Love in Action

“Prayer in action is love and love in action is service.” –Mother Teresa. To me, service is an obvious outlet for love. I went into my CSP excited and ready to serve, only to be majorly disappointed. Over the summer, I volunteered at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in the Mother/Baby Unit because last year someone in my class did and they were able to hold the babies, as well as running errands for nurses, new moms, etc. This sounded like the dream service project to me, but the week before I started, the volunteer department completely changed. So, my service at OPRMC instead consisted of sitting at the desk in the waiting room, printing out nametags for visiting friends and family, controlling the security door, keeping the waiting room orderly, and intermittently running errands for the staff.
First and foremost I learned that I had to move on from the disappointment and throw myself into the job I had been given. Initially, the times I volunteered were tough, because I was alone for a lot of the time and felt useless. Slowly, I found new ways to use my seemingly hopeless de...