The DC Mission Team has officially arrived at the Nation’s
Capitol! While our travels took sightly longer than
anticipated due to holiday traffic, we are settled in and excited to
serve.
Tonight, after arriving at the church we are calling “home
base” for this week, the team divided for dinner to eat at two different ethnic restaurants. Dinner at these types of locations will be a common theme throughout our
stay in DC in order to enhance our experience of the multicultural feel of the city. Two serving groups dined at a
Middle Eastern restaurant called Old City Café. Some team members had a great time talking to the owner, who was from Jerusalem, and the
chicken and beef gyros were delicious.
The other two serving groups joined together at an El Salvadorian
restaurant to enjoy pupusas and fried plantains. Seeing your children readily step out of their comfort
zones to embrace these new ethnic dishes was a fun way to start off the trip, and we pray it will help set the tone for us all to step out of our comfort zones as we serve throughout the week.
Following dinner, each of the four serving groups embarked on a prayer tour through the city. The teams had a unique opportunity to
travel to various mission sites where we will be serving throughout the
week. In addition to this, we visited
more notable regions of the city to pray over our nation’s leaders as well as
the extreme social issues that exist in D.C.
It was beautiful to witness the dedication of the kids to reflect in
silence as well as their eagerness to pray out loud with their peers.
We are looking forward to our first full serving day here in
D.C. We know the Lord will move in great
ways, and we are praying that He will work in and through your children as they serve His kingdom. Please continue to pray for safety and for life transformation.
