Wow! This year has gone by fast. We have been to many different platforms out in
the community and I am so glad that I got to be a part of loving our community. We’ve
been to retirement homes, libraries, a home for mentally disabled adults and many more
platforms our members have set-up on their own.
This last Wednesday we had the privilege to present at Mountain View Care Center retirement home. We have been to this retirement home a few times and I have always very much enjoyed going. But this
week going to Mountain View was different. We were short on presentations and we
had an hour to fill. I didn’t really know what to do, and for some reason I wasn’t at all
stressed about how many presentations we had. My intension for this platform was
to present and then spend the rest of the time speaking to the residents. That is what we did and it was truly
amazing. I saw faces light up as we came up and shook their hands, and as little kids
came and asked the residents how their day was going. I realized that this was what a platform
actually is. A platform isn't about the amount of speeches we have, and who attends from our chapter.
Those things are good but the real reason is to spend time with the people in our
community and show them Christ’s light by our attitudes and actions.
Right before we were about to leave one of the residents got up and read us a letter. This letter was
addressed to us and talked about how much we had blessed them and how thankful
they were for us. I was truly blessed by these people and I learned what a platform
really is all about. It’s about showing love.....It’s about caring....It’s about giving your
time....It’s about showing Christ. It’s all about LIVING OUT LOUD!
Thank You OUT LOUD pouring out your life to the community!
with JOY,
Your Community Ambassador, Kaylin Rutkowski
