Welcome, welcome. It is the last day of the week and we are feeling Friday!
Waking up was a little more difficult today, but participants were excited to see their project through to completion! The morning wake up was especially hype this morning and everyone was up dancing and singing.
After loading up, a few of the squads planned a sneak attack and had silly string and water balloons ready to attack. The staff was ready for this however, and Joe our PC even had a water hose, ready to defend himself. It was a fun and crazy time!!
Each squad was fortunate to finish and a few squads who finished early came together to complete three additional projects. We are so grateful for the provision that God has provided regarding our job sites this week. Also, special shout out to all the construction captains who worked so well with the students as well as our Construction Coordinators, Billy Rodgers and Ben Honeycutt!
In the afternoon we were blessed with a visit from Kona Ice of Columbus County. Each participant was fortunate enough to get a FREE Sno Cone after a hot day in the sun. Thank you so much to DeLynn and Kristin for this sweet gift, we all greatly appreciate it!
In the afternoon all of the individuals who decided to give their lives to Christ were given the opportunity to be baptized in Fair Bluff, beside the river walk. 10 people professed their faith and were baptized in front of a large sum of the people from our project. It was a fantastic time of celebration and excitement.
After dinner, we jumped right into the Closing Celebration. Mark and Carlton from the band sang a Mission Serve Remix of the popular song, Old Town Road. It was hilarious and everyone loved it. We then recognized our team behind the mission. The cooking staff, band, speaker, facility director, coordinators, squad leaders, construction captains, and most importantly, the group leaders were recognized.
The most exciting part of the evening was being able to see the Mission Cam. It Is always so fun seeing your face on the big screen as well as seeing the hard work that everyone has been putting in on the job site.
We said goodbye to our band and speaker with a phenomenal last night of worship. Thomas dared the students to go back and share what they’ve done and also live it out. We are beyond excited to hear how God moves as the participants head by to their own communities.
For friends and family at home this week, thank you for your ongoing love and support of your participants. It has been an extremely amazing week and we are so thankful for everyone that was a part of it. We hope to see you at another Mission Serve project soon.
Signing off- Your Summer Staffers,
Jack & Alexis
