Declare His glory among the nations,
His marvelous deeds among all peoples.
Psalms 96:3

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

the end of a very long day...

Our day started out a little slow this morning....both the students and the adults are beginning to feel the affects of our long days of hard work. After a breakfast of eggs and bacon, we all climbed aboard the bus.....and promptly fell back asleep!


We had teams at several locations again today.

A group stayed behind at the church to continue building the shed...

Rob and Nathan Burchill continued their work at "Gloria's" house...when they are completely finished with their job of laying carpet, hanging doors and doing the trim finishing, the church will be able to have a new Bible study started. (Incidently, this house is directly across the street from "Ya-Ya's Auto Repair".....it's a happening street with alot of curious onlookers who will
hopefully find their way into these doors)



(These are yesterdays pics from our lunch at Ya-Ya's....many of these same people are the ones who will attend Gloria's Bible study...this is a very hospitable community.)


(Prayer in the street at Ya-Ya's)


The largest team of students spent the day gutting out a house....


The team was put on a break schedule during the demo....every 30 minutes there was a 10 minute break....



Nate won the "hard worker of the day" award!

Randy, Steve, Terri, and Kaitlyn went to "Butch's" house to work on putting a new shower in for his family. We found the bathroom was alot smaller than we anticipated, so while the guys worked in the bathroom, the girls spent time with Butch's wife, children, and grandchildren...hearing their "Katrina story".




It was a really long day...but a rewarding one. It took seconds for everyone to return to sleep on the bus ride home!!!



Syd thought today was "extremely sad to see a person's past life be demolished, however it was a good team-bonding experience!"

Amber said, "today brought me back to our trip 2 years ago....seeing people's lives frozen in place...and the smell of mold. But it was awesome to help people in that way and use my beastly demo-skills!!!!"


12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes.....you are all looking a little tired, but I can still see the joy on your faces....the joy of being blessed in serving others. Terri...thanks again for your work on the blog. I'm sure you are tired when you get back to the church and yet you still send blog pages. Thanks! May the Lord give you all an amazing strength and endurance to complete the work set before you. Continually praying for you all. Isaiah..love you and miss you. Keep Pressing on, Lori/Mom

Anonymous said...

Hey guys, just wanted you to know that we are all praying for you. Each day when we have our devotional/prayer time, we pray for you as well. Great things are happening here too! We appreciate your prayers for us. Can´t wait to get together and share all that God is doing for both of our teams.
Lancaster Alliance Ecuador Team

Anonymous said...

Hi guys! You are doing an amazing job! We are praying for strength for each of you and may all of you be blessed for the outstanding work you are doing for Christ! We love you all and are praying for all of you! And, PLEASE, keep Becca away from the puppies!!

Love, Patty, Joe, And Laurel, and Lyndsy, and Ashley .....

Christine said...

Amazing work guys!

It's great to keep up with you all from over here.
Keep up the great work - serving Jesus and loving people!

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful thing you guys are doing!

Sharon said...

HI Terri, Nick and Alex!
We love and miss you here at home, but are glad for the hard work you are doing to help those poor folks down there. Terri...stay away from the MOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Emma has been busy going from one cousin to another...today at Becky's, but home again with us tonight. Last night she, Hayden and Eden had fun at Dad's expense! We came home from the Barnstormers' game to a "visiter" in our kitchen! scary!!! I think Dad took a picture!
What time do you get back to the church on Sunday?
Praying that those quick snoozes will add up to give you all strength for the rest of the days. Thanks for your hard work.
Love you! Sharon/Mom/Grandma

Janice Pletscher said...

What a privilege and joy it is to pray for each of you as you serve God in such a tangible way. The locals in New Orleans are watching you and seeing Jesus with skin on. I check the website each day to see the faces of those whom I am lifting in prayer and today I found a tired bunch of workers for Christ and it brings a smile to see all the effort each of you are putting into your work. I pray that you will be blessed as much as you are blessing those around you.

In Christ,

Holly’s mom/Syd’s Grammy

Maria said...

Hi all! Praying for each of you! Can't wait to hear all about what God has done in each of your lives this week! You are certainly changing lives for God's kingdom this week! Your efforts are not in vain...the locals are seeing Jesus in all of you! Praying for renewed strength every day. Thanks, Terri, for keeping us all updated through this blog. Love you all! Maria

Maria said...

Hi all! Praying for each of you! Can't wait to hear all about what God has done in each of your lives this week! You are certainly changing lives for God's kingdom this week! Your efforts are not in vain...the locals are seeing Jesus in all of you! Praying for renewed strength every day. Thanks, Terri, for keeping us all updated through this blog. Love you all! Maria

Anonymous said...

Wow -- it has been great seeing all you are doing for our Lord. May HE continue to give you all amazing strength and endurance to accomplish all HE has for you to complete for HIM and HIS people. Remember you may plant or water a seed that HE will bring to harvest. Praying for you all...

Anonymous said...

Wow -- it has been great seeing all you are doing for our Lord. May HE continue to give you all amazing strength and endurance to accomplish all HE has for you to complete for HIM and HIS people. Remember you may plant or water a seed that HE will bring to harvest. Praying for you all...

Maria said...

You guys rock! What a blessing you are to those you are helping! Praying for a good finish to the week & a safe trip home! Brian