Day number two down in North Carolina began the same way as day number one with a tasty french toast sticks breakfast and some morning worship to wake us up and start the day off praising the God we came down here to serve. The weather was beautiful today with the highs being in the mid-80's and a party cloudy sky that gave us a lot of shade. With the sun came new energy for our students as they continued to dig the trenches in which the septic tank run-off pipes will be placed later in the week. We are digging two trenches with each of them being about 100 feet long, 3 ft wide, and 18 in. deep. Along with digging the trenches, our students began digging another smaller trench that will serve as the trench for the connector pipe between the actual tank and the run-off pipes. A small group of our students continued to paint the inside and outside of Mr. Hughes's house today as well.
The students were given a little more motivation today when we all found out that Mr. Hughes will actually be kicked out of his house if we are not able to finish the septic system for him. He has been living in violation of certain sanitation codes because he did not have proper drainage for his sewage. As a result, he stands to lose his house unless we are able finish it for him. We were continually reminded that God's plan to share himself with the world is through us and it was amazing to see our students get fired up to serve Mr. Hughes and God's kingdom by meeting tangible felt needs like a septic system and real needs like the love of Jesus.
After a day of work we headed back to home base where we took some much needed showers, ate dinner, relaxed and headed to our evening Porch Time. Luke taught from the gospel of Luke, chapter 10, where Jesus sends a group of 72 out on their own mission trip. He talked about how we can use their mission trip as a model for our own and one of the key principles being that we get the chance to leave behind our possessions, people, and the place of Williamsburg. We can get so distracted from God's work in our lives back in Williamsburg that this mission trip is a great opportunity to "Leave it all Behind" for a week and focus on serving, listening to, and learning about God. We finished the evening having some small group time and relaxing! Overall it was a great day and Jesus really is looking great in your kids this week! Goodnight and check back tomorrow night for the update about our day-off from the work site tomorrow.
