This was the 5th year for our packing party and as we debriefed the event we talked about how each year brings new challenges. We can make notes about ways to improve for next year and then when next year comes we find out things have changed--different boxes, different items, different volunteers.
So we sat and casually planned a date for next year's party--tentatively October 4, 2014. We added up the total of boxes packed over the past five years (77,989) and realized that if we pack just 22,011 more we will go over 100,000.
Yet at this point our storage container is nearly empty. There are some leftover cartons of paddleball games and a few cases of pencils. Oh, and there are 39 cases of donated paper.
Still, the thought of collecting enough items for 22,011 boxes sounds a bit daunting. As we looked back over the last five years tonight we saw the changes and the challenges but we focused on the one thing we KNOW.
The only thing we know is that our omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent God NEVER changes. He is always good, always faithful, always enough.
He has the next 22,011 boxes already packed. He knows how.
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