Hey Friends!
Today was a very intence day of cleaning brick, garbage duty, and just overall construction work on houses in the community. It was an exausting day but a productive one! We also got to take a trip down to the DuSable Museum, a museum of African American History. It was a very educational experience and the students had a great time. After that we had some down time where we were able to find and open area with statues that made for some great picture oppertunities (even spelling out "JESUS" with our bodies :).
After our down time we headed to the Sunshine Gospel Missions building and ran a VBS. This was the 1st VBS to be run here and it was a great experience. They call their VBS "Summer Blast" and we were pretty much in charge of running all the different stations and just hanging out with the kids. The students absolutly LOVED getting to know the neighborhood kids! We ended the day with a taco dinner, good stuff! :)
Tomorrow will be kind of a "touristy" day as we visit Little India and some of the other sights around Chicago.
Thank you all so much for your continued prayers. Some prayer requests to keep in mind are health and saftey for the entire group. Pray for the attitude of the overall group that everyone stays positive. Finally pray for the students to gain a sense of prespective of grace as we continue to work in these struggling neighborhoods.
3 comments:
Hey Guys,
Sounds like God is working through you! We´re praying for you and excited about the impact that you are having on the GREAT city of Chicago.
Hi Amy Anderson-
We hope you had a great first day of summer. Sounds like you got to eat Chicago deep dish pizza....hope you liked it! What great experiences you must be having this week! Grandpa Ray came over today and also read the blogs. Grandpa Ken was over yesterday reading them. They both say hi. We tried writing to you earlier, but we couldn't remember the new password we had set up the other day to use this blog. This Chicago blog does not allow anonymous ones, so had to set up a free account to write. We can't wait to hear all about your week and see all your photos. I hope the VBS times went well -- bet that was fun being with the kids. Keep making God look good! Love you, Dad and Mom
Hey lucie and the Chicago Team. You continue to be in our prayers daily. So proud of all your hard work. We pray for your safety great new friendships and the light
of Gods love you are sharing with so many. You will be missed at the reunion Lucie. Love how you have a heart to serve. See you Sunday.
First week of swimming lessons went really well. love mom & dad
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