Pride and the Weather...

Early this morning I realized that I had no plans of doing any service, whatsoever. So I decided to call up the church that I have attended (Faith EV Free) and see if they have anything for us to do. As it so happens, they did. Pulling weeds.

First of all, pulling weeds is no fun. "My fingers hurt. Well your back is about to hurt, cuz you just pulled landscaping duty." There is a whole new meaning to that line. But what I did think was cool so far, has been the weather. The entire time we were in western Kansas painting, it never rained. We were never delayed, or stalled because of the weather. But as soon as we head to Manhattan and we are to pull weeds, it rains the night before. The ground was PERFECT for pulling weeds. Everything came up without much hassle. I'll let you judge whether is was a coincidence or a blessing.

The other thing that hit me when I was pulling weeds was my own pride. I found out just how ridiculously proud I can be. The pastors at Faith were both so grateful, so I had delusions of grandeur that they would use me in a sermon somehow and I would inspire millions of people to change their lives. I kept playing these scenes out in my head where people started to hear about what I was doing (kind of like Pay it Forward) and then I became famous and wrote a book and never had to work another day in my life. Then I would snap to because my back would start hurting. I hate pride. I have literally had to smack myself in the face twice because I keep playing these ridiculous scenes out in my head. I need to keep remembering why I'm doing this trip. And none of the reasons have anything to do with getting my own name out.

If anyone reading this could do me a favor, I would appreciate it. Post or comment on my facebook things that you have always wanted to do for other random people. Small acts of service that you have always wanted to do, or wish were done for you. I want this trip to stay service oriented. They can be the smallest things, or the biggest things. I'm looking for brainstorming ideas basically. Thanks.

Hello Kansas City. Kansas City here I come....