All African Service Project.

The Twentieth of August Two Thousand and Eleven which was a saturday was set aside for the saints in africa for a service project. this was an opportunity for the saints to render service in their various communities within the wards boundaries.
   The Lartebiokorshie ward, which is my current ward of service as a full time missionaryworked at the mamprobi polyclinic, ward members, both adults and youth were united in meaningful service of sweeping,cutting down grasses and tidying up the entire compound. During the clean up exercise, i recalled the saviour's statement on the eve of His crucifixion to His apostles.He said:
  "a new commandment i give unto you, that ye love one another, as i have loved you...
  "by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another" ( John 13 : 34 - 35 )
The love the saviour described is an active love. It is not manifested through large and heroic deeds but rather through simple acts of kindness and service. It is only when we nlove God and Christ with all of our hearts,souls, and minds that we are able to share this love with our neighbours through acts of kindness and service- the way that the saviuor woulod love and serve all of us if He were among us today. When tyhis pure love of christ - or charity - envelops us, we think, feel and act more like Heavenly Father and Jesus would think, feel and act.
   Church leaders have often counselled that ' service' is the very means of how a new measure of concern and unselfishness would grow in the hearts of people every where.
To serve is to abase oneself, to succor those in need of succor and to impart of one's 'substance to the poor and the needy, feeding the hungry, and suffering all manner of afflictions, for christ's sake.' ( Alma 4:13 ).Work brings happiness, self-esteem, and prosperity. It is the means of all accomplisment; it is the opposite of idleness. We are commanded to work.( Genesis 3:19).
   The modern good samaritans followed the divine injunction to "go, and do thou likewise." (luke 10:37).

May we be generous with our time and liberal in our contributions for the care of those who suffer. May we commit to the principles of good samaritanism and be ever mindful of the need to " go, and do thou likewise."gabrieldominic.blogspot.com