How we got started

It was May 8, 2010 and our Sunday School Enrichment class, Strong Families, put together an outreach event.  The goal behind our class, led by Dr. John Trent, is to "do life together" - by doing Faith@Home and serving together as a family.  This particular event was in conjunction with the Phoenix Rescue Center.
We had 4 stations set up around our church gymnastium.  The stations included:

1. Making signs to post in the cafeteria of the Phoenix Rescue Center
2. Making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for one of their meals
3. Praying in the prayer garden:  *for the Phoenix Rescue Center, *for those who work there, *for those who go there for a meal and some help
4. Filling tennis ball containers with hygiene products, a snack, and a note (handwritten by our children) telling them how much God loves them

The entire event was a great experience, but the tennis ball container station was impactful on our family.