Wednesday

New work sights today! Debbie’s group worked with an organization called Age-in-Place.  This organization helps seniors who need assistance with various things around their home. They worked in a garden, scraped and repainted a patio, then helped create care packages at the center itself. Dan’s group worked at the building where Nancy’s group was earlier this week. They continued to help renovate the building, working both outside and inside. Nancy’s group spent the day at a place called Clusters, an adult day care center. Many of the people had some form of dementia but we were able to interact with them playing games and just talking. One man was 100 years old! (see picture)

Tonight we attended a mid-week urban youth service. While this type of service was very different from what we’re used to the kids really seemed to get a lot out of the message. Ask them about it when you see them!

The Youthworks staff has been great this week. Christina, the site director is so flu of joy- she's always smiling! Shawn, our program coordinator has wonderful rapport with the kids, and delivers  great messages each night at club. (we've also enjoyed having him 'lead the way' in our car each night when we go out for our evening activities.) Akelia is a terrific service coordinator and also shows us the love of Jesus with her exuberance! Sarah, the other service coordinator arrived just days before we did. She's been a terrific inspiration to all of us with her empathy and caring.

Only one more day of work…. It’s really hard to believe we’ve done so much in so little time, but we still feel like we could do so much more…

We can’t wait to share our stories with you on Sunday.

Thank you again for praying for us. We definitely feel it here. 

Debbie, Dan and Nancy