2007

Today was awesome! We got up bright and early, had some breakfast, took some time to stop and remember the One we are doing this all for and then the middle school group loaded up the bus and headed to Manowe for the day. While there the group did tons of work projects! Some of the team helped weed and plant new flowers outside of the dream center as well as weeding the entire path out to the Hope Garden, which they also weeded! Another part of the team helped remove an old horse fence that has been replaced. Cory got to help Randy use the tractor to pull out giant fence poles! More of the team headed back to where the cabins are to help make some landscaping upgrades! And that was just the morning! After lunch the team went to town helping catch Manowe up on a lot of work that needed done in the pastures and the horse barn. The team was even ready and excited to shovel manure!

The high school team loaded up the bus and started things off today at Granger Community Church! They were able to get tons of projects done that helped get things caught up. The team helped clean the entire perimeter of the GCC campus where trash can pile up especially on the backside along Cleveland. The team also tackled a few items to clean up the exterior of the building and planted some grass seed to help grow back the patches that had been killed from the winter salt. The team ALSO tackled wiping down the frames of every single chair at GCC! This is a task that is done at least once a year and can take days to complete, but our team knocked it all out today! After the team finished up at GCC, they moved on to help out at the South Bend Center for the Homeless! While there the team got to work alongside residents at the center to help weed, plant flowers and help beautify the Center for the Homeless. The team also helped reorganize some of the donation rooms, cleaned out some of the expired goods and pulled some items that were getting on a truck to be distributed to those in need. The team had a cool chance to talk with residents at the Center and here their life story and gave the residents a chance to talk with someone who cared about them!

This evening then it was back to the hotel for a chance to shower up a little bit before our team dinner courtesy of Moe’s Southwest Grill! We had a little bit of time to enjoy the pool and hang out for a bit as a team and then we spent time together debriefing the day and sharing stories about who we got to serve today and the opportunities we had to share Jesus with others! And then since everyone did such a great job we ended the evening with a few dilly bars and other various treats from the local Dairy Queen!

Now it’s off to bed so we can get some great sleep and be ready for another great day tomorrow!