The motto the organization the high school team works with in DC is, "Simply Serve." That phrase perfectly describes our first day working in DC, simply put, we served. We served elderly people who can no longer leave their homes through food deliveries, we served teachers in underprivileged schools by building desks for them and their students, we served homeless men and women by eating dinner with them and we prepared to serve over 100 children with the vacation Bible school we will put on for children in the local neighborhood around the Church. Yes all that happened in one day!!! I continue to be amazed by the scope and magnitude of what our God is accomplishing through students at the Chapel.
In the afternoon, our team enjoyed some down time roller skating at a local park while we ate our lunch. We then headed off to our Vacation Bible school orientation. The VBS is coordinated with a group called Kids Connection and the woman who runs kids connection was a real inspiration for our students. She challenged us to forgive our enemies and use our own life experience to understand what God is up to in the world today. We took advantage of the extra time after we ran through our VBS program to engage in some team Bible Study to help the students more fully understand what God is asking them to do with this experience.
This evening the entire team was together for our Porch Time Bible study. I concluded my talk with a challenge from 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 where Paul talks about the type of people God calls to be agents of change in this world. I really believe God has called each and every child and leader on this trip to experience him in a real way. I can already see God changing lives. Keep us in your prayers.
