Here is how things went on Sunday:
The girls are staying at a house of one of the local ladies in the church that has moved and has her house on the market. Us guys are staying at Springs Of Grace Baptist Church, the church that we are ministering at while we are here.
We were able to get to bed around Midnight but we had to get up and be presentable by 9AM since that is the time that folks start showing up for church!
First up was Sunday school where our team split up into different classrooms and sat in on the different lessons for all ages.
Next up was the service, which was pretty cool. There are quite a few large families with lots of kids. Some of the kids have special needs so it makes for an interesting time during the service. It was pretty noisey. However these folks have learned, unlike most people I know in California, how to ignore distractions during the service. For me it was really difficult to get through the service not becuase of the noise but because of the kids with special needs. My heart is very soft for those with disabilities and it is very hard for me to be around them for any exteneded period of time and still function normally.
Second was a family style potluck lunch. College students + Home cooked meal = HAPPY!
Third was canvassing the neighborhood and passing out flyers for the activities this week. Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday is the kids Vacation Bible School. It all culminates on Thursday with a community wide block party where the church will have a chance to reach out to the community that is immediately around them.
Our final task for the evening was to help run the youth group that meets on Sunday nights. We played lots of crazy games and had a blast fellowshipping with the kids.
Tomorrow is going to be a planning day as well as more canvassing except this time we are going to the projects. I have a feeling that our team us up to the challenge but will be pretty shocked by what they see tomorrow.
