got a little excited with the charcoal...
Charcoal is a precious fuel in this community. It's much better than normal firewood so it's only used by those that can afford it. So we thought it would be a good idea to give some away. The place where we bought the charcoal from was really excited because it's not everyday that some one buys 1500 lbs of it. So before service as the people were arriving at church we started separating it into small bags. I was so encouraged by all that helped. They were in their Sunday clothes messing with charcoal. Then we divided into four groups and went in four directions just giving away charcoal. One cool story was a house that a group went to. A young girl was splitting wood with an ax to be able to make a fire to cook lunch. We arrived just in time and the girl got excited that she didn't have to split anymore wood. The father came out and hugged the man that brought the charcoal and asked them what church it was that was doing this. We had a full house and everyone helped distribute the charcoal. Over 150 volunteers. At Wednesday night service there were about 20 people that came to church because of the charcoal drive.
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