Last week during preseason, the returning Gordon volleyball players had the opportunity to practice serving...but not of the volleyball variety. While the new players were involved in Gordon's orientation program, the rest of us headed over to Strike One sports facility to help them with a project.
Our task was to clean out a neglected space behind the turf baseball field. We ripped insulation off the walls and carried old tires out first. The majority of our work consisted of removing the clay and dirt leftover from the old baseball field, before the facility switched to turf. We chipped away at the several inch thick layer of dirt, shoveled it into buckets and carried it out to a pick-up truck. It was hard manual labor but the girls made a huge dent in the project and never complained.
Our verse for the day was Matthew 20:28 - "The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many." It was great to take a step away from the gym and practice serving others in a tangible way.
