Barbara was approached by the Relief Society of our home ward about doing a service project for the Ward we serve in. The Bishops in the wards of the Riverside Stake each year are in need of school supplies. We found out that there was already planning going on for the Inner-City missionaries to help provide these needed supplies. So we arranged for the 3rd Ward to take charge of this service project and they provided 50 back packs full of school supplies.
The RS organized the project and the ward members donated the supplies and back packs. The YW assembled the back packs and also personally delivered 26 of them to the youth of the Meadow Ward in which we service. The other back packs were given to the other Bishops to give to those in need in each of their wards. We were deeply touched by the generosity of the ward members. The YW had a wonderful and humbling experience delivering them to the youth in the ward. They expressed appreciation for the experience as well as an awareness of their temporal and spiritual blessings.
This was such a great success that the Ward has expressed they want to continue to help in what ever way they can.
Barbara and I received, the following Sunday, expressions of appreciation from some of the parents of the youth who received a back pack. It is experiences like this that make serving in the Inner-City Mission such a blessing.
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