The whole team arrived in Sisseton safely last evening (minus some last minute health issues which affected parts of a couple of families). After a nourishing waffle/cereal/fruit/oatmeal/pastries complimentary breakfast at the hotel, we met for prayer at the Dakota Alliance Church & then assigned the projects. Since it's our first morning, we all came out of the chute on fire and have been pushing hard all morning and into the afternoon even though it's in the upper 80's here with higher humidity.
We brought 5 large trees along & planted them around the church property. It's quite dry here, so having a pick ax & large "spike" was essential to get through the gravel. The goal is to give our friends here some shade in the future --- the guys might have been pushing it abit to look for alot of shade already today! :)
We also are doing some painting jobs for the church and others in the community. With a team of 40 people, we can really get alot accomplished in a short time.
Relocating a fire pit and homemade "seats" which were made by our group two years ago to a different side of the Dakota Alliance church and trimming trees were part of the fun!
The children have lots of opportunity to serve -- pulling weeds, organizing books, shoveling dirt, moving branches, helping with the meal, and just having plain, 'ole fun!
You are all working so hard! Wish we could have joined you. Our boys are getting better but Micah has only kept 3 crackers in him so far...so we are working on it still. You are all doing a great job! Good luck at the concert tonight and I pray that the people who need to be there will be reached by what you are all doing.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for posting the pictures - looks like you are having a great time, and getting lots of jobs done. I'm praying for you!! kjf
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