Mission Trip Tuesday

Sir Richard getting marshmallws shot at him on his 16th birthday.

Cool Lane is a skit with elements of our day.

Cheyanne shooting marshmallows.

Tuesday has been a busy day, which began very early as Richard and comapny got up for a run around Berryville on his 16th birthday! We have formed a routine already of breakfast, lunch making and getting off to job sites in our work clothes. After a day of work and shower, I asked about their day, our Good News Mission Team members said the following:

“I was never good with Tinker Toys.” Elizabeth – (She is having to put together an outdoor canopy without any instructions.)

“It’s very encouraging to see a kid lead the lunch devotional with sincerity.” Judy – Our theme today was nourishment and the story of Jesus going to the well.

“We got a lot done at our site.” & “ Yay Sonic!” Cheyanne

“We painted and got pumpkin pie.” Cooper – Tim and Cooper’s team client baked the group pumpkin pies in an unaircondidtioned house and she is partially blind.

“I dug through lots of rock…. But I loved it!” Richard – His team is installing a ramp to a client’s house.

“Black oil-based paint doesn’t come off easy. I am still scraping after three hours.” Katie

“Great.” Maren – She had a rough start to the trip having to stay behind on Monday morning because she was throwing up, but by lunch she was at a job site working hard, Bob reports.

“I was on the roof and it was AMAZING!” Amanda

“In my day, I saw God everywhere.” Lane

“My day was fun with the painting and building stuff.” Tamara

“The people on my team are fun!” Toni

“We have a GREAT team that’s working really hard with an outstanding attitude!” Tricia

“It was GREAT!” Bob

“Well, today when I was digging a hole, I found the sixth water line pipe….. not good. Later, I stepped into a hole of cement. Opps!” Stefanie

For me, I am seeing great things happen with all our youth. They are mixing with the other 40 or so kids, making friendships, having fun, playing games and worshipping God. Today's theme and message was on nourshiment. We explored the story of Jesus at the well and druing our evening service, it was Bob's turn to share the message. He spoke about how God nourishes each of us with the living water if we let him. He used a can of Dr. Pepper, a bottle of Gatorade, a bottled water and one of our CTCYM water bottles to discuss how each can nourish, but how some can have undesirable effects on each of us. That's what is happening this week, each of us is being nourished as we reach out and helps those that in the case of my client simply can no longer do for herself. As Lane said, we get to see God everywhere. I personally am SO proud of our youth, adults and our pastor for choosing this experience.

On a couple of other notes, we played some AWESOME games tonight that the kids loved. Judy is a wonderful program director. Check out the pictures of the marshmallow guns. I scored a prototype so we can build some to play in youth this summer! We also did a skit tonight that plays on quotes and things from our Tuesday ala American Idol with Berryville based judges. Finally, we celebrated Richard's birthday with 70 of his now close friends (remember we are eating, sleeping, showering and working in very close quarters) with cake and ice cream after games tonight. Check out our pics.

Tomorrow night we go to the local pool for a swim and picnic. Know that posts are late in the evening (yes, I am breaking curfew at the moment to blog to you folks) because there is little to no free time. Hey, we're with 50 kids, teenagers no less. Read on Wednesday and please comment!

The Good News Youth Mission Team