Today was our final full day here in Weaverville, NC. We ate breakfast, joined together in prayer with all of the other groups, and then headed immediately to the work site. We didn't have morning worship because we wanted to have as much time as possible at the work site and ReCreation Experience does their final day of worship at night rather in the morning to finish with a celebration together.
We arrived at Mrs. Clubb's house ready to work with an extra hour of time to finish as much as we could. The first thing we did was to all gather around Mrs. Clubbs house and sing Happy Birthday to her son, Kenneth, who turned 25 today. We gave him a cookie cake and made sure he knew that we were thinking about him on his birthday. After working for a few hours a local engineer visited our site to check on the work and make sure it was being done properly and he immediately commented about the amount of work we had done. He had stopped by on Wednesday, during our day-off, and then when he came back today he was surprised to see how much more we had done. Only through God's empowering strength were a group of 12-14 year olds able to impress a licensed engineer. At the end of the day the NC team completed all of the painting on Mrs. Clubb's trailer, completely finished one of the 160 foot long trenches and got about halfway through the other one. It was truly a spectacular sight for everyone that drove by or stopped to see what we were doing.
After completing our week of work, we headed back to the ReCreation headquarters for dinner and an evening of praise and worship to God. ReCreation grilled out hotdogs and hamburgers for us with sides of macaroni cheese and baked beans. It was definitely everyone's favorite meal of the week which was great to end on. Then all of the team's gathered for a time of worship and reflection with the ReCreation Staff. We praised God for all that had been done and watched a slideshow of pictures that recapped all of the projects happening around the area this past week. Some teams built porches, fixed roofs, painted walls, and of course we dug. God accomplished a lot this past week and it was a privilege to be a part of it.
Finally, we gathered for our team's final porch time out back around a fire. We sang our favorite songs from the week and Luke finished the story of Elijah that we had begun during our pre-trip training meetings. Elijah felt burnt out and alone. So, when God told Elijah to go back the way he had come he also gave him explicit instructions to surround himself with people to help him. So, Luke talked about the importance of having others to partner with us on our faith journey. We can't do it alone! Then the team split into their small groups and had some amazing final moments together. Every small group went for at least an hour with some lasting a couple hours. God has been stirring up things in the lives of everyone on this trip and it was great to have the opportunity to discuss and reflect on those things.
To God be the Glory, Great Things He has Done!
Thanks for keeping up with us throughout the week and we look forward to seeing you all tomorrow evening around 5:30pm.
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