Too busy to post

Wow! It has been a busy few days with little time to post. Sorry to whomever reads this.

So here is a quick run through of what we have been up to:

Wednesday -
We went back to our worksites to work all day until 3pm. It was quite a nice day, weather wise and we got a lot done! In one group, a guy named Hector from Honduras joined us to work because he needed community service hours. A couple of the girls, Morgan and Brittany, know some Spanish, so they teamed up with him and had some good conversations together.
After the work day, we went to a different part of town a few blocks away to do Challenge Circle - our first and only time because of the rain on previous days. It was so much fun! Kids came and played racing games against each other around a circle in the middle of a field. Although there were kids who were a little rough and rude to us, there were many more kids who loved and enjoyed having us there. This time was different than any other time we had this week because we were able to interact with the kids in the community instead of cleaning up the neighborhood. It was a lot of fun.
After Challenge Circle a small group of us went to a Bible study with some members of the community to talk about Good and Evil. It was intersting to hear everyone's different perspectives. Mant types of people were present at the Bible study: young, old, black, white, rich, poor. What a diverse group! Hector even came to Bible study. He seemed very excited to learn about God and spend time with Christians. Please be praying for him that God will work in his life and show him love.
Before bed, Laura Ferguson, an NWC alumn came to talk to us about her testimony and what God was doing in her life. We were all encouraged by her story.
After our first full day of work, we were all exhausted - I know I was!!! My bed never looked so good!

Thursday-
Another full day of work.
My group took a break to go visit St. Monica's Catholic Church, a place that is no longer in use after Katrina. Castle Rock Church and Urban Impact are looking into buying the place in order to make room for a growing congregation and a growing need for housing the teams that come down here to serve. The place is a wreck! It will take a lot of work to fix it up into something that could be beneficial to the community. Please pray for that church. Pray that God will show the leaders of Castle Rock what to do. Should they go forth and buy the church? Pray that sufficient funds will come in to buy the church and to fix it up.
After another full day of work, we split up and went prayer walking around the community. We stopped and talked to people and prayed with them. Everybody down here is so open to having us in the comminity and they all want us to pray with them. There is such a different feel down here in N.O. than there is in Orange City and the Midwest. Very open. I love it!
There was a block party in the evening where Hot Dogs were served to anybody who stopped by. We played baseball with the kids, talked with the adults, and had a quality time of encouragement and fun with the people in the community. I could see God in the fellowship we had that day.

To end the day we had NWC group time where we ate crawfish and went for a drive. Some of the group never had crawfish and were quite fearful to touch them, let alone eat them. But others ate crawfish after crawfish - not matter how spicy they were! Then we climbed into the vans and drove around St. Charles Street to see the old fancy houses. They were really pretty! White pillars. Balconies. Fancy Gardens. Wouldn't it be fun to have lived in a time when those houses were in their prime? I would love to go back in time and live in 1850. How nice! =)

Well it is time to out to work for the last day before we head back to Orange City tomorrow. --- maybe tonight I will add pictures from the week.

Please pray for Hector.
and for St. Monica's Church.
and for energy for our last day.