Wednesday

Day 3! We’re just about halfway through our week now. It sure is going by fast. We’re having a great time, meeting lots of people, and doing lots of work (although it doesn’t always seem like work.)  You can be assured that these youth are flowing with God’s spirit this week.

The Salts are continuing to hang out at the US Bank Boys’ and Girls’ Club. Jeff learned to surf today! (see picture) The girls (Caitlin and Drew) are blessing the young boys and girls at the club with their love and kindness. The kids at the Club are really starting to get to know our youth. While playing with kids all day sounds like fun, Caitlin and Drew are learning that it’s not as easy as it sounds. It can be very challenging.

The Ones went to  a new site this morning. They went to a soup kitchen called Our Daily Bread. This ministry serves about 400 meals each day between 9:45 and 11:45! While some of the youth helped to serve the meals, some of us bussed tables, clearing trays, taking plates and cups and silverware, getting more water or coffee for the guests. We certainly stayed busy, kept smiling, worked hard and appreciated our abundance.  After stopping to eat our own lunch at a park, we spent the afternoon at Price Hill Community Center again. We spent an hour or so this afternoon weeding again and watering in the garden. We could really see a difference when we were done.

Tonight our evening activity was attending a church service called Tabernacle Bible church. This service was not like most of us were used to. Many of our students had never been to an African-American worship service before. We all enjoyed it very much.  Our hands hurt from all the clapping. We thought this was a really appropriate time to visit another church because our theme today is You Are Here to Unite. We are understanding that it doesn’t matter what denomination you are; if you are a Christian you are a brother or sister in Christ. We are meant to "be one with each other and one with God." That's why we serve and love each other... because when we unite together, the world will see Christ's love through us. 

We can’t believe we only have one more day of service here! This week has just flown by! We hope you will be able to join us on Sunday when we talk further about how we are seeing God here in Cincinnati and seeing God working in our lives.

Thank you again for your thoughts and prayers for us here.