We have arrived!

We have arrived with 10 youth, 4 adults, 1 van and 1 trailer-- I think we are good!

So far:

We have established we do not care for White Castle.  Some of the comments include:
"After the first one, they were disgusting and I ate 4"-- Zach
"They're like the serpent in the Garden of Eden, they lure you in with good looking food, but in the end, they are bad for you."  --Curtis
"They were slimy..." --Zach again (and everyone else)
"There are holes in the meat!" --Jordan

Then we ran into some traffic...while Kevin discovered our gas light had been on...oops.  No worries, we got it taken care of.

We have arrived, made our beds and getting ready for dinner-- Shalom until tomorrow!

Mission Trip 2011: Nashville, TN

It's time for the 2011 CYF Mission Trip for the youth of South Summit Christian Church to Nashville, TN!

If all goes as planned, I will again be updating posts about our trip as well as posting pictures with the help of the youth!  I am really excited to be the hands and feet of God with the greatest youth around!

A few updates from last mission trip:  I have set it up so the parents should all receive an email notifying you of an update on the blog!  The comments have also been enabled, so anyone and everyone can comment on different posts!  Feel free to send messages to the group, and I will read them to everyone.

Blessings,

Sara

A Key to Lake Charles

My internet connection is a little slow here, so we only get one picture:) Thursday night the First Christian Church of Lake Charles had a pot luck dinner in our honor. It was amazing-- not only did we get to try samples of some homemade food, but we got to meet many people from the area. We were a little like celebrities!

Friday we worked on a special project that we will unveil at church when we present about our experiences and did a few other odd jobs around the church and one neighbors' roof. We got to meet the Mayor of Lake Charles (pictured above) and we all received a KEY to Lake Charles, LA. He also showed us a Power Point about what the city went through and some of the before and after shots. We packed up and left Lake Charles in the early evening and headed to Shreveport, LA. We are staying the night in Kings Hwy CC so we don't have as long of a drive in one day.

We can't wait to show everyone more pictures, stories and hugs (after we shower)! We are all still getting along and even shared in an impromptu YMCA dance party in the car on the way in tonight. Peace and Love,

CYF Mission Team 2010

Tropical Storm Bonnie

In case anyone has heard of the Tropical Storm Bonnie that is developing in the Gulf of Mexico-- no worries. It might hit the Lake Charles area, but not until Monday or so and we will be long gone by then. Just thought I would share!

Peace,

CYF Mission Group 2010

BOBCAT 101

A couple of the kids got to have mini-lessons with Kevin on how to work a Bobcat. They thought it was pretty cool! That's all for Work Day 4. We are exhausted, tired and loving it! We can't wait to share more details about the work we did and some of our adventures!

Work Day 4

Sanding cement,

painting the trim of the house,

Decorative indoor piece,

Working on getting some dirt out of a truck (long story)

And more painting of the outside trim.... We've been busy!

Happy Birthday Caitlin!!

Happy Birthday Caitlin!!! Caitlin worked hard on her birthday and then had a BIRTHDAY Sno Cone!!