Volunteer Insights

Volunteer Insights

By Laura-Jean Watson

I love hearing what volunteers have to say after serving with ReachGlobal Crisis Response.  I heard the following in New Jersey.  One volunteer shared, “People pray, ‘Please help me!’  How humbling it is to know we are the answer to someone’s prayer.”

Another volunteer shared how God uses people working in teams.  He sends just the right person on a team to connect with the homeowner perfectly.  It is great to see a homeowner go from overwhelmed to energized. It is even more exciting to see a homeowner find forgiveness and new life in Christ. He also uses teams so they will encourage each other and be able to accomplish more.

Another volunteer prayed, “I expected to change some lives, to make a difference, and You surprised me again, and You changed me.  It was me You were working on- again. … You remind me in Your Word how it’s like a letter You’re writing, and it’s not with ink, but it’s with the Spirit on our hearts.  Thank you that this letter and story is not done.  Thank you for those who are going to come behind us and finish the work You’ve begun.  Thank you that you are faithful to complete the work that You’ve begun.  You amaze us Lord, again and again, how You are working and how mighty You are to save. … Thank you for this local body. … Continue to bless it and increase it and allow them to prosper and be in health and grow and minister Your love.”

Maybe you are the one God is sending to complete the next phase of the work.  Maybe you are the one who will connect to the homeowner and help change their life.  Come and see how God is at work.