Making A Difference Through Diapers

I'm so very excited about this weekend.  I just can't wait to be a part of what I'm going to be a part of.  The impact of this weekend on the community in which I live is going to be enormous.  For once, I'm actually excited for the week to end as quickly as possible.

I've been praying for a few months now that God would help me find a way to give back to the community I live in beyond teaching Sunday school in Adventureland at church.  I love teaching Sunday school and would gladly do it every single weekend if possible.  Those kids in my class make my entire week and bring me so much joy.  I just wanted to do more.

This is where a friend from church and her new job came in.

I mentioned the Women's Choice Center last week after our visit there and I mentioned the diaper drive.  I'm not going to repeat that post again.  Today however, I got to see the other side of the diaper drive in a way.

Today I went out to the Women's Choice Center (WCC for short) to drop off some clothes and baby food. I was excited to go because last weekend, a diaper drive was done at another church here in the QCA.  I wanted to see where the bar is set for Adventure this weekend and I wanted to see what God was doing in this community.  There were so many diapers...it was amazing to me.  This diaper drive brought in 57 packs of diapers.

While that might not seem like a lot, imagine the impact that will have.  57 moms won't have to worry about diapering a child.  It's so cool.

I think it's important that our children see us making a difference in our community.  I think that it's important for them to want to make a difference in their world and they learn that from us.  2.0 went out to the WCC with me today and I showed him the diapers.  He doesn't understand yet, but someday he will.

When I think about it, without the help and love of my family, I could be one of those women who needs help buying diapers.  It could so easily be any of us.  I think about that, about what toll that takes on a woman when she can't provide something so simple for her child, and it weighs on my heart.  Imagine being one of the volunteers who has to tell a desperate mom that there are no diapers to be had because there weren't enough donations.  That's just something I can't accept.

The Bible says that what we do to the least of us we do unto God.  Every tiny life is so precious.  One pack of diapers makes so much of a difference.  I don't know about you, but I want my son to see that.