Today we began our morning with our new normal routine of an early wake up call, breakfast and morning worship with our ReCreation team! Today we had the opportunity to hear from the Director of ReCreation’s wife, Donna. She shared her testimony as she encouraged us as we enter the halfway point of the week. On Wednesdays here at ReCreation we get the day off from our work project as a way to promote team unity and gear up for a strong finish to the week. After listening to Donna’s talk we headed to the Brian Center, which is a rehabilitation and nursing facility that we have been privileged to partner with in our years of coming down to Weaverville. Our team split into 3 different groups at the Brian Center, one helped with some maintenance projects around their campus. Another group split up and had the opportunity to get to meet with residents and also help with a Bible Study that the Brian Center does every Wednesday. The third group got to go and visit with some of the residents in the Alzheimer’s Unit. After a great morning of getting to relationally connect with the residents, our team ate lunch with some of the staff at ReCreation (who graciously provided food for us!) After lunch we headed up into the Pisgah National Forest and we spent the afternoon at Sliding Rock, a natural water slide where we got to enjoy our afternoon off.
After a fun time at Sliding Rock, we headed to the May Family Barn that is owned by the family of a former SM Summer Intern that has become our traditional Wednesday night home for dinner and Porch Time. As with all Porch Times, we began with “Remember That Time” and “I Saw Jesus” where we all got to reflect on the day and share all the funny moments and the times where we saw Jesus at work! Luke spoke tonight from Luke 10, the parable of the Good Samaritan. He urged our team to consider where we are approaching situations selfishly and how we should switch to a compassionate mindset, like the Good Samaritan. After Porch Time in the barn, we headed back to ReCreation and had a little bit of free time before heading to bed.
We had a great day off, but are excited and energized to get back to our work site tomorrow and to see how God will continue to work in and through our team!
