Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Middle School Mission Trip Update!

Yes, we are here in Hampton, Georgia!  Sorry for the delay in updating the blog.  We've been working hard and playing hard ever since we turned left into the Calvin Center.  It's hot and humid, but it hasn't stop our middle school youth from doing some great work for two elderly folks in the community.  Work consists of scraping, painting, cleaning up garbage, and going to the dump.  However, one special project for the week is building a dog house for one of the dogs. I know it sounds pretty pointless, but a group of the youth felt that the neighbor dog really needed a better house to live.  So, a house we are building.  We'll keep you updated on the progress.  It should be done by Friday.

Well, everyone is doing GREAT!  I hope to take some time later to load some more photos.  As usual, my brain is fried.  Fried brain = bad writing.  So I'll stick with photos.  ~ Scott




Saturday, August 8, 2009

Back from Philly now off to Georgia!


It's time for the middle school mission trip to Calvin Center in Hampton, Ga! We'll be there August 9-15. We'll be staying at the Presbyterian Camp Calvin and participating in their Mission Work Camp. Mission Work Camp allows our group the opportunity to reach out with the love of Jesus Christ through fellowship and service. Typical projects consist of painting, simple carpentry, yard work, and cleaning. In addition to repairing the homes of some very deserving people, we'll have the opportunity to connect with the homeowners and hear their amazing life stories. Seeing people of all ages come together to build, reconstruct, listen and talk is a very powerful way to live out Christ’s call for us to be people of word and deed.
So follow our stories on the blog! We'll try to post photos and video updates everyday if we can. It's going to be a hot, fun, yet rewarding week!

Friday, August 7, 2009

HOME from PHILLY!


We made it home! It was an amazing trip and I can't wait to see what the youth are going to do with their lives now that they've been so heavily educated in homelessness, faith, community, and so much more!