Consider it joy my friends that you get to read this… Just kidding, this week has been a blast so
far throughout the many trials and tribulations that God brought us so far. VBS
has been a blast so far and the groups are amazing. With much preparation we have became sufficiently
prepared for this trip, being the songs, the skits, the games, or the crafts. The
food was amazing as usual. Currently I am eating a ice cream sundae of my own
invention which contains a zesty blend of ice cream, a slice of cake, a rice
crispy treat, crumbled up Oreos, and m&ms. But other than that other things
we did to extend the kingdom were prayer walking and servant evangelism. My
coworker will talk about prayer walking but I will take servant evangelism.
Today, our first day of servant evangelism we decided we want to make a meal
for the fire department here. They have to pay for food and cleaning supplies
out of their own budget, so they all pitch in around 200 dollars per month.
They also receive over 40 calls per day. I hope this keeps you in the loop per
say.
Will
We reached the middle of our week here in Detroit and I can
definitely say that many of us are realizing the reality of how much time we
have left to positively impact the city of Detroit and the people of Detroit.
We started out the morning with a wonderful time in devotions by ourselves and
gathering as a group to discuss James 2:14-26 (Look it up if you don’t know it,
super good stuff!). Today group 3 (composed of Kevin K., Ellie, Kenna, Kyle and
I) prayer walked around the neighborhood with no plan on where to go, but
constantly praying that God would lead us to people to talk to and pray for. As
we were walking through the streets of Detroit, we ran into Larry and the
amazing part of this encounter was he was telling us how he prayed three times
a day, read scripture, etc. but as we were talking more and more with him we
learned that while he was a devout man in prayer and scripture, he did not put
that faith into action in his own addictions and in his community. So we as a
team were able to express to him everything that we actually just discussed and
learned that morning. In VBS, I get to work with the 15+ age group and it’s
super inspiring seeing the Detroit teens desire to learn more about prayer (our
topic for the week) and I actually think that sometimes they are teaching me
some new things too. Lastly, I got to end the night trying shepard’s pie for
the first time thanks to Lori’s delicious cooking :)
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