  before you were interviewed.  But now you will know for next  time."

Later  that night, we sat in front of the tv waiting with anticipation (and a  little fear) to see what Reese said in front of the camera - with out any  prompting or notice or advance warning.... God is Good..... even in when it  comes to parenting.... There is text but make sure you click on play and see  the video of the actual news video clip & interview.  

http://news14.com/content/local_news/triangle/594099/rescue-mission-holds-easter-dinner/Default.aspx  

It was a great day for everyone.  See you on Easter.  

He is  RISEN indeed!

Christy & Jeff Wing