Hey everyone! Sadly, it's the end of the last day for us at the Stockton French Camp, where we've been ministering to the kids and their families with their past few days. We started out the day early, putting together backpacks with shoes, shirts, pants, and books to pass out to the families after tonight's service. Then the team packed all the backpacks and grocery bags of food for each family, inside the U-Haul and headed over to the French Camp. Once we arrived at French Camp (around 3-ish), the team got out and interacted with the kids by kicking around soccer balls, and engaging in all out water wars, which included water balloons, hoses, water guns, and anything else that could help our efforts. :D After about an hour of the water games, the team headed back into the van and went over to McDonalds/Burger King for out usual "snack" before VBS and such. Then the team got back inside the vans, and arrived back at French Camp for the last time at around 6 p.m. Immediately we unloaded and the team started interacting with the kids and unloading chairs and tables from a trailer that we use. Crafts and lessons quickly got underway and by 7:15, everything was wrapped up and we began the "grand finale" if you will. Some of the team passed out goodies & snacks, while A.T.D. and Nate passed out the backpacks and food to families, and the rest of the team played with the remaining children and took pictures with some of the kids. At around 8:45, the team packed up for the last time of the evening and pulled away from our migrant camp that we have come to love and cherish. We headed back to the church where we have been staying since Sunday night, and fellowship was abundant, as was the food. Yum! :P We dined on pizza, that one of the church members so generously bought for our team, and added garlic bread and salad into the mix, while also re-capping the events of today and planning our schedule out for tomorrow. Here's a rough outline of what's scheduled for tomorrow:
1.7 a.m. wake-up & breakfast
2.9 a.m. pack-up and head out
3.10:30-ish arrival @ San. Fran.
4.10:30-4:30 sight-seeing around San. Fran.
5.4:30 check-in @ hotel
6. more sightseeing along with dinner and some shopping
So you might be wondering how you can pray for us. Well, you could pray for the kids' salvation that we ministered to. Many of us got to share the gospel at least once and also had a bonding expierience with some of the kids. Praise God! Please pray that our lives impacted the kids and their families for the gospel, and that Jesus Christ was clearly put on display through our lives in the way our team treated each other and also through our service to them. We know that God alone has the power to save lives, but we pray that we might have been able to influence them for the gospel somehow. You can also pray that we have a safe journey tomorrow morning, as our team heads out early to San Fran, and that we would not lose our loving attitude towards one another; that we wouldn't leave our servant's heart on the mission field, but rather that we would bring it with us in all that we say and do wherever we go. It's about time for bed now, and we will truly, truly miss those kids. They were such a blessing to us in so many ways, and I think we all learned something particular for each of us! We are a much closer team through everything that has happened, so praise God! "So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." -Isaiah 55:11 (NIV)
Night everyone! Sweet dreams!
Love and Prayers,
Emily Karsik
:)
Friday, August 15, 2008
Our last day of VBS---bitter-sweet
It is our last day of VBS and the team is determined to go all-out to make it the best day possible for all the kids. We had a late night last night of fantastic food and fellowship as church members opened their doors to us and cooked up a storm. We feasted on homemade tacos drizzzled with salsa and lime! Delicious, though some of the boys would rather forget about it (who could blame them? SEVENTEEN tacos is too many for any mortal!). ;)
Today has been a busy morning preparing all the backpacks filled with clothes and books for the children tonight. We will be leaving for our last soccer/basketball/water-balloon fun time in about 10 minutes. And then, it's off for our last night of VBS. We have all been greatly impacted by the children we have met and the things we have seen and learned. Our debrief times each night have shown hearts that have been softened by our interactions with the migrant families, and minds that are more aware of the undeserved blessings we have so abundantly through God's awesome grace.
We all will have so much to share with you when we return home! I hope you enjoy the pictures I put up as well. I'd like to get some more up (that's a very small sampling of all the memories we have) soon. But for now, I will bid you all farewell!
In Christ Alone, Lauren Roward
Today has been a busy morning preparing all the backpacks filled with clothes and books for the children tonight. We will be leaving for our last soccer/basketball/water-balloon fun time in about 10 minutes. And then, it's off for our last night of VBS. We have all been greatly impacted by the children we have met and the things we have seen and learned. Our debrief times each night have shown hearts that have been softened by our interactions with the migrant families, and minds that are more aware of the undeserved blessings we have so abundantly through God's awesome grace.
We all will have so much to share with you when we return home! I hope you enjoy the pictures I put up as well. I'd like to get some more up (that's a very small sampling of all the memories we have) soon. But for now, I will bid you all farewell!
In Christ Alone, Lauren Roward
Thursday, August 14, 2008
End of Day Four!!!
Hey everyone! It's Emily Karsik here. First-time blogger so excuse any errors. :D It's the end of exciting day four and I have the wonderful task of telling everyone what's happened. Today started off at 8 and by 9:30-ish, the team was packed into the 2 vans and off to downtown Stockton to explore our surroundings! Much of the team ended up at the park down the street after a morning Starbucks run. Yum! :) After a fun morning to our adventurous day, the team arrived back at the "house" around 12:45 and ate arroz con pollo (rice w/ chicken) & agua de melon (cantaloupe water) that one of the nice ladies from the church we're staying at dropped off. After we filled our tummies, the team packed up and once again headed out to get wet w/ water balloons and play fun games of soccer and basketball with the kids at French Camp (the migrant missions camp we're ministering at). Around 4:30, the team got re-loaded into the vans and went to Sonic, where we slurped on slushies and "ocean waters" with tater-tots on the sides, until around 5:30 where we once again headed into the vans and headed back to the French Camp to put on the fourth VBS. Once again, Josh lead us in a few praise songs and the kids dispersed into their various groups of monkeys, giraffes, elephants, zebras, tigers, or lions and did the lesson/craft and games. After snack time, many opportunities for fellowship were present and many of those opportunities were taken up for sharing the gospel with some of the kids we minister to. Once everything was packed up from the VBS (including the team), everyone headed out to our dear friend Gloria's son's house to have a nice meal of homemade tacos and cake (it was Gloria's granddaughter's b-day), where we at last said our good-byes and for the last time of the evening, we packed up into those white vans and headed back to the church. Now we're on our way to bed, after a wonderful debrief of sharing everything that God has done on this trip so far, and the prayers for His grace as we teach these children for the last time tomorrow. Please pray that God would continue to be gracious and give us opportunities to share the gospel more to others and also that our teaching times would be clear, and productive as we seek to teach these children the greatness of our great God. Like it is stated in Romans 10:1, "Brethren,my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation."
Day Four of VBS and all the stuff we haven't told you!
Greetings from ever-sunny south Stockton! ;) It's Lauren writing this time and I have the big task of bringing you all up to speed on how our missions team has been impacting the migrant community of Stockton for the Lord!
Our VBS is going wonderfully! The local church that is graciously sharing their facilities with us has told us that they've never had this many kids before! We've had about 35-40 each night and we have them broken up into six classes based on age. Each night we open with a couple praise songs and then transition into lesson/craft time. All the students have the responsibility of teaching at least one lesson, and the results so far have been amazing! Mollie in particular has held her class spellbound as she never ceases to have visual aids and ready verbal illustrations to drive home the Biblical truths she is teaching her little six and seven year olds. :) We all love "our children" so much! It's such a joy to hear them ask and answer questions and get interested in the lessons we bring to them. They all come from very different homes, and most of them don't know the love of a whole family so it's been challenging to meet the diverse needs of love, attention, affection, and discipline that stem from the absence of true love in their lives. Please pray for us as we seek to wisely, patiently, and lovingly interact with these kids and show them Christ's love. Pray particularly for Sergio and Guadalupe, two different teens that our team has been able to share the gospel with. Pray continually for our opportunities to share the truth of God's Word with all the kids and adults we come in contact with. And lastly (well, there's always more, but for now...) pray for eight year old Fidel. Fidel is an energetic, bold, smart young boy who desperately needs discipline and love in his life (not to mention salvation!). Sadly, he knows too much of sin and depravity already, but in the short time we are here, several of us are working with him. The first night he came, he wouldn't sit still or listen so my best little sis Tracy got him out on the grass and made him do pushups to get rid of some of that energy! ;) It worked. Sean Guyle has also been spending time with him and giving him that balance of authority and love that every little boy needs. I think we've all realized just how wonderful it is to have Christian parents who love us to death and take care of us, whereas these kids have nothing to look forward to when they go home. Most don't want to leave us, and one of the boys was struggling even with the concept of "love" in the sense of family member to family member or friend to friend because its a concept that is completely foreign to him. So, friends please pray, pray, pray! Go before the throne of grace and lift us and all these precious people we are working with up to our great God!
Transitioning is hard because my heart is so full for these children. We have all grown to love them so much! But we have not only been on the giving end of love, but the receiving end. The church here has literally showered us with affection and...FOOD! Lots and lots and lots of Mexican food! Wow! All those Costco runs for nothing! ;)haha! I don't think a day has passed without some sweet lady dropping by without vats full of beans, trays of tamales, or crates full of tomatoes and more. One of the church members, Abel, and his wife and three children have visited us twice, bringing cake, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc and last night they stayed with us and sang Spanish praise songs. It is a very neat experience to witness and actally be recepients of the love of the body of Christ, even when we don't speak the same language.
Well, I have probably hundreds of other things to tell, but they'll have to wait until this evening or tomorrow morning because in about five minutes we will be leaving to go play soccer and get soaked by water balloons! The kids have loved getting wet and we've actually had several all-out wars! My arch-nemesis is "Little Bean" Jorge, who is about two-feet tall and the cutest thing ever, but for some reason has it in for me! I have almost dunked him in the cooler several times! So fun! Ok, I need to sign off now, I will finish soon!
Bye!
-Lauren
Our VBS is going wonderfully! The local church that is graciously sharing their facilities with us has told us that they've never had this many kids before! We've had about 35-40 each night and we have them broken up into six classes based on age. Each night we open with a couple praise songs and then transition into lesson/craft time. All the students have the responsibility of teaching at least one lesson, and the results so far have been amazing! Mollie in particular has held her class spellbound as she never ceases to have visual aids and ready verbal illustrations to drive home the Biblical truths she is teaching her little six and seven year olds. :) We all love "our children" so much! It's such a joy to hear them ask and answer questions and get interested in the lessons we bring to them. They all come from very different homes, and most of them don't know the love of a whole family so it's been challenging to meet the diverse needs of love, attention, affection, and discipline that stem from the absence of true love in their lives. Please pray for us as we seek to wisely, patiently, and lovingly interact with these kids and show them Christ's love. Pray particularly for Sergio and Guadalupe, two different teens that our team has been able to share the gospel with. Pray continually for our opportunities to share the truth of God's Word with all the kids and adults we come in contact with. And lastly (well, there's always more, but for now...) pray for eight year old Fidel. Fidel is an energetic, bold, smart young boy who desperately needs discipline and love in his life (not to mention salvation!). Sadly, he knows too much of sin and depravity already, but in the short time we are here, several of us are working with him. The first night he came, he wouldn't sit still or listen so my best little sis Tracy got him out on the grass and made him do pushups to get rid of some of that energy! ;) It worked. Sean Guyle has also been spending time with him and giving him that balance of authority and love that every little boy needs. I think we've all realized just how wonderful it is to have Christian parents who love us to death and take care of us, whereas these kids have nothing to look forward to when they go home. Most don't want to leave us, and one of the boys was struggling even with the concept of "love" in the sense of family member to family member or friend to friend because its a concept that is completely foreign to him. So, friends please pray, pray, pray! Go before the throne of grace and lift us and all these precious people we are working with up to our great God!
Transitioning is hard because my heart is so full for these children. We have all grown to love them so much! But we have not only been on the giving end of love, but the receiving end. The church here has literally showered us with affection and...FOOD! Lots and lots and lots of Mexican food! Wow! All those Costco runs for nothing! ;)haha! I don't think a day has passed without some sweet lady dropping by without vats full of beans, trays of tamales, or crates full of tomatoes and more. One of the church members, Abel, and his wife and three children have visited us twice, bringing cake, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc and last night they stayed with us and sang Spanish praise songs. It is a very neat experience to witness and actally be recepients of the love of the body of Christ, even when we don't speak the same language.
Well, I have probably hundreds of other things to tell, but they'll have to wait until this evening or tomorrow morning because in about five minutes we will be leaving to go play soccer and get soaked by water balloons! The kids have loved getting wet and we've actually had several all-out wars! My arch-nemesis is "Little Bean" Jorge, who is about two-feet tall and the cutest thing ever, but for some reason has it in for me! I have almost dunked him in the cooler several times! So fun! Ok, I need to sign off now, I will finish soon!
Bye!
-Lauren
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Day 2 Here We Come!
Well, right now we're hanging in the kitchen of Primera Iglesia Bautista del Sur (First Southern Baptist Church of Stockton). The guys have been diligently laboring to create for us the finest pancakes in the land since 7:20 this morning.
The first day of VBS is now behind us. So the last update you recieved was yesterday morning during breakfast time- so let me attempt to fill you in on the past 24 hours.
Erin Dibble took some of the gang to Costco to stock up on food necessities while Nate Williams took the rest of us to the migrant french camp (that's what it's called- they're not french. :) ) Basically, at the camp, Nate divided us into 3 groups and we knocked on doors and tried to interact with the migrant families and find out the following information: apartment number, names of children, age of children, shoe size of children, shirt size of children, and pant size of children (because at the end of this week, we will be presenting them with these free articles of clothing). It was definitely a profitable time- even though we quickly became scorched by the blazing sun. As we walked along, we noticed that many doors boldly proclaimed "We are Catholic. We do not accept literature or propaganda of other religions." Dauntlessly, the Lord gave us the grace to converse with these families as well, families who are so entrenched in the religion of Catholicism. I must say my favorite story of the morning involved my good old friend Zach Edwards. As his group went door to door, they encountered a group of mothers taking a break in the midst of their day underneath the shade of a large tree. As the spanish speaker of the group (Dina Medina) began to converse with the group, the women's attention fell upon Zach (or as Nate Williams calls him "Good Look'in"). They asked him his name and if he spoke spanish. He replied "No, but I speak Russian." Just to prove it, Zach rattled off an impressive phrase in Russian- "No Ya dumayoo shto vui nye govoryitye po Russkiy" (But I don't think you speak Russian) Then the women went ballistic, in awe of his bilingual skills...and told him in their native language that they thought he was attractive...then one of them went inside and presented the group with apples. They offered one to Zach first (of course) and he took it right away... a new-found friendship had just been forged. :)
After we talked with the migrant families, we got to see some of the adorable Hispanic kids at a playground and we talked to them through a chain-link fence.
After the kids were called inside of the daycare, our group returned to the church. It was lunch time! Kudos to Erin Dibble, we enjoyed sandwhiches for lunch. After lunch, Carolina and Mollie worked on tallying up the sizes of the kids while a lot of the other students worked on their VBS lesson (creation!) for the day. After lunch but before the soccer camp, Nate sat us down for a meeting and explained how VBS was going to go and divided us into elementary teams: The Monkeys (Josh Tejada, Tim Awad & Franklin Hernandez), The Giraffes (JuEunhae Snyder, Emily Karsik, and Graham Kelly) and the Zebras (Mollie Mehringer and David Eller). The older kids (about 5th grade and up) were placed in the Lions (Natalie Mouron, David Devaney & Zach Edwards), the Elephants (Carolina Peluffo, Dina Medina, & Dara Eller), the Tigers (Austin Yurica, Lauren Roward, & Sean Guyle).
Soon after our debrief, we headed back to the migrant homes for the soccer camp we were going to host.
Meanwhile, the sun was still radiating ubearable warmth. A few older kids showed up, and what started as a soccer game soon turned into the boys shooting some hoops with the kids. The girls did stick around, and played with the little kids (like cute little Josue, Michael and Gorge) as Nate sent Franklin Hernandez, Sean Guyle, and Mollie Mehringer back to the houses we hadn't gotten any responses from earlier. This group was able to find out more sizes of children and even had an interesting conversation with one man who said he and his family didn't want to accept charity and that they were Catholic. He said we were "brothers" and basically believe the same things, but that our religions are different too- he said because of this, he wouldn't send his kids to the VBS. Stunned and a bit unprepared, Sean, Franklin and Mollie said "OK- well thank you for your time" and moved on. Later on though, we were burdened for this man and his family and regretted that we had not said "Well, we disagree with you that we are "brothers" and the Bible would disagree with you too on this, but you were right when you said our religions have fundamental differences- this is why the Bible says they're different." So, Franklin, Sean, and Mollie prayed for the man and were just going to walk back to his home with a Bible, when Nate said we had to get home and eat dinner before heading back to VBS. PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO SHARE WITH HIM THE ONLY HOPE OF SALVATION! We came back to the church and scarfed down pizza before loading back up in the car with all of our VBS supplies. When we got back to the migrant french camp, we began the arduous process of registration. I must say the Lord taught me a lot during this process- I was in charge of registration, & things ended up not being what we thought they were going to be like- and just the way I though of doing registration turned out to be pretty disorganized. Thankfully, Nate was very gracious and it ended up OK in the end...but the Lord reminded me to "go with the flow" and that preaching the Gospel is the most important thing!! During VBS we had singing time (thanks Josh!)- Lord I Lift your Name on High and Nothing but the Blood (they definitely have a lot to learn when it comes to the hymn department and we are excited to teach them!), craft time- we decorated bags with glitter glue (thanks to the hard work and preparation of the Roward sisters), we also had game time/snack time for the kids (Red Light/Green Light- courtesy of Nate Williams!) and we had teaching time- the individuals who taught their team yesterday was- JuEunhae Snyder, Josh Tejada, Mollie Mehringer, Lauren Roward, Zach Edwards, & Carolina Peluffo. Even though the time allotment was brief, God's Word was spoken and we can only hope and pray that He will draw sinners to himself this week. After VBS we made an interesting stop at Peter's Market- where we bought some normal things and one I-can't-believe-we-bought-this thing (a tuna avocado sandwhich....it was bleccccch, that's all we have to say). We came home- talked, hung out, had a debrief- Abel and his wife (church members here) came over and brought cake (because it was their son's and daughter's birthday) and we got to sing to little Daniel and Naomi. It has been neat to observe the openness and hospitality of the Hispanic community here- we know that God is faithful to call those who aware that they need a Physician to Himself- and in this mindset we press on.
Thanks for your prayers and your encouragement- we look forward to filling you in later on our second full day here in the San Joaquin Valley!
-The San Joaquin Valley Missions Trip
"Even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many." Mark 10:45
The first day of VBS is now behind us. So the last update you recieved was yesterday morning during breakfast time- so let me attempt to fill you in on the past 24 hours.
Erin Dibble took some of the gang to Costco to stock up on food necessities while Nate Williams took the rest of us to the migrant french camp (that's what it's called- they're not french. :) ) Basically, at the camp, Nate divided us into 3 groups and we knocked on doors and tried to interact with the migrant families and find out the following information: apartment number, names of children, age of children, shoe size of children, shirt size of children, and pant size of children (because at the end of this week, we will be presenting them with these free articles of clothing). It was definitely a profitable time- even though we quickly became scorched by the blazing sun. As we walked along, we noticed that many doors boldly proclaimed "We are Catholic. We do not accept literature or propaganda of other religions." Dauntlessly, the Lord gave us the grace to converse with these families as well, families who are so entrenched in the religion of Catholicism. I must say my favorite story of the morning involved my good old friend Zach Edwards. As his group went door to door, they encountered a group of mothers taking a break in the midst of their day underneath the shade of a large tree. As the spanish speaker of the group (Dina Medina) began to converse with the group, the women's attention fell upon Zach (or as Nate Williams calls him "Good Look'in"). They asked him his name and if he spoke spanish. He replied "No, but I speak Russian." Just to prove it, Zach rattled off an impressive phrase in Russian- "No Ya dumayoo shto vui nye govoryitye po Russkiy" (But I don't think you speak Russian) Then the women went ballistic, in awe of his bilingual skills...and told him in their native language that they thought he was attractive...then one of them went inside and presented the group with apples. They offered one to Zach first (of course) and he took it right away... a new-found friendship had just been forged. :)
After we talked with the migrant families, we got to see some of the adorable Hispanic kids at a playground and we talked to them through a chain-link fence.
After the kids were called inside of the daycare, our group returned to the church. It was lunch time! Kudos to Erin Dibble, we enjoyed sandwhiches for lunch. After lunch, Carolina and Mollie worked on tallying up the sizes of the kids while a lot of the other students worked on their VBS lesson (creation!) for the day. After lunch but before the soccer camp, Nate sat us down for a meeting and explained how VBS was going to go and divided us into elementary teams: The Monkeys (Josh Tejada, Tim Awad & Franklin Hernandez), The Giraffes (JuEunhae Snyder, Emily Karsik, and Graham Kelly) and the Zebras (Mollie Mehringer and David Eller). The older kids (about 5th grade and up) were placed in the Lions (Natalie Mouron, David Devaney & Zach Edwards), the Elephants (Carolina Peluffo, Dina Medina, & Dara Eller), the Tigers (Austin Yurica, Lauren Roward, & Sean Guyle).
Soon after our debrief, we headed back to the migrant homes for the soccer camp we were going to host.
Meanwhile, the sun was still radiating ubearable warmth. A few older kids showed up, and what started as a soccer game soon turned into the boys shooting some hoops with the kids. The girls did stick around, and played with the little kids (like cute little Josue, Michael and Gorge) as Nate sent Franklin Hernandez, Sean Guyle, and Mollie Mehringer back to the houses we hadn't gotten any responses from earlier. This group was able to find out more sizes of children and even had an interesting conversation with one man who said he and his family didn't want to accept charity and that they were Catholic. He said we were "brothers" and basically believe the same things, but that our religions are different too- he said because of this, he wouldn't send his kids to the VBS. Stunned and a bit unprepared, Sean, Franklin and Mollie said "OK- well thank you for your time" and moved on. Later on though, we were burdened for this man and his family and regretted that we had not said "Well, we disagree with you that we are "brothers" and the Bible would disagree with you too on this, but you were right when you said our religions have fundamental differences- this is why the Bible says they're different." So, Franklin, Sean, and Mollie prayed for the man and were just going to walk back to his home with a Bible, when Nate said we had to get home and eat dinner before heading back to VBS. PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO SHARE WITH HIM THE ONLY HOPE OF SALVATION! We came back to the church and scarfed down pizza before loading back up in the car with all of our VBS supplies. When we got back to the migrant french camp, we began the arduous process of registration. I must say the Lord taught me a lot during this process- I was in charge of registration, & things ended up not being what we thought they were going to be like- and just the way I though of doing registration turned out to be pretty disorganized. Thankfully, Nate was very gracious and it ended up OK in the end...but the Lord reminded me to "go with the flow" and that preaching the Gospel is the most important thing!! During VBS we had singing time (thanks Josh!)- Lord I Lift your Name on High and Nothing but the Blood (they definitely have a lot to learn when it comes to the hymn department and we are excited to teach them!), craft time- we decorated bags with glitter glue (thanks to the hard work and preparation of the Roward sisters), we also had game time/snack time for the kids (Red Light/Green Light- courtesy of Nate Williams!) and we had teaching time- the individuals who taught their team yesterday was- JuEunhae Snyder, Josh Tejada, Mollie Mehringer, Lauren Roward, Zach Edwards, & Carolina Peluffo. Even though the time allotment was brief, God's Word was spoken and we can only hope and pray that He will draw sinners to himself this week. After VBS we made an interesting stop at Peter's Market- where we bought some normal things and one I-can't-believe-we-bought-this thing (a tuna avocado sandwhich....it was bleccccch, that's all we have to say). We came home- talked, hung out, had a debrief- Abel and his wife (church members here) came over and brought cake (because it was their son's and daughter's birthday) and we got to sing to little Daniel and Naomi. It has been neat to observe the openness and hospitality of the Hispanic community here- we know that God is faithful to call those who aware that they need a Physician to Himself- and in this mindset we press on.
Thanks for your prayers and your encouragement- we look forward to filling you in later on our second full day here in the San Joaquin Valley!
-The San Joaquin Valley Missions Trip
"Even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many." Mark 10:45
Monday, August 11, 2008
We're Here! =)
Good morning from the San Joaquin Valley! After a delirious 7 hour car ride (that included stopping at a McDonalds/Starbucks in the middle of nowhere, choking on water from laughing so hard, making up bizarre stories, rapping, sleeping and singing simultaneously, and listening to 80's music) we made it here safe and sound.
Right now the team is munching on some bananas and cereal- getting our much needed nutrition for the day.
While some sleepy faces are definitely present, over all excitement and adrenaline are at an all-time high for today.
Here is the plan for Monday:
8:30-9:15 Devotional Time (we're all going to be reading through James on our personal devotional time & filling out questions Nate came up for us.)
9:30-11:30 Group goes to get food for week (Erin Dibble) Others do work around church
11:30-12:00 Lunch Prep
12:00-12:45 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Prep for Soccer Clinic & VBS
2:30-4:30 Soccer Clinic
4:15-5:00 Prep for Dinner
5:00-5:30 Dinner
6:00-8:00 VBS
9:00-9:30 Team Debrief
Well, hope you enjoyed this little update- we will definitely be posting some more. =) We're gonna attempt to load some pictures & videos in a second for your viewing enjoyment as well.
Sending lots of love to all our families & friends- as well as thankfulness for your various means of support,
The 2008 San Joaquin Valley Migrant Missions Trip
Nate-Erin-David Eller-David Devaney-Graham-Josh-Timmy-Austin-Zach-Sean-Franklin-Lauren-Tracy-Dina-Natalie-Dara-JuEunhae-Emily-Mollie-Carolina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The prayer of our hearts:
"Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name be the glory, because of your lovingkindness, because of your truth."
Psalm 115:1
Right now the team is munching on some bananas and cereal- getting our much needed nutrition for the day.
While some sleepy faces are definitely present, over all excitement and adrenaline are at an all-time high for today.
Here is the plan for Monday:
8:30-9:15 Devotional Time (we're all going to be reading through James on our personal devotional time & filling out questions Nate came up for us.)
9:30-11:30 Group goes to get food for week (Erin Dibble) Others do work around church
11:30-12:00 Lunch Prep
12:00-12:45 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Prep for Soccer Clinic & VBS
2:30-4:30 Soccer Clinic
4:15-5:00 Prep for Dinner
5:00-5:30 Dinner
6:00-8:00 VBS
9:00-9:30 Team Debrief
Well, hope you enjoyed this little update- we will definitely be posting some more. =) We're gonna attempt to load some pictures & videos in a second for your viewing enjoyment as well.
Sending lots of love to all our families & friends- as well as thankfulness for your various means of support,
The 2008 San Joaquin Valley Migrant Missions Trip
Nate-Erin-David Eller-David Devaney-Graham-Josh-Timmy-Austin-Zach-Sean-Franklin-Lauren-Tracy-Dina-Natalie-Dara-JuEunhae-Emily-Mollie-Carolina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The prayer of our hearts:
"Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name be the glory, because of your lovingkindness, because of your truth."
Psalm 115:1
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