Witnessing with Laundry Kits

For the next 2 months, the kids and I are doing ministry projects for social studies.  One of the main things we are doing is preparing for our single or geographically-separated soldiers to return from Iraq.  Two weeks ago, we made signs to hang in their barracks, and this week we put together 125 laundry kits, filling one Zip-Loc bag with a scoop of detergent and putting a dryer sheet in a second Zip-Loc bag.   We will staple the 2 bags together to put in a Welcome Home kit.  I was hoping to think of some cute tag-line to write on a note to attach to the bags, so M, J, and I began brainstorming ideas.

The very first thing out of their mouths was something spiritual.  Mary said, “We could write…’Let the blood of Jesus clean your hearts from sin!'”  Joseph thought that “Get that stinky dirt right out of your heart” sounded good.  Unfortunately, these laundry kits are being provided by our FRG as a whole so we cannot include any religious messages.  But it sure did make me proud to hear BOTH of my children immediately come up with ideas for sharing Jesus with these soldiers, instantly recognizing the connection between washing the dirt from their clothes and letting Jesus clean their hearts as well.

By the way…if you can think of a good tag-line, let me know.  We still haven’t stapled the bags together, and we have 75 more to go.