Today, was our second full day with ReCreation Experiences and it began with our normal morning routine of wake-up, breakfast, and morning worship. It has been fun to see our group lead the time of singing and dancing that ReCreation does to kick off their morning worship. Not only does it wake them up, but it allows them to really just embrace singing worship songs to God without being self-conscious about what others think of them as they are doing it. Following our time of singing Jorge gave a talk about the impact we can have on other people and challenged us to be a positive impact on those around us rather than a negative one.
After our morning routine we all loaded up in our vans to head over to our work site. The kids were eager to jump back into the work that they had already begun yesterday. So, we quickly split into the diggers and the painters as people grabbed shovels and paint brushes. The trenches for the new septic system are looking great and by the end of the day were the correct length and width everywhere. In the morning we finished all of the priming of the house and then in the afternoon we began the first coat of the final paint color for the house. The team finished the day excited because they are able to see the path to finishing our projects for this family. As we have been working we have been getting to know this family and their story. It is a family of four that lives together here in the mountains. Their septic system had broken a few weeks ago, they had trash all over their yard, and the house just looked old and rundown. So, our team has really embraced the opportunity to serve the needs of this family along with getting to know the mom and her two kids that have been there with us each day.
We finished our day of work well and then loaded up to head back to our housing site for dinner, some free time, and our evening porch time gathering. We shared memories from the day together, sang some worship songs and then listened to a talk from Nick. He used a couple passages from Colossians and 2 Corinthians to talk about the concept of incarnational ministry. Incarnational ministry is the truth that Jesus can live in us and we have the opportunity to literally be Jesus to other people. Nick talked about the importance of sacrificial love as we seek to represent Jesus to other people. After his talk the team split up into their small groups to dig a little deeper into what it means to represent Jesus to others and how we can live out the call for sacrificial love. It is so special to watch everyone start to really open up about their faith and where they are seeing God start to teach and show them things on this trip. It has been a great day and we are excited to take our day off from the work site tomorrow to visit a local nursing home along with having some fun at sliding rock.
