No Actors Need Apply

I am yet in another film. This time not as the token Asian female, but as the woman serving alongside my husband, the lunch lady. There was no make-up or acting involved. The Raleigh Rescue Mission (RRM) has a small series of videos on their website spotlighting their work and individuals whose lives have been changed. Danny and I are briefly seen as Mr. and Mrs. Every-Other-Tuesday-Lunch-Man-and-Lunch-Lady.

Let me be perfectly clear: we are CRAZY PASSIONATE about what RRM does. It has far blessed us more than we could bless them. Serving along side my Danny has affirmed for me God's plan for our (and any) marriage to work as a ministry team. But this kind of serving is easy and obvious. I can see God little by little training us and using us as The Dulins and not just incredibly gorgeous, gifted Jacqueline by herself (shocking!!).

The training is not in the slopping of food on the plates or drying the dishes or wiping down the counters. The training is following my husband's lead as he provides a safe environment for me to engage and serve others. His friendly banter with staff and residents loves them well as he slops the food. "Oh, hey there! Now I know you want the meat; you always like the meat." He takes every opportunity to remember them and not just see them as a mass of people going thru the line. He takes opportunity to praise me in front of them and allows a safe opportunity for me to engage in conversation with them, where if I was the "lone female" I might have to be cautious and reserved.

I can see it on their faces when we show up for our two measley Tuesdays a month. They don't light up because of me, they smile because there is that warm-love-you-where-you-are-guy-Danny. And there's definitely no acting involved here.

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