So, this is so sweet…
One of the blessings that came out of this school year was that school breakfasts and lunches were free for all students. Towards the end of the school year, a classmate of Xander’s starting putting the unwanted food from her lunch on his desk. He thought to himself, “I’m not going to eat this. I should save it and give it to people who need it.” So, he decided to collect unwanted food from school lunches in his classroom and give it to the Nolensville Food Pantry. Then, he asked Roman to collect food in his classroom as well. (Roman even tapped a point person in each class in the 3rd grade to help out with their collection efforts.)
At the end of the school year, the boys bagged it all up…chips, fruit cups, fruit snacks, animal crackers, and juice boxes. We swung by the Nolensville Food Pantry this morning to deliver everything. When Debbie Noland, the director of the pantry, saw what the boys had brought, she said, “The Lord works in mysterious ways”. I said, “Why do you say that?” She said, “I was just telling someone earlier today, as we were packing fuel bags for summer school, that we really needed individual bags of chips”. Individual bags of chips are what made up the most of what the boys collected. When Xander got in the car, he said, “Mom, that felt good”. I totally started tearing up, and the boys were like, “Mooooooom!!!” Thank you, God, and thank you, Holy Spirit, for moving on our hearts and for showing up in our lives and in the lives of others.
