New Chapter...

For 4 summers in a row we have been blogging here as we've taken our youth on 

various missions and conference trips.  

We're about to embark on a new adventure as we pack up 

2 vans, 16 students and 6 leaders 

and travel Westward to Hamtramack, Michigan.

Hamtramack is located inside the city of Detroit.  

We will be working alongside a C&MA Church called  Acts 29 Fellowship

Here's what the church has to say about their communityy:

"The city of Hamtramck is home to five major people groups: African American, Polish, Arab, Bosnian and Asian Indians (from Bangladesh).  The two square miles of Detroit that are within our target area for ministry is 80% African American. This empowerment community represents some of the lowest standard marks in the nation in terms of family structure, economics, education, employment development, and housing. The Christian faith is proclaimed by some, but not lived out in any way. More prevalent is the Islamic faith, which is proclaimed by nearly 60% of the population of Hamtramck."

We have the opportunity to join Acts 29 in reaching their community for Christ this week.  We are going as willing hands and feet, ready to do whatever tasks we are given.  For some of our students, this will be their first trip away from home in which there is not a "schedule of events" set in stone.  They will be stretched in ways they have not had to be before and will need to practice 

FLEXIBILITY and SELFLESSNESS

...but we are confident that this is GOOD and that they are up to the challenge!  

Click HERE for a look at what other teams have been doing at Acts 29 Fellowship

Would you join us in praying for our group?  

We go as as servants of Christ, 

but we are not unaware that the enemy would like to trip us up along the way and distract us 

from serving and from growing.

Pray for the students {and leaders} as they prepare

 their hearts for service

and

their bodies for travel...

We'll update here whenever we have  free time and  free wifi

Join us...