GTS Youth Club

This past Sunday we had a great visit from Angelo and some of the boys from his GTS Youth Club. 

And they got the job done!

It was fun for them and us. Many of these boys never get out of the city--it was a perfect evening with a perfect blue sky--I'm so glad they were able to experience it. One of the boys asked if he could just get a tent and camp out! 

Those of us fortunate to live in or close to the wide open space sometimes take it for granted.
The peacefulness.
The smell of the air.
The stillness.

Angelo and the boys are going to be regulars out at the garden. They are coming out this Saturday to work and then have a BBQ at our house. If you want to come be a part, let us know! 

To learn more about Angelo and the youth club and how you can help with his mission, visit his website at www.gtsyouthclub.org  What an amazing job he does with these young men. The love between all of them is clear.

We are so blessed to have met Angelo and are excited about our partnership with his program.

Lil' Bub taking a break.  

Mr. Angelo!

The Little Things

Life is about the little things.

Little things add up to make a big impact. 

Working in this garden has reinforced my belief that,

although God works in mysterious ways, 

most often He works in little ways.

When I think of all the little ways our Father has nurtured this project,

I am reminded of the beautiful passage in Matthew chapter 6. 

"Therefore I tell you,

do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink;

or about your body, what you will wear.

Is not life more important than food,

and the body more important than clothes?

 Look at the birds of the air;

they do not sow or reap or store away in barns,

and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Are you not much more valuable than they?

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

"And why do you worry about clothes?

 See how the lilies of the field grow?

They do not labor or spin.

Yet I tell you that

not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field,

which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire,

will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?'

or 'What shall we drink?'

or 'What shall we wear?'

For the pagans run after all these things,

and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,

and all these things will be given to you as well.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

Each day has enough trouble of its own."

A wheelbarrow.

Bales of straw.

Garden hoes.

A van ride. 

Tillers.

So many little things.

 We continue to praise God for His quiet work in this little patch of ground.