Howdy! It is Sunday and it has been a great one! After a restful evening, we were ready for an eventful day.
This morning we had a cool opportunity to attend a service held by The Healing Wall – Vietnam Veteran Memorial. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this organization, they travel from location to location with a replicated wall, very similar to the one that identifies fallen soldiers in Washington D.C.. It was an incredible experience for our participants.
Next, we left the school with our squad to attend local churches within the community. There we worshipped and also spent time with the people of the churches during lunch time. We are so thankful for their kindness and sacrifice in serving us all this week!
Upon returning to the facility, we took our church group photos in our green Mission Serve t-shirts! We also had a time of evangelism training where we were each challenged to be daring and make it a priority to share the gospel. Additionally, our volunteers from each squad were trained for their specific squad positions. We had students agreeing to be Break Masters, Chaplains, Medics, and Reporters! Thanks you to everyone who has stepped up to help!
During worship this evening, Heath highlighted tonight’s focal point: I dare you to the God-sized task he created for you. His message was centered around Ephesians 2:10. That says, “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” We were then asked to come forward to write prayer requests and hopes for the week. It was a great time to think about why we are here and what we want to achieve.
This project is off to a great start and we are beyond thrilled to see and hear what God is going to do here in Marion. We ask that as the real work starts tomorrow that you pray for safety and guidance as we carry out the tasks that we have been given.
Please, also, don’t forget that you have the opportunity to support the participants here by sending ServeMail.
Tomorrow is a big day, we look forward to sharing it with you later on!
Blessings,
Jackson & Alexis
