Koinonia Christian Campus Fellowship – UC Berkeley Club

Just wanted to show real quick the prep that we did for VDOC. The frosh and senior girls decorated cards with verses on them that we were going to give as gifts to the elderly residents. Hannah busted out her big craft bin and we got to decorate the cards with our own artistic sense! Some looked really professional!

Intense…We take this stuff seriously, ya know?

The final products! Not bad, eh??

Posing with our creations…

Don’t get me wrong, the guys helped the next day with our frames and ribbon-tying as well so they also got to partake in the joys of prep. But alas, we don’t have pictures of that night. You just have to take my word for it.

By the way, here is a sharing from one of our juniors, Lindsey, about her experience from that day:

During this year’s Valentine’s Day of Compassion, I was able to more concretely see how people really do need God’s love. I talked to one elderly woman, Janet, who shared with me parts of her life story, and I could tell that she was so bitter, hurt, and unhappy with where she ended up. She kept emphasizing to me that the facility they lived in was for people with problems, but I told her that it didn’t matter, because God loved all of us the same. I told Janet about how God can use all people for his purposes and plans and that he created everyone a certain way so that we can testify to his love for us. Janet started lamenting about how she didn’t feel that she had a purpose for her life because she was constantly in pain, laying in bed, or tired so she really didn’t see what she could do. This really made me heartbroken and so much more aware that she really needed to be loved. I told her that maybe God had a higher purpose for her, which is why she’s still here on this Earth. Even though I was going to school and it seemed as if my future was bright since I was still young, I still had one fundamental purpose for my life: To love others, the people in my life, people like Janet. It didn’t matter how old we were, how physically able we were, everyone’s purpose is still the same. After I told Janet this, her face got so much brighter, and she looked so much more alive. I told her that she had so many people around her in this home, and that she could start by loving them. She seemed so encouraged by my words and agreed with me, that her purpose for her life was to love others around her, and that she could start with her roommates. After this long exchange with Janet, I was just so amazed at how I was able to connect with Janet and use God’s word to speak truth to her. I was also amazed at how God’s love can transform people into more loving individuals, who have true purpose for their lives. From this experience, I was able to feel God’s love channeling through me to other people. I was also able to receive clarity about how it’s so true that we were created for something higher than just satisfying our inward desires and attending to only ourselves, because after I was able to impact Janet’s life, I felt joy like I’ve never felt before. I was very glad that I was able to concretely see God’s love for people, and that I had spent my Valentine’s Day sharing the gospel to people who are in need of God’s love.

PTL! Leave a comment with your own thoughts about what you learned/felt through this experience!