Personal Rewards

I was busy last Saturday in my kitchen getting some things done while most of my younger children were playing up in their playroom.  A few of them came down to get some things and I started hearing some giggling.  My eight year old daughter was smiling and walking out of the kitchen backwards with something behind her back.  I asked her what she was doing and she smiled even bigger and said,"nothing", as she continued to walk backwards towards the stairs.  This really peeked my interest because anytime you hear giggling and have a child hide something behind their back with a smile, it makes you wonder what is up.  I insisted that she show me what she was hiding and she pulled out a paper with the MiteE team "You've been served paper".  She told me that they had cleaned the playroom to surprise me and then were going to leave the paper so that I would know that I was served by the MiteE Team.  It was cute.  I am grateful to my MiteE kids who have caught the vision of working together to serve.  This was my personal reward.  Thank-you.

Service is a Cinch

 What keeps us from helping others?  I think that we make it seem too hard.  There is a saying that says "inch by inch life is a cinch, but yard by yard it gets hard" this is true with service.  If we do it little by little service is a cinch.  Maybe someday we can work up to doing a whole yard of it and when you get to that point I would love if you would come and do my yard, you know my actual yard because that is hard.   Anyway, keep up the good work and doing little bits of service in your life.  If you want to change the world change yourself by being more aware of those around you and serving them even by just giving an inch.

Service Cake

Today I was inspired by my sister in law Laura.  She is a wonderful example of those talented people who make time to serve others even though their lives are busy.  She has a severly autistic daughter who demands a lot of her time and all of us would give her the get out of giving free card because she already has enough service to give to her own family.  This doesn't stop her though from doing what she can for others.  She is very artistic and loves to create things.  My favorite cards our homemade ones that she has designed herself.  She is also very good at making wedding cakes.  You name it she can create it.  To earn a little extra, she makes cakes for close family and friends.   She posted a picture recently to our MiteE Team web site and I thought "beautiful another cake from Laura".  and then I read her comment about the cake and almost cried.  This wasn't just another one of her cakes this was her service cake.  A girl in her neighborhood had wanted to learn how to make wedding cakes so Laura taught her on a cake that she was giving to another girl in the neighborhood who was getting married and couldn't afford to buy a cake.  That was a double service cake.  She shared her talent and her cake.  Thank-you Laura for sharing your talents and your story you made my day.