Wow! Are we busy! I’m not even able to write this until
10:00 PM, during our church group time. Sorry- no time for pictures....
The “wicked” crew is telling me about their day… They went to the United
Gospel Mission, the place where the “seek” crew had been the past few days. It
sounds as if their experience was a little different than ours. First, they
didn’t peel potatoes! They pulled pork! After lunch they sorted envelopes. They
didn’t have too long to visit with people, but they are hoping they’ll be able
to tomorrow.
The “seek” crew went to a large nursing home high up a hill
in Duluth. We hung out and visited with some residents EVERYONE did an awesome
job with conversations. One woman even wanted Luke to stay at the home with
her. Later Brenna and Lindsey helped
with morning exercises. Before lunch we visited some more, some of us just
talked and some played cards. After lunch, Nancy, Brenna and Lindsey went to
help in the Alzheimer’s wing, a real challenge but the girls jumped right in.
The boys went to another long-term care wing and played bingo. Though I think we worked hard today,
challenged in uncomfortable situations, the youth really thought they had a fun
day!
After showers we went to a park for pizza dinner, and
swimming or volleyball at Point Park. About 15 minutes after dinner, a big
breeze came up and the temperature dropped about 15 degrees. That didn’t deter
some kids from swimming anyway. We were supposed to stay at the beach but it
looked as if a storm was coming up so we played it safe and came back to the
church for club time.
These days always go by so fast on mission trips. We plan
for so many months and think about the trip for so long, and then it goes by in
a flash! We’re already ¾ done with our service days! We only have one more day
of service… It’s really hard to believe.
Your prayers are reaching us…. Thank you.
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