20 billion hours

Recently I read a sentence that grabbed my heart and I have not been able to shake it.

“IN A GIVEN YEAR IT’S ESTIMATED THAT AMERICAN ADULTS VOLUNTEER ROUGHLY 20 BILLION HOURS OF THEIR TIME.” (from Holy Discontent by Bill Hybels)

20 billion hours! That’s 20,000,000,000 hours!

My only response to this unbelievable sentence is…

Wow, Thank you.

To all the people that so selflessly give their time to churches, hospitals, ministry programs, nonprofit groups, schools, charities, and all other volunteer positions – THANK YOU. The world is better because of what you do. You are appreciated.

Thank you.