Wednesday...

It was a little cooler today, which made our work a little easier. Many of us were rained on at lunch. It rained several times today - down pours - but they didn’t last long.

Beki demolished more computers and they got rained on during lunch. Beki’s discovered that she really likes the crew she’s working with now that she’s gotten to know them. Steven spent the entire day taking apart computers. While it was interesting on Monday, it’s getting a little mundane. He says it’s not hard, so he really can’t complain. Beth says today was kinda boring. They were at a food pantry sorting and moving boxes of food. There was a bit of excitement though. There were some mice in one of the boxes and they let them go. As they were scurrying to freedom, The supervisor at the food pantry wanted them killed so Dan tried to help out by stomped on one. Dan is looking forward to tomorrow when people come in and get the food from the pantry. He says the Mel Trotter ministry is amazing, you can look forward to hearing him talk more about it on Sunday. Madelyn says sorted more cans put donated Panera breads, bagels and pastries into bags to hand out. She also sorted donated Godiva chocolates to be shipped somewhere. She doesn’t know where. Breana says she painted, yet again. She painted more walls at the thrift store. She thinks they are almost finished but the paint dried funny so they have to go over what they did. Marilyn painted most of the day as well. She worked with some girls from Illinois and painted a long hallway. When they were finished, they were going to wash windows but it started raining so they spent some time with the residents, particularly with a man named Bob who had dementia. Michelle says she sorted books all day. Hannah says she weeded, the same as yesterday. When it rained in the afternoon she was treated to some ice cream! Nancy continued moving things out of and sorting things from the maintenance building at Rest Haven. The maintenance building is being converted into a woodworking shop for the residents to be able to use. Amanda says first off she weeds and the weeds were taller than the tall kind of flowers. After lunch they tore up glued down carpet. The glue was so thick at times they pulled up the tile underneath. Allie says she pulled weeds, removed bushes and trimmed trees – lots of landscaping!

This morning and this evening Hannah and Dan were the song worship leaders for our program times. This evening, their rendition of “Trading My Sorrows” got the kids so joyful they actually started a mosh pit! This evenings program included a reminder of the crucifixion, it was a vivid reminder of how we are connected to him~ we are the vine and we are the branches.

I’ve been really loving our evening church group devotional times. In the evenings the kids are really opening up, not afraid to share their true feelings with each other. We’ve had some eye opening and amazing discussions.


Thanks again for all your support!