Tuesday!

We had our second day at the same places we worked on Monday. Dan’s group (Madelyn, Steven and William) spent their morning at the women’s shelter hanging out with the women there and cleaning the building and the afternoon at the men’s homeless shelter. Debbie’s group (Caitlin  and Jessica) spent their morning with the day care center working with the kids and their afternoon spending time with adults with cerebral palsy. Nancy’s group (Beth and Amanda) continued renovations at the Parks for People office. Tomorrow we all go to new work sites for the last two days.

 

This evening, after dinner, we went to the Capitol building. We spent some time outside praying and then had the chance to go inside and watch from the gallery and watch some members of the House of Representatives in session. From what we could gather they were deliberating an amendment to something. We all thought it was pretty cool. We have a really amazing story to tell that happened tonight, but you’ll have to wait to hear it on Sunday.

I’m always so impressed by our youth when I’m with them on mission trips. They are always so insightful during our church group discussion times, jump right in when work needs to be done, and make a point of talking with youth from other churches. I always look forward to seeing God’s love pouring out of these students. I have not been disappointed this week. I especially enjoy seeing the spiritual growth that is taking place here. It’s really been a wonderful experience so far.

It seems that, although we are all very tired , this week is going by super fast. We spend so much time preparing for this trip, months of fundraising, and thinking about coming and now it’s almost half over!

Your prayers continue to bless our journey!

Your brother and sisters in Christ, 

Dan, Debbie and Nancy