This is a fun time of the month for me, another time to write and express to whomever may come across this to share how fortunate I am to be in the position that I currently am in.
First I’d love to write about the serving that I have been able to do, and I don’t mean that in any type of arrogant way, but this program sets you up with all types of ways to serve, and I’d love to share how I’ve been so fortunate to serve the Lord. In the church, you can often find me carrying offering baskets and shuffling the congregation through the communion line. I really wish I could sit here and type something like:
“I’m able to use my God-gifted talents of playing the guitar and voice of an angel to sing worship music every Sunday.”
However, the good Lord had other plans for me and I won’t be coming anywhere close to a microphone unless it’s on my podcast (shameless plug to the Father-Son Podcast found anywhere you podcast) or calling a game. Another cool opportunity that I have written on in this blog series before is tutoring at Neighbor to Neighbor. If there was one thing that may be the most eye opening and fulfilling to me in this program, it is getting to hang out with my favorite elementary school student Jordynn. Jordynn has my heart. Truthfully. And it is a pleasure to teach her math, play games, and hear about her life. If you’re reading this right now I would ask that you take one moment and rejoice her name to the Lord. Thank him for picking me to mentor her and pray for her. Pray for her family. Pray for her wisdom. Praise be to God.
Next, I’d love to touch on how the Raleigh Fellows serve one another. Now my idea of serving in this aspect is going to look a lot different than the two that I just mentioned, but this is just as important to me. Cousin Kris (Kris), KayKay (Kayley), Melon (Mary Ellen), Dunkie (Lauren), Gasssie (Kassie), Haydude (Hayden), Jacor (Jacob), Tuffy (Austin), Lucious (Luke), B (Brendan), and Goomba (Dylan) all have been hand picked by God to be in my life at this very moment and I never knew how much I would have needed it. I can be my true self around these people and they love me for who I am. To me, that is the definition of serving one another. Laughter is very important. And this group does this so well. One instance that I would love to share with you is from camp Oak Hill where we had a retreat with many other fellows groups from all over the region (The Raleigh Fellows is far superior by the way, shoutout AshButt.) On Saturday night, we had a talent show. So each fellows class was sitting with their respective group and supported those who went up on the stage and performed. So just to set the stage all 13 of us were sitting down and someone just performed a banger of a talent, and the crowd goes wild. Tuffy (Austin) was sitting in front of me on the end of the row and Goomba (Dylan) was to my left. Tuffy stands up to give an over the top applause for person on the stage, and right as he stood up, I attempted to take his shirt off. And from there I have never heard someone laugh as hard and as loud as Goomba did. Long story short, Tuffy eventually allowed it to happen and just let the moment sink in, and from here on out that may just be our thing.
This silly story is only a small example of how important these people are to me. And you may think “Noah this is so far from serving one another it’s not even funny.” However, this hits right at home for me. Because I see and hear about people all the time who struggle that don’t have people like this to serve them in this type of way. And I wish for everyone to have a sense of family and community like I do. If that doesn’t show the loving and caring heart that our Lord and Savior has for us, then I don’t know what does. What a gift it is to be able to laugh and serve one another through love and comfortability.
❤️🤟🏼 ŃØÄH