Happy Sunday everyone!
It was a great day here in Knoxville, Tennessee. We had five churches safely arrive from Georgia, Alabama, and Virginia and they are all super excited to begin work tomorrow! We had a great opening celebration where the kids were able to enjoy some fun entertainment and games lead by the band.
Our speaker for the week, Caleb Veazey, read out of Acts 9. He spoke about living right, and how we are able to impact others once we are changed. He touched on how being righteous and doing the “Christian thing” will not get us very far because our true salvation comes through Christ. He spoke of how Paul was determined to kill Christians and killed many, yet the Lord was still willing to use even a man like him to write two-thirds of the New Testament. Caleb challenged us to look inwardly and allow the Lord to restore us this week so we are able to live that out while on our job sites this week.
After worship tonight, our squads got the chance to meet each other and chat while they assigned squad positions. Then they attended squad position training for medics, squad reporters, break masters, and chaplains.
As the day has come to a close, our participants have began settling down and getting ready to start their week tomorrow. Please keep our participants, homeowners, and everyone they will interact with this week in your prayers!
Your summer staff,
Kate and Jack
