lent

this is my first blog, and today is also the first day in lent. it is ash wednesday.
last sunday, at an anglican church i attended, the parishoner's were given a task for lent from the rector. it was to make a friend to some who is a stranger or an aquintatace. he told the parishshoner's the focus is on the other person. and to "remember the passion of our Lord and his glorious resurection, events in which God's sacrificial love and mercy towards those around us: become a friend for someone new and be a mean for God's grace to be shared with all people."
i do not belong to this church, but i was challenged. and i have put this as something i will do during lent.