Tonight is going to be a shorter post as we did not leave for the Norfolk trip until 4pm. After we left the Chapel, we took the very slow route through the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel until finally arriving at our housing location for this trip, Spring Branch Community Church. We are excited to be staying in their Student Ministry wing with space for us to hang out, share meals, sleep, and have “Porch Time.” For those unfamiliar with this traditional time on Chapel trips, “Porch Time” comes from trips to Nicaragua years ago when the team would debrief the day on the front porch. We have obviously outgrown the porch, but the tradition remains and tonight after dinner the Norfolk team had their very first “Porch Time.” We looked back at our brief trip so far and “Remembered That Time,” sharing funny anecdotes that had already come up on the drive, sitting in traffic, and eating dinner. Next we shared where “I Saw Jesus,” a time where team members can share where they have seen God at work in and through the team so far. We then worshiped through song and heard our first “Porch Time” talk where Nick taught from John 11. He shared that we as a team have been sent here and that we need to take the opportunities to serve this community and to see God at work through the people we encounter as well as each other. After the talk we had small groups and then wound down to get a good night’s sleep before a full day tomorrow!
If you haven’t yet, please text “NorfolkParent” to 41411 to receive updates throughout our trip and also because of the tight turn around times with VBS around the corner, we will show our trip video this Sunday in the SM service which everyone is welcome to come see!
