Defining Ministry

This last week we had Sweets and Treats at our church. 400 kids dressed up in all different costumes from Thomas the Train to Princesses to scary monsters. 400 mom's, dad's, aunt's, uncle's, and other family took them around the inside of our building. Each kid probably got about 50-100 pieces of candy...minimum. Fun stuff.

We were able to man one of the stations that passed out candies with our home group. We all worked together earlier in the week to put up decoration in our designated hallway and then dressed up all as surfers as we had the "Surfin Safari" hallway. A couple in our home group decided to go against grain and where something completely different.

As the event started I had about 2-3 people ask, "have you seen them yet?" I'm thinking nothing of it. They always have great costumes so I'm sure it's gonna be good. 5 or 10 minutes later they both walked in the room. Dressed as Charissa, Noelle and Myself!

It was amazing. Almost perfect with their cut out faces of the three of us. The guy, he had his foot all wrapped up like I did a few months ago and was wearing my baseball hat that I let him borrow a while back! The girl, she was "pregnant" and had the same shirt that Charissa had and along with that, she was carrying a baby doll with Noelle's face on it as well. Classic.

It was wonderful. It put me in tears it was so funny. After that night I had a revelation.

That was ministry defined in front of our eyes. Walking, caring for, loving on, listening to, and encouraging over this last year with this couple had brought us to such a sweet place. I won't forget that moment. One that will go down as a defining mark in my life.