dancing in the rain

The greatest blessing you think you can give but you get in return. A few of my friends and I helped build a house through Habitat for Humanity. We were only able to help one day but that day changed my life forever! It was such a wonderful blessing to see someone so happy in knowing that God was taking care of her. The woman, Sybil, that we were building the house for had lost her best friend of 11 years, 9 months after they were married. She is from South Africa and has 3 children. She had a great burden in providing for her children and the idea of never being able to provide a safe place to live for her family. She applied for Habitat and was accepted. It has been such a blessing to see her happy! She has been on cloud 9 for months now. She said just when she thinks that she couldn't be anymore blessed, the gifts keep coming. God is number one in her life and she is giving Him credit where credit it due.
She is/was such a blessing in our life that we wanted to give something back to her that she could enjoy with her family and that would be special from us. She mentioned during the build that she would love to have a porch swing, so that thought stuck with us until the time of the dedication of the house. We sent out emails and gathered money from friends to give her what she felt like would be a finishing touch on her house. On Sunday following the evening worship service, we went out to hang the swing and to see the smile on her face was priceless! She wanted to be the first to try it out with her daughter, so we granted her wish. She said I will sit out here with coffee, a book, a love for nature and blessed by God. Little did I know how much a porch swing could mean to someone but it just wasn't the porch swing but the love we showed her and she showed us. God working through a porch swing to bring people closer! I am blessed to have been a part of this built and this woman, Sybil's, life. A memory I will cherish forever!