Recently, while many students were sleeping in or catching up on homework, a group of teens from Hillcrest Bible Church recently bundled up, grabbed rakes, and spent hours clearing the lawn of an elderly woman in Oregon whose yard was completely blanketed in leaves.
What began as a simple act of kindness quickly turned into something much deeper. The students—middle and high schoolers from Hillcrest’s youth group—said they wanted to find a practical way to show God’s love in their own community.
Seventh grader Corban Garcia shared what drove him to set aside his weekend to help a stranger…