團隊建造 Team Building

昨天下午我們辦公室的幾個同事組隊參加了一個很有意義的團隊建造活動--到辦公室附近的一個公益機構「奧勒岡食物銀行」去當義工，總共有17個人參加。我們的責任是把一袋袋100磅的白米倒進一個罩有塑膠套的大容器中，再兩磅一包地分裝到貼有標簽的袋子裏並裝箱。開始的時候負責人要我們每個人都洗手，戴上頭罩、手套，穿上圍裙，舀米的人還得在手臂上戴上塑膠套，然後七人一組，兩人抓住裝米的袋子，兩人舀米，兩人封袋，一人裝箱、過秤、並確定每一箱都最少是32磅，其餘的人有的在袋上標貼使用説明，有的封箱，等等。雖然我想發揮聖經上「上尖下流」（不是尖酸刻薄帶下流的意思喲）的精神，讓收到的人多拿一些，但我們在嚴格的品管控制之下，必須用他們提供的容器，很精確地估算大約多少米是2磅，到最後我已經成了一個舀米專家。他們的要求很嚴，掉到地上或桌上、從米箱裏的塑膠罩漏到外頭直接踫到箱子的全都不能要。三個小時下來，我們處理了5376磅的米，根據食品標準管理局的數據，相當於4135餐飯，所以一個人包裝了243餐飯。這些米將會被分送給需要的人。我很高興能為這個社區貢獻一點力量，為需要的人提供一點幫助。

聖經上是這麼形容好的量器的：
你們要給人、就必有給你們的．並且用十足的升斗、連搖帶按、上尖下流的、倒在你們懷裏．因為你們用甚麼量器量給人、也必用甚麼量器量給你們。 -- 路加福音6：38

Several of us from our office attended a very meaningful team building event this afternoon. We went to a charitable organization "Oregon Food Bank" to do volunteer work. There were a total of 17 people attended this event. Our mission was to pour the white rice from 100 lb bags into a huge container covered with plastic sheet, use the measuring cup they provided to separate them into 2 lb bags labeled with instruction, seal and box them. The supervisor asked us to wash our hands cleanly, put on the hair cover, plastic gloves, plastic apron, and plastic arm cover. We were divided into 7-people team: some scooping the rice, some holding the bag, some twisting and tying the bag, some boxing them, weighing the box and making sure it is 32 lb each. The rest were responsible for putting the label on the bags and move the finished box to the pillar. At the end I had become a scooping pro. I thought about the good measure in gospel of Luke... but we were under strict QA so we had to adhere to their rules. After three-hour of hard work, we processed 5376 pounds of rice which is equivalent to 4135 meals. Each of us helped 243 meals. The rice will be shipped to those in need. I feel good for being able to give back to the community and contribute my time and energy to the needed people.

This is how Bible describes a good measure:
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." -- Luke 6:38