Humanitarian work

Here in Florida the Elder Missionaries have a set routine. They go to work every day. The Sister missionaries on the other hand have several things they can choose to do. We are asked to do community service. We choose to do things that we can work on at the ranch and then deliver.
The ranch is so large it is actually in 3 counties. It's biggest part is in Osceola County. We located a volunteer Center which is called Osceola County Council on Aging Volunteer Center. This center works with the county, but is an independent organization. More than 1600 volunteers spend time to organize Meals on Wheels, handle the Womens and Childrens Abuse center, handle the "Food Bank", help @ Hospitals with the newborns, care centers for the elderly and many more needs. It takes in every kind of need in a community there is. This was the perfect fit for us Sister Missionaries. So we set up a time to meet with them, took a tour, then asked what we could do.
So here are the needs so far: We sew cloth dolls and doll dresses(1) and we sew Nerf like balls and stuff them with plastic grocery bags for the abused center for children(2). One sister is now teaching us to make simple toddler dresses for needy children. We color "ABC books" (3)that teach underpriviledged children colors and the alphabet before they begin school. These books take about 13 hours of labor to complete just one. They go to places like Headstart programs. We crochet hats and booties(4), burp clothes(5), and receiving blankets(6) for the Newborns @ the Unwed mother center. Yes, I have learned to crochet and it wasn't easy. I had not crocheted since Young Womens but it came back pretty fast. I have just learned to do head bands with a flower(7) for newborn girls and they are pretty fun. We sew together quiet books(8) they use in Free Clinics for the children to play with. Of course, we make tons of lap blankets, fleece blankets(9), and tied quilts(10). These are used in care centers for the Elderly, on buses when they drive patients to appointments, and at the Abuse Centers.
The holidays are coming soon, so we'll be doing other projects also. This work is so rewarding. When we deliver and see the faces of those people and those that get to deliver them, we know they are going to great use. Service truely is the greatest feeling, so we sister missionaries say

"Forget ourselves and go to work".