We communicate by what we do

We know we communicate when we speak. We often forget that we communicate by what we do as well.

Teresa and Chuck Bartels recently gave an excellent example of how strongly we communicate by what we do. In 2010, Teresa’s brother Carl Hall suffered a broken neck in a rollover car accident. This year, Carl and his family had a home built for them by Extreme Makeover, Home Edition.

Carl Hall and his family in 2010

Here’s where the “you communicate by what you do” comes in. In the week of building the home (and Chuck emphasized that it really does get done in only one week!), at least 2,000 (two THOUSAND, as Chuck put it) people volunteered. In addition, most of the subs working for the lead builder were volunteers as well. Each of these people spent 16-hour days building a home for Carl!

If you would like to see the show where the more than 2,000 people gave their time and expertise to communicate a caring for someone else, tune in to ABC on Sunday, April 17 at 7:00 pm Central time and 8:00 elsewhere.