My Favorite Part of My Job

This is my bike.

Actually I have several favorite parts of my job, but one of them is delivering fliers for Holy Trinity’s dinner ministry.  We have a list of 19 social-service agencies to take fliers to, and I do most of the deliveries.  I don’t have a car, so I ride my bike to all those places.  Most of the agencies we take fliers to are in the neighborhood, so riding my bike works well.

Two weeks ago, I delivered fliers for the first time to Holmes Elementary, which is the local elementary school.  These fliers were advertising the dinner we had last Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving.  I went into the office, because I didn’t know where else to go, and they told me to talk to the counselor.  She was so glad we were having this dinner and that I had fliers advertising it because she really worries that some of the kids won’t have anything to eat for the holidays otherwise.  The councilor’s reaction is why I like delivering fliers.

A few weeks before that, I delivered fliers Our Place Ministries, which is an agency run by several of the churches in the neighborhood.  They provide a food bank and a free laundromat and several other services.  Every time I go there, the place is absolute chaos: there are all these people wanting this or that, waiting to be helped, filling out forms, and so forth.  The chaos is okay, you just wait until someone has time to deal with you.  Anyway, the day in question, I was there waiting, and eventually someone asked me why I was there, so I explained about this dinner we’re having and how I had fliers advertising it.  The lady helping me said to the room at large, “Fliers for a free dinner!  Who wants one?” and just about everyone got excited and said they did.  Their reaction is why I like delivering fliers.

I really like riding my bike, and I like that I can do it for my job.  That’s why I like delivering fliers.