Merry Christmas!

This year, our family delivered Mobile Meals for Christmas.  We normally deliver every other Friday for lunch, but we excited to be able to do it on Christmas day.  Our local news followed us, and they did a wonderful piece on the evening news, showing our oldest daughter playing her flute.  I am going to try to get the news piece on the blog soon, but until then, below is the article they had on their website, the link would not work.   We were able to do our normal route, and it was wonderful to see our older friends on this holiday!  We made little foam crafts for them, and we had the oldest play Silent Night on her flute and the second born play Jingle Bells on her violin.  People also donated small gifts, so every man and woman received a gift bag along with their meal.  Our family has been blessed by serving at Mobile Meals, and it works great as a ministry project for homeschooling families.

130 volunteers delivered meals and presents to senior citizens in Knoxville through the Mobile Meals program
Sean Dreher Updated: 12/25/2009, www.wbir.com
Part of the Christmas holiday is about spending time with people you love. But hundreds of senior citizens in Knoxville have little or no family to spend the day with. That’s where volunteers with the Mobile Meals program come in.

Ada Greene and her brother are among the 474 seniors visited by volunteers on Christmas day.

“There aren’t too many people who think about the elders. God has been great,” she said after Dan Wilson and his family delivered food and presents and performed an impromptu recital on her front porch.

His family has been volunteering with Mobile Meals since August.

“Sometimes life has passed them by and they’re not able to take care of themselves and they don’t have the family or support system to meet their needs,” Wilson said.

Mobile meals started in 1971. They deliver nearly 850 meals every week. Friday morning 130 volunteers sorted meals, prepared gifts, and delivered a merry Christmas.

“We had an abundance of volunteers, it was great. A lot of families with young children and college age students, so it’s quite a range,” organizer Paige Buchholz said.

Seeing children taking part means more to Greene than words can describe.

“That brings a smile to your face you wouldn’t believe. Them kids, you wouldn’t believe,” she said.

“That’s the meaning of Christmas, to share the love of Christ. He came to us to save us from our sin, and we get to share ourselves, as flawed as we are, with other people,” Wilson said.

Merry CHRISTmas, 2009!