Sorry, I did not update the blog on Wednesday, but so much going on - all good! On Wednesday, we went to our worksites and worked up until about 12 noon and then came back to campus for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Lunch was Quizno Subs and the students were sure excited!!! Wednesday afternoon is typically a day off for all the campers from their work sites and a chance to get some much needed rest to finish out the week. The group opted to go to the Pocohontas Coal Mine tour. This is an exhibition mine and one that you can actually walk through, touch and be cold in! It was 48 degrees!!! The tour was interesting and actually led by the wife of the family of one of the homes being worked on. It's the site that Marty Cash is the Crew Chief on. They are building a ramp for her husband as what he had was inadequate. They are also building a shed to store coal in.
After the tour, we headed off to Ryan's for the buffet dinner. We had called ahead, so they put us in the back room - probably to keep the noise down. Everyone plowed into the salad bar, hot foods, and desserts (not in that order!!!), then it was off to Wal-Mart. There was shopping to be done as jeans had holes in them and they all wanted to do a bit of shopping for their secret pals. Who knew you could have so much fun at Wal-Mart on a Wednesday night. Oh, by the way, ask me about the trip "across the parking lot and down the hill" to get to Wal-Mart from Ryan's. It was quite funny.
So, today - Thursday, back to a full work day at the sites. That meant for my group that we had to finish tar papering, shingling, and flashing a new roof that was put on the back of the house Wednesdady. In addition to that there was lots of wood cutting for siding to go up and as well as supports in the roof. The team also finished touching up painting from throughout the week. There were multiple times today that it threatened to downpour at any minute, but God really kept the rain off of us, so that we could finish the task at hand. Tonight we had a very special worship service that ended with students having an opportunity to respond to God through "creative stations". They included a communion table, where they could break off bread and dip it into the cup by Pastor Heather. There was also a cross on which they could take an index card and write down something that they wanted to eliminate from their life or give to God (no writing your name on the card, howeve), then the card was tacked to the cross. There were two feet washing stations as well as paper on a long stretch of floor on which students could creatively offer up art to Christ. It was an amazing night.
During the service, the students learned about an organizationt that provides clothing, food and education to children around the world. Our group decided that for $40 a piece they could adopt 2 children for a year - you should have seen them all come back after our church group devotions so they could pick the children out themselves. This is an amazing group. You will be hearing more abou that!
Well, it's almost Day 5 and this body and brain need some sleep.
Blessings!
Michael
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